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Daily Report: Money and Politics

California is becoming 'post-industrial hell,' economist says

October 12, 2011, 12:05 AM
Since the recession began, times have been tough in California – everybody knows it. The economy is in a protracted stall. But it took economists at California Lutheran University’s Center for Economic Research and Forecasting to describe, in hyperbolic language, the depth of the... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Federal data helps assess stock market turmoil

August 11, 2011, 12:05 AM
Given the steep daily declines in the stock market, it's a good time to point out the trove of economic data available to help assess the situation. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis maintains a portal that allows users to easily drill down into thousands of economic data sets and... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Foreclosure crisis persists with little relief in sight

July 28, 2011, 12:05 AM
Ethel Gist bought her dream house and planned to retire to Antioch in the Bay Area. Instead, the 70-year-old lost the house during the height of the foreclosure crisis, and now rents a place with her daughter and two grandchildren. After he lost his three-bedroom home in East Los Angeles, Rene... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

'Distress index' shows recession worse than dot-com bust

October 19, 2010, 12:05 AM
Going beyond anecdotes, a "distress index" developed by New America Media and the Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality for the first time provides a measure of the impact of the Great Recession on individuals most deeply affected. In its first application, the... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

After downturn, California's birth rate predicted to climb

October 8, 2010, 12:05 AM
Following a sharp decline in births during the recession, the number of babies born in California is expected to grow more than 12 percent over the next decade, according to a recent projection by the state. The Demographic Research Unit's report, which is used to predict public school... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Fewer working hours during recession means fewer job fatalities

August 20, 2010, 12:05 AM
If the recession has a silver lining, it may be the decline in workplace deaths: Fatal job injuries were down 17 percent last year, in large part because Americans worked fewer hours, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nationwide, 4,340 workers died on the job in 2009, compared to 5,... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Mental health nonprofits report more demand, less money

August 18, 2010, 12:05 AM
Nonprofits nationwide say they are still reeling from the recession, and a recent survey suggests mental health and crisis-intervention groups are among the hardest hit. GuideStar, which collects and publishes information about nonprofits, surveyed 6,679 public charities and private... + read more
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Daily Report: K–12

Recession takes toll on California schools

February 2, 2010, 12:07 AM
Broken families. Increased hunger. Homelessness. This isn't a blog about post-earthquake life in Haiti. This is the impact of the recession on scores of children attending California schools, according to a recent report from UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education and Access.  ... + read more
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