August 23, 2012
As more felons are sentenced to local jails instead of state prisons under California’s prison realignment plan, some lockups, like Fresno County’s, are struggling with the influx.
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August 17, 2012
Radioactive contamination at the former Naval station, where San Francisco is planning housing for 20,000 residents, is more widespread than previously disclosed, according to newly obtained documents and a Navy report.
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August 16, 2012
An 11-year-old boy’s ejection from his school highlights how the facilities often aren’t trained to deal with inner-city trauma when it spills into the classroom.
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August 15, 2012
Many young men and women who became addicted to pills like OxyContin are now IV heroin users, experts say
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July 26, 2012
Professor is first in U.S. to be charged with a felony in a worker's death. UC regents settlement in criminal case.
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August 9, 2012
Construction giant Tutor-Saliba is a top candidate for a new subway station. But some of its past projects have gone over budget and been the subject of expensive legal battles.
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August 2, 2012
Americans love hamburgers – we each eat an average of three a week. But there are hidden costs. Livestock threaten to mess up our climate, land and water.
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August 2, 2012
Ten years ago, a woman known only as Jane Doe 1 came forward to unveil the dark side of a prominent Black Muslim group in Oakland. This is the first time she has chosen to tell her story to the public.
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July 31, 2012
With a suspect from the start, the Sonoma Developmental Center’s in-house police force made no arrest in a dozen patient assaults, choosing to handle the case administratively.
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July 17, 2012
California has funded less than half of the $800 million required, eight years after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit against the state.
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July 13, 2012
Health care districts in California oversee billions of dollars in public and private funds with scant outside oversight – and conflicts of interest result.
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July 11, 2012
Three people died under the care of Dr. Edward Manougian, who has ordered so many OxyContin pills for low-income patients that he ranked as one of the state’s most prolific prescribers.
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July 5, 2012
State reviews of school lunches found that hundreds of districts have fed children fattening, salty and nutritionally deficient meals and face infrequent oversight.
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June 27, 2012
Along the Point Reyes National Seashore, California’s last remaining oyster cannery has attracted powerful allies – and scrutiny from environmentalists over its impact.
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June 4, 2012
St. Andrew Missionary Baptist Church, where some former students have accused a teacher of physical abuse, has inflated its enrollment and gained thousands in extra federal dollars.
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