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Hospital chain to pay $275,000 to settle federal patient-privacy case 12 Jun 2013 | 11:05 pm
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State attorneys general investigating for-profit colleges 3 May 2013 | 12:00 pm
California's attorney general has joined the U.S. Department of Justice and several other states in a whistleblower lawsuit against for-profit educational firm Education Management Corp. See which att...
Bill seeks to limit school police in discipline matters 30 Apr 2013 | 03:05 pm
Susan Ferriss and Ben Wieder Vanessa Romo/KPCC.org Students protest last year in Los Angeles against school police tickets issued heavily at middle schools, low-income schools. As the national debat...
To mark 1906 quake, resources to teach kids about disaster safety 18 Apr 2013 | 12:05 pm
Kelly Chen To commemorate the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire and follow up on our investigation into the seismic safety of California’s schools, the Center for Investigate Reporting is teamin...
To mark 1906 quake, resources for teaching kids about disaster safety 18 Apr 2013 | 12:05 pm
Kelly Chen To commemorate the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire and follow up on our investigation into the seismic safety of California’s schools, the Center for Investigate Reporting is teamin...
Bullet train bidder has history of cost overruns 16 Apr 2013 | 10:24 pm
Anonymous California High-Speed Rail Authority SACRAMENTO – The lowest-bidding partnership for the first segment of California’s high-speed rail line includes a firm with a history of cost overruns ...
CIR’s California Watch again named finalist for Pulitzer Prize 16 Apr 2013 | 12:05 am
Photo by Nadia Borowski Scott Larry Ingraham's mantle includes mementos of his brother, Van Ingraham, including an old family photograph with a young Van playing with Larry, a 1999 Polaroid of Van and...
Winning bid to start high-speed rail far below estimates 15 Apr 2013 | 10:14 pm
Tim Sheehan High-Speed Rail Authority A trio of American companies outbid four other teams of contractors vying for the contract to build the first segment of California's proposed high-speed train ...
Lawmakers mull next steps for developmental centers 12 Apr 2013 | 07:09 am
Amy Julia Harris Max Whittaker/For California Watch People with development disabilities and their supporters call on lawmakers to shut down the state's developmental centers. SACRAMENTO – State law...
Ex-officers often investigate police-involved shootings 11 Apr 2013 | 06:05 am
Shoshana Walter This story was edited by Robert Salladay and copy edited by Nikki Frick and Christine Lee. Noah Berger/The Bay Citizen Adam and Jeralynn Blueford’s son Alan, an 18-year-old Hayward r...