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Category Archives: Youth
Deadline? What Deadline? More State Parks Stay Open
This just in: the state Department of Parks and Recreation says it's got 65 deals going to keep parks open. Forty of those deals are signed; 25 more are still in the negotiation phase. Candlestick Point in San Francisco, recently … Continue reading
Still Slated for Closure: Candlestick Point Recreation Area
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by Katharine Mieszkowski, The Bay Citizen Less than a week before Candlestick Point State Recreation Area is slated to close, no deep-pocketed savior has emerged to keep open the waterfront park, which is located in one of San Francisco's poorest neighborhoods.Unlike Candlestick … Continue reading
Portola Redwoods State Park Off The List
In case you missed this in last Thursday's Mercury News, the 2,800-acre Santa Cruz Mountains getaway southwest of Cupertino became the 31st park officially saved from the list of 70 parks. The article quotes Ruth Coleman, the head of California's … Continue reading
Welfare, Financial Aid Cut in New California Budget
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Students and welfare recipients will feel in the pinch in the new budget that Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers announced on Thursday after a week of negotiation, according to news reports. Los Angeles Times writes: One of the biggest barriers … Continue reading
The Private Solution for State Parks
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Trust the Wall Street Journal to wait until California is close to finalizing park rescue bids from private companies to wade into coverage of pending state park closures here. There are – what – 50-odd deals at this point? (30 … Continue reading
Immigration Protest in Oakland Coincides With Administration's Policy Shift
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[Correction: When we first published this blog post, we mistakenly identified Ju Hong as part of a group protesting at Obama’s campaign headquarters in Oakland. Hong wasn’t part of that protest nor was he at the campaign headquarters. We regret … Continue reading
Pio Pico State Historic Park to Stay Open Through 2012
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This just in from the LA Times: The adobe mansion of California's last governor under Mexican rule will remain open through the end of the year with $40,000 from the city of Whittier and private donors. You'll recall Pio Pico … Continue reading
South San Francisco Police Fatally Shoot 15-Year-Old
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Last night a South San Francisco police officer shot and killed 15-year-old Derrick Gaines. South San Francisco Patch has a report on what police say happened: An officer on duty initiated contact with two juveniles at the Arco gas station … Continue reading
Oakland School Accused of Abuse is Also Overbilling Taxpayers
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by Will Evans, California Watch A West Oakland church school that makes its students ask for money at BART stations appears to have vastly inflated its enrollment numbers to collect extra taxpayer funding, some of which goes to a teacher … Continue reading
