Despite years of efforts to equalize spending in California schools, some districts receive thousands of dollars more per student than others. But the bigger expenditure didn't assure higher test scores. Browse the spending per student and test score data by county for all school districts in the state.
Many schools in California are near fault lines or other earthquake hazards. That doesn't mean they'll collapse in a quake, but many school construction projects have failed to follow basic safety standards. California Watch uncovered about 20,000 projects that lack Field Act certification. Is your school one of them?
The project started out as a simple Loma Prieta quake anniversary story by a solitary reporter. Nineteen months later, nearly four dozen reporters, producers, and freelancers had joined the project. Learn more about how we reported this series.
This map shows the location of hospitals with buildings that have a 10 to 32 percent chance of collapsing in an earthquake. Click on the links below to see more information about the 14 buildings located at these hospitals.
The attorney general has issued five violation notices against Rainbow Apparel stores and its 5-7-9 locations in California for repeatedly selling jewelry with lead levels that exceed legal limits. Find the store locations here.
Browse the low-risk C-section rates at 253 California hospitals. The highest rate is 47 out of 100 low-risk births at Los Angeles Community Hospital and the lowest rate is 7 at St. Helena Hospital Clearlake.
Find out how some families and schools live with contaminated water, what possible treatments could be and more about how water becomes contaminated.
Explore in detail the 645 nursing homes that gained the most under a 2004 law designed to help hire more caregivers and boost wages. Examine each home's revenue under the new law, net income, staffing rates and staffing wages. Or sort through facilities in your neighborhood.
More people are becoming infected with MRSA at home or in their community. Track the increase by county or over time.
Local governments received grants for drunken driving enforcement, which pay police officer overtime at sobriety checkpoints. The funds come from money the U.S. Department of Transportation provides to the state for roadway safety. The grants detailed below pay for checkpoints year-round. You can sort by clicking on any category header below.
