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This week in the world of Cannabis dispensaries regulation

03.12.10 by Ryan Van Lenning

It seems that the medicinal marijuana landscape is constantly shifting in California as it is everywhere else. As one advocate and soon-to-be pot biz entrepreneur told me, "every region and county has a different way… Read More »
The Dream Act from Eugene to the OC

03.12.10 by Spot. Us

This week is National Coming Out of the Shadows Week for Dream Act students. Taking inspiration from Harvey Milk's campaign for homosexuals to come out and let their friends and family know, Dream Act students… Read More »
Wild West in solar development: Water consumption, distributed generation, and other musings

03.10.10 by Erica Gies

The last couple of weeks I've been working on two stories for International Herald Tribune/New York Times about the water consumed in energy generation and the energy consumed in providing water. I interviewed folks at… Read More »
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40 Stories From The Ingleside

02.25.10 by NewsWire21 in Bay Area

With 14 public schools, a struggling business district, merging cultures and 80,000-plus residents, San Francisco's Ingleside District generates plenty of news. But those stories rarely get reported. A dozen reporters from Newswire21.org are fixing that as they cover beats through… Read More »

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The cost of the DNA backlog

11.10.09 by Justin McLachlan in Los Angeles

A year ago, the LA City Auditor reported that the backlog of DNA samples waiting to be tested by the Los Angeles Police Department had grown to nearly 7,000 with hundreds languishing beyond the legal deadlines. This year, the LAPD… Read More »

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Count Yourself In in LA

02.23.10 by Denise L. Poon in Los Angeles

The U.S. Census claims that the 2010 questionnaire is one of the shortest ever- 10 questions they say should take10 minutes. Sounds simple and straightforward, but according to many community leaders around LA County, the mid-March roll out is a… Read More »

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Investor’s Club: Do the UC Regents Spin Public Funds into Private Profit?

12.31.09 by Peter Byrne in Bay Area- San Francisco

Story update: A story from Peter Byrne while researching this piece looked into the financial ties of UC regen Richard Blum and Governer Arnold Schwarzenegger. UC regents, Schwarzenegger and Wachter - Are they making a profit from University investmentes?… Read More »

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Underground Economies: The Pot Biz

12.15.09 by Ryan Van Lenning in Bay Area- East Bay

As we head into the New Year unemployment in Oakland pegged at 17 percent (in contrast to 12 percent nation-wide), and with many Oaklanders deeply under-employed, tales of the underground economy--what we all do to get by that the Department… Read More »

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Classrooms on life support: LAUSD first-graders, teachers walloped by budget cuts

03.03.10 by Christopher Davidson in Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Unified School District is responsible for the education of 620,000 students in the second largest city in the United States. Children need to learn, today, the skills that will make them productive members of society tomorrow. It's… Read More »

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