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Contractor with big donations, questioned performance wins community college projects

July 31, 2010, 3:05pm | Erica Perez
The Los Angeles Community College District has awarded a series of multimillion-dollar contracts to a Tarzana-based firm that district officials said needed to be babysat to meet construction standards and was doing an “absolutely awful job.”
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GRAPHIC: Timeline for construction contracts and Sinanian Development
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Higher Ed | Public Safety

Public universities slow to address seismic hazards

Nearly 180 buildings on public university campuses pose a threat to students, faculty and staff in the event of a major earthquake. You might think...
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UC Berkeley program administers checkpoint funds

Local governments received $5.2 million in grants for police overtime at sobriety checkpoints during fiscal year 2008-09 through a California Office...
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campus crime police state auditor Elaine M. Howle

Colleges inaccurately report crime data, audit finds

All six of the California colleges and universities visited by the state auditor inaccurately reported campus crime statistics as required by the...
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Higher Ed

UC commission looks to boost grad student enrollment

September 2, 2010, 12:05am
A commission that advises the University of California on its long-term goals this week recommended increasing the proportion of graduate students at the UC from 22 percent to 26 percent of the student body.  The 25-member UC Commission on the...
Higher Ed | Money and Politics

On judges orders, Palin's speech contract released

August 27, 2010, 11:34am
UPDATE: Sarah Palin's speech contract was released last night. The document shows that Palin requested $75,000 for a 30-minute speech and private jet travel, among other demands. A copy of the contract is below.
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More fines slapped on UC Davis housing subcontractors

August 25, 2010, 12:05am
The state labor commissioner has ordered two subcontractors working on the UC Davis Tercero student housing project to pay nearly $1.5 million in back wages and penalties for labor violations – just a few months after two other subcontractors...

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