January 5, 2011, 12:05 AM
Historically, immigrants have fueled the growth of the nation, and a recent report by the U.S. Census Bureau pulled together some telling stats about the changing face of immigration in the United States. In some California counties, the data shows, the percentage of foreign-born residents is 2.5...
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December 21, 2010, 12:05 AM
About 13 percent of Californians smoked in 2009, marking the lowest rate ever and a 42 percent decline since 1988, state public health officials announced yesterday. The new figures from the California Tobacco Control Program show that smokers are lighting up fewer cigarettes each day, and...
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December 16, 2010, 12:05 AM
Californians are more burdened by housing costs than are residents of any other state, an analysis of new census data shows. More than half of the state's homeowners with a mortgage – 51.4 percent – spend more than 30 percent of their monthly income on housing costs, according...
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December 14, 2010, 12:05 AM
Not enough Latinos, no Angelenos and no one from the Central Valley. These have been among the criticisms of California's first-ever Citizens Redistricting Commission. When the commission votes on its final six members, as is expected tomorrow, will diversity still be an issue? ...
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December 10, 2010, 12:05 AM
California's population grew less than 1 percent this past fiscal year, continuing a modest growth trend, according to new state estimates released yesterday. The state added 350,174 residents between July 2009 and July 2010, bringing the total population to more than 38.8 million, the...
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December 3, 2010, 12:05 AM
Students learning English speak more than 150 languages nationwide. The challenges schools face in teaching these students may be most evident in California, which hosts the most English language learners in the country. The number of English language learners is growing across the country,...
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December 1, 2010, 12:06 AM
Nearly one-quarter of California drivers killed in car crashes last year had drugs in their system, according to a federal report released yesterday. Of the 1,678 fatally injured drivers in California last year, 23 percent tested positive for drugs. Nationwide, drugs were found in nearly 4,000...
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November 22, 2010, 12:06 AM
More households use high-speed Internet service than ever before, but socioeconomic and racial differences significantly determine who has a fast connection and who does not. A new report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce found the gap between low-income and high-income households ranges from...
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November 19, 2010, 12:05 AM
California is missing out on nearly $4.9 billion in federal nutrition benefits, because more than 3.6 million eligible, low-income residents are not participating in the food stamp program, according to an analysis released Wednesday by a food policy group. Food stamp usage has grown rapidly...
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November 18, 2010, 12:05 AM
California ranks last in the nation on key measures of a quality health care system for children with special needs, according to a report based on federal data released yesterday. One in seven children in the state – an estimated 1.4 million – have a special health care need....
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November 16, 2010, 12:05 AM
More than 14 percent of California households struggled to afford enough food during the economic downturn, according to a federal report released yesterday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture found that nearly 17.4 million households nationwide – nearly 15 percent of the population...
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November 10, 2010, 12:05 AM
California is facing a dire shortage of workers to care for its growing elderly population, state lawmakers said yesterday in a hearing to address the issue. Elder care advocates, practitioners and educators spoke about the need to recruit, train and retain more geriatricians and other health...
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October 29, 2010, 12:05 AM
Three million Californians in 2007 were enrolled in high-deductible health plans of $1,000 or more, which can cause policyholders to delay care, according to a report released yesterday by UCLA researchers. The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research examined the health plan enrollment of the...
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October 13, 2010, 12:06 AM
The number of children hospitalized for injuries related to all-terrain vehicles in the United States jumped 150 percent from 1999 to 2006, according to an analysis of federal inpatient data released yesterday. The Center for Injury Research and Policy at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of...
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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...
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