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Lone Resident of China Camp State Park, Slated for Closure, Faces Eviction;...
From California Watch Frank Quan on the dock at China Camp state park. (Carrie Ching/California Watch) Frank Quan is 85 years old, and he has lived nearly his entire life in one place – a tiny wooden...
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51% of All Calif. K-12 Students Are Hispanic
From California Watch California enrolls the most Hispanics in K-12 schools in the country: nearly 3.4 million in 2010, according to an analysis of census data released yesterday by the Pew Hispanic...
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Calif. Schools Employing Fewer Nurses, Librarians
From California Watch California is issuing fewer credentials for public school service positions such as librarians, school nurses and administrators, and its schools are employing fewer service...
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In Oakland Schools, Chronic Absence, Suspension Derail African-American Boys
By Joanna Lin, The Bay Citizen High rates of chronic absence, suspension and poor academic performance signal that more than half of African-American male students in the Oakland Unified School...
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by Joanna Lin, California Watch Californians who are Asian Indian or Taiwanese are among the most highly educated in the state, recently released census data shows. The data reveals significant...
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Study: Nearly 4 Million Californians Cannot Afford Enough Food
by Joanna Lin, California Watch For Larry Sly, executive director of the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano, the good news is that the number of people the food bank serves has leveled off over the...
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Immigrant Integration Varies Across California
Joanna Lin, California Watch When a change to federal law meant many immigrants would lose access to certain welfare benefits, Santa Clara County faced having to absorb thousands of residents in local...
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State Reported Inflated Rate of Teachers Lacking Credentials
by Joanna Lin, California Watch The rate was startling: Nearly six in 10 teachers at California's lowest-performing schools were not properly credentialed for the classes they led. It's a rate...
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