California Cuts Weigh Heavily on Its Colleges

Sharp tuition increases and cutbacks in services threaten to erode a much-admired college and university system.

The Bay Citizen: Questions Are Raised on Restraint Training

With no laws governing the use of physical restraint with unruly students in California schools, questions have arisen as to whether the practice should be overseen more carefully.

Games With No Screens and Food That’s Not Fast

When summer arrives and the structure of school days ends, many children fall into bad habits, but Children’s Power Play!, a statewide initiative, aims to correct that.

Judicial Bias Is Alleged in a Ruling on Marriage

The judge who ruled against California’s ban on gay marriage, known as Proposition 8, is accused by supporters of the ban of being biased because of his 10-year relationship with another man.

Same-Sex Vote Unlikely in California

Supporters of another ballot measure, unable to find major donors, believe their best chance is in a pending federal court case.

Redistricting by Citizens Has Test in California

Proposed maps for Congressional and legislative districts have proved that sitting politicians were right to worry.

News Analysis: For States, a Glimmer of Hope on Deficits

State governments may not be out of the woods, but budget officials are breathing more easily.

Budget Talks in California Break Down

Negotiations between California Republican leaders and Gov. Jerry Brown on a package to close the state’s huge budget deficit collapsed Tuesday with each side accusing the other of intransigence.

The Bay Citizen: Gifted Programs Go on Block as Schools Must Do With Less

Budget problems, combined with policies and programs focused on improving overall educational performance in public schools, have put gifted programs in the expendable category.

California Law to Curb Greenhouse Gases Faces a Legal Hurdle

Judge Ernest H. Goldsmith of San Francisco Superior Court issued a tentative opinion saying that the rules creating a cap-and-trade system were adopted without proper analysis of alternatives.

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