March 16, 2012, 6:15 PM
“Valley of Shadows and Dreams” digs into the harsh truths of farm workers’ daily experiences in California’s Central Valley and the legacies of its politics and bureaucracy.
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March 12, 2012, 5:13 PM
Find out how some families and schools live with contaminated water, what possible treatments could be and more about how water becomes contaminated.
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February 24, 2012, 5:08 PM
Dead at 50 with a severely broken neck, Van Ingraham’s injuries looked suspicious. But many deaths at California’s state-run institutions are not thoroughly investigated.
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February 24, 2012, 12:05 AM
After Van Ingraham was found with his neck broken at the Fairview Developmental Center, police at the state institution closed the case without answers. But the patient's heartbroken brother went after evidence that state investigators had missed.
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January 15, 2012, 12:05 AM
Reporter Tim Sheehan traveled to Spain to talk to passengers and experts about the high-speed rail system that opened there in 1992. What can California learn from Spain?
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December 19, 2011, 3:01 PM
Darlene Courtois describes herself as overweight, not emaciated, so she was surprised to learn that her hospital billed Medicare for treating her for kwashiorkor, a dangerous form of malnutrition.
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November 3, 2011, 12:11 AM
The Martin family has lived in Maywood – an industrial city southeast of Los Angeles – for 15 years. After a series of illnesses in the family, they agreed to have tests done to find out what toxics and heavy metals they carry inside.
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November 3, 2011, 12:05 AM
La familia Martín ha vivido en Maywood – una ciudad industrial al sureste de Los Ángeles – por 15 años. Tras una serie de enfermedades en la familia, decidieron someterse a pruebas médicos para saber qué sustancias tóxicas y metales pesados llevan dentro.
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October 27, 2011, 6:08 PM
The U.S. Department of Energy has moved ahead with $4.5 billion in new loans for clean energy projects in California – despite the recent bankruptcy of Silicon Valley-based Solyndra. The new loans all were approved last month during the final days of a federal program created with stimulus money....
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October 25, 2011, 12:13 AM
Cada año llegan miles de trabajadores migrantes a Coachella Valley a cosechar uvas, dátiles, berenjenas y fresas. Algunos se quedan y aquí crían a sus hijos. Muchos viven en los parqueaderos superpoblados sin contar con sistemas adecuados para el agua, la luz y el desagüe.
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October 25, 2011, 12:05 AM
In the heat of the desert, more than 30,000 farmworkers have set up makeshift homes in overcrowded trailer parks—often without access to clean water, electricity and sewage systems. Some, like Ana Sanchez, are demanding basic rights to safe living conditions.
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October 14, 2011, 12:00 AM
Prime Healthcare Services has a reputation for buying financially troubled hospitals and turning them around, winning awards and reporting profits in the tens of millions. But a more troubling trend has emerged, according to an investigation by California Watch. Prime hospitals report that the...
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August 24, 2011, 12:05 AM
Frank Quan's family has lived at China Camp, catching and selling shrimp, since the 1890s. He's the last remaining resident of a Chinese fishing village that once thrived on San Pablo Bay. Now the state is closing China Camp State Park along with dozens of other parks because of budget cuts...
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Spotlight:
July 23, 2011, 2:29 PM
With more than a third of all states now experimenting with some form of legalization and decriminalization – and several California counties attempting to openly regulate pot production – FRONTLINE and the Center for Investigative Reporting team up to investigate the country's oldest,...
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June 13, 2011, 12:05 AM
What's the true price of gasoline? This animated feature from the Center for Investigative Reporting explores the "external costs" of gasoline use in the U.S. – including pollution and the health problems caused by it. "The Price of Gas" video was reported by Sarah...
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