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New Home For Salmon-Eating Sea Lion From California

| Susanne Rust | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: California Sea Lion Captured, Sea Lion Adoption, Salmon-Eating Sea Lions, California Sea Lions, Sea Lion Captured, Sea Lion, Shedd Aquarium Sea Lion, Sea Lions Eating Salmon, California Watch, Shedd Aquarium, Chicago News

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Susanne Rust As the tally of sea lion deaths at the Bonneville Dam in Washington state...

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Controversial Changes Made To Medi-Cal Benefits

| Christina Jewett | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Medi-Care, Department of Health Care Services, Medi-Cal, California Medical Assistance Commission, Medi Care, California Coalition for Whole Health, Michael Sarrao, Prime, Medi Cal, California Watch, Drg, Los Angeles News

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Christina Jewett. Sweeping changes for the state’s medical program for the needy are...

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Employees 'Unsettled' By High-Profile Bay Area Newspaper Merger

| Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: San Francisco Newspapers, Bay Area Newspapers, Phil Bronstein Bay Citizen, Bay Citizen Merge, Bay Citizen Center for Investigative Reporting, Center for Investigative Reporting, Bay Area News Merge, Phil Bronstein, Bay Citizen, California Watch, San Francisco News

This article comes to us courtesy of SF Weekly's The Snitch. By Erin Sherbert If all goes well and the paperwork is signed, The Bay Citizen news...

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30 Years Later, The AIDS Patient Has Changed

| Christina Jewett | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Engeran-Cordova, Aids Rate, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, AIDS Walk, Aids Patient Profile, Christina Jewett, California Watch, World AIDS Day, Los Angeles News

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch By Christina Jewett The profile of HIV and AIDS patients in California has shifted signifi...

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Reducing Our Carbon Footprint Is Not Impossible!

| Susanne Rust | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: California Fossil Fuels, California Pollution, Los Angeles Pollution, Susanne Rust, Greenhouse Gas Emitters, California Greenhouse Gas, Los Angeles Greenhouse Gas, Clean Air Act, California Watch, Los Angeles News

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch By Susanne Rust If Californians are going to reach their goal of massive greenhouse gas re...

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Another Way Gov. Brown Aims To Protect Illegal Immigrants

| Ryan Gabrielson | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: California Illegal Immigrants, California Checkpoint, Gov. Jerry Brown, California Sobriety Checkpoint, California Checkpoint Impounds, California Watch, Los Angeles News

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Ryan Gabrielson The economics of California's sobriety checkpoints will change next ye...

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How Much $ Do We Need To Survive In CA?

| Joanna Lin | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Marin County Poverty, California Poverty Levels, Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, Dana Burnett, California Pre-Tax Income, Joanna Lin, Chung Mejia, Federal Poverty Levels, California Watch, Los Angeles News

Story courtesy of California Watch By Joanna Lin A family of four in California would need an average of more than $63,000 a year – nearly tripl...

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Why is Jerry Brown Doing Special Favors For Big Cable Companies?

| Will Evans | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Jerry Brown Tax Breaks, Will Evans, Governor Jerry Brown, California Watch, Tax Breaks for Cable Companies, Los Angeles News

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Will Evans In the jobs package that Gov. Jerry Brown announced last week, there was on...

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The Fight To House Homeless People With Mental Illness

| Joanna Lin | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Homeless Housing, Mental Health Housing, Mental Health Services Act, California Watch, Mental Health Services Act Housing Program, Housing Crisis, Los Angeles News

Story comes courtesy of California Watch. By Joanna Lin For nearly all his adult life, Fernando drifted between Mexico and the United States, hi...

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The Most Stolen Car In California

| Agustin Armendariz | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Honda Accord Theft, Honda Accord, Car Parts of Value, National Insurance Crime Bureau, Most Stolen Car, Most Stolen Car in California, California Watch, Stolen Honda Accord, Los Angeles News

Story courtesy of California Watch By Agustin Armendariz Car thieves' target of choice last year was the 1994 Honda Accord, according to an anal...

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Historic Housing Bust

| Joanna Lin | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Racial Wealth Gap, U.S. Economy, Debt Crisis, California Recession, Debt Ceiling, Income Inequality, Wealth Gap Minorities, Financial Crisis, California Real Estate Market, California Hispanics, Race, Wealth Gap, California Watch, Wealth Gap Race, Los Angeles News

By Joanna Lin Story comes courtesy of California Watch. White households have a net worth 20 times that of black households and 18 times that o...

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New Laws Proposed To Curb Abuse In CA's Ballot Initiative Process

| Will Evans | Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Kim Alexander, California Voter Foundation, California State Legislature, Ballot Initiative, California Watch, Kris Vosburgh, Jerry Brown, Los Angeles News

By Will Evans. Story comes courtesy of California Watch. One hundred years after California adopted the ballot initiative process, legislation ...

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Obama Scores Big In The Golden State

| Chase Davis | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Barack Obama Fundraisers, President Barack Obama, Obama Messina, Obama Fundraising, David Geffen, Jeffrey Katzenberg, California Watch, Los Angeles News

This story comes to us courtesy of California Watch. Story by Chase Davis The next federal deadline for candidates to submit their campaign financ...

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Dozens Sued Over Mislabeling Of 'Organic' Products

| Joanna Lin | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Ysl, Organic Products, Hain, The-Center-for-Environmental-Health, LA News, Philip Stark, UC Berkeley, Charles Margulis, California Watch, Nick Jewell, Los Angeles News

Story courtesy of California Watch by Joanna Lin Dozens of shampoos, lotions and other personal care products are labeled "organic" even though th...

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If An Earthquake Hits, Is Your Child's School Safe? California Legislators Vote For Audit Of School Construction Authority

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: California Earthquake, California, San Bruno, Ellen Corbett, Earthquake, Elaine Howle, California State Legislature, Schools, Field Act, California Watch, Patch, Education News

This story was reported in collaboration with our partners at Patch.com. At a hearing in Sacramento Wednesday morning, a committee of state legisl...

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Shaming CA's Biggest Tax Delinquents

| Joanna Lin | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Delinquent-Taxpayers, Califoria Delinquent Taxpayers, California Tax Cheats, California Watch, Los Angeles News

Story comes courtesy of California Watch. By Joanna Lin Yesterday was the deadline to file 2010 tax returns, but California is still waiting on...

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Stanford Athletes Had Access To List Of 'Easy' Classes: California Watch Report

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stanford, The West, Stanford Athletics, Stanford Sports, California Watch, Stanford Easy Classes, Stanford Athletics Courses of Interest List, Stanford Student Athletes, Video, College News

This story comes courtesy of California Watch By Amy Julia Harris and Ryan Mac A drama class in "Beginning Improvising" and another in "Social Dance...

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Rainbow Apparel Vendors Cited as More Lead-Tainted Jewelry Found

Joanna Lin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lead, Rainbow Apparel, California, Children, Health, Los Angeles, Jewelry, California Watch, Los Angeles News

The California attorney general's office on Monday cited CVS/pharmacy and two Rainbow Apparel vendors for selling jewelry with illegal levels of lead. The items contained as much as 62 percent lead.1

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Tipster in Bell Scandal Waited Months for DA, Then Was Arrested

Chase Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Victor Bello, District Attorney, California, Center for Investiative Reporting, Los Angeles, California Watch, Bell Ca, Los Angeles News

A former Bell City Council member arrested in September on felony charges of misappropriating public funds told investigators more than a year ago that the city was plagued with bribery.

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Lead-Tainted Jewelry Found on Retailer's Shelves Despite State Warnings

Joanna Lin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lead, Illegal, California, Toxic, Children, Health, Rainbow Apparel, Jewelry, Los Angeles, California Watch, Los Angeles News

As Americans consume more and more products from China and other countries with weaker consumer safety regulations, the case of Rainbow Apparel shows the persistence of lead contamination.

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Want To Fix California? 3 Must-Read Books For Jerry Brown & Meg Whitman

Louis Freedberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Bagley, California Crackup, Meg Whitman, Mark Paul, Slidepollajax, California's Golden Years, Jerry Brown, California Watch, Joe Mathews, Los Angeles News

This story comes courtesy of California Watch. By Louis Freedberg If they really intend to tackle California's problems at their roots, our gubernat...

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