August 31, 2012, 12:05 AM
A bill the state Legislature approved this week would allow mobile home park residents who have been charged excessive water rates by their landlords to seek restitution. The bill, which is headed to Gov. Jerry Brown's desk, stems from a 2009 complaint [PDF] filed by residents of the...
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May 24, 2012, 12:05 AM
In February 2011, a process server working for ABC Legal Services filed a document with the Alameda County Superior Court saying he had personally served Fremont physical education teacher Matthew Walker with a lawsuit over an unpaid $2,340.76 personal loan. In his proof of service, process...
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May 4, 2012, 1:23 PM
Roughly three million poor and disabled Californians had their coverage for dental services cut three years ago, and community dental clinics have struggled to cover preventative services ever since. “It was not something we wanted to do,” says Robert Isman, a consultant with the...
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April 27, 2012, 12:05 AM
Once a thriving rural community with a nearly equal number of bars and churches, South Dos Palos, an unincorporated area in Merced County, has been in decline for decades. But it’s still possible to make out the contours of the community from a time when it was a growing place. On the...
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April 16, 2012, 12:05 AM
San Diego is home to more than 2,600 solar residential rooftops – more than any other California city – but in the neighboring lower-income community of National City, there are only about a dozen. A bill [PDF] before the California Assembly Committee on...
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