Excerpts from Reddy’s presentation to Texas doctors
Lance WilliamsOn Jan. 2, Knapp Medical Center in Weslaco, Texas, was bought by a nonprofit foundation associated with Prime Healthcare Services, a fast-growing California-based hospital chain that is...
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Prime hospital chain acknowledges it faces 2 federal investigations
Lance WilliamsAna Venegas/The Orange County RegisterDr. Prem Reddy, founder of Prime Healthcare Services, recently gave a presentation on Medicare billing practices to doctors at a Texas hospital that...
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In one Calif. school district, teachers help teachers get better
AnonymousStephen Smith/The Hechinger Report Writing coach Jandella Faulkner helps students at Edison Elementary School in Long Beach use "thinking maps" to tell a story. LONG BEACH – Jandella Faulkner...
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How NASA scientists are turning LA into one big climate change lab
AnonymousJohn Metcalfe/The Atlantic Los Angeles on a "clear" day, as seen from atop the CLARS monitoring station, which remotely tests the atmosphere above more than two dozen points in the Los Angeles...
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What's driving privatization of public transit?
Kelly ChenMichael Short/California Watch In Fairfield, officials have outsourced the city's public bus service to MV Transportation. As more cities turn to private companies to run public transit...
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New director to take over troubled Sonoma disability center
Amy Julia HarrisMike Kepka/San Francisco Chronicle Giant palm trees stand at the main gate of the Sonoma Developmental Center, which houses about 500 patients. A former employee of the Sonoma...
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Some Calif. retirement trustees cancel Hawaii conference plans
Jennifer Gollannemuneko.jc/Flickr.comThe Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort, site of this year's National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems, has five swimming pools.At least...
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Stories to make you rethink your relationship to water
Kelly ChenWe drink it, we bathe with it, we even swim in it – but we may not often think about water. What is the source of the water we're drinking? What happens when whole communities don't have...
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For East African women, moving from Cheetos to mushmush
Patricia Leigh BrownCarlos A. Moreno/California WatchThe gatherings are meant to help daughters of East African women to understand their heritage and to encourage mothers to adapt healthy versions of...
View ArticleJoin our discussion on Pomona's developmental center
Marie McIntoshCalifornia Watch invites you to share your insights and experiences regarding the Lanterman Developmental Center in Pomona. On April 3, reporter Ryan Gabrielson, who has covered the...
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What's at stake as community colleges face budget cuts?
Kelly ChenPublic Policy Institute of California Fee increase at California community colleges over time A new report by the Public Policy Institute of California examines how nearly $1.5 billion in...
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Unincorporated neighborhood finally getting sewer service
Bernice YeungMax Whittaker/Prime Arleen Hernandez frequently has to unclog her backed-up shower because of the aging septic tank at her Parklawn home. The unincorporated neighborhood of Parklawn, one...
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Cambodian youth confront ‘historical forgetting’
Patricia Leigh BrownRichard Hartog/California Watch Community organizer Ashley Uyeda, second from left, listens during a group youth session at the Khmer Girls in Action offices in Long Beach with...
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Doctors claim Prime hospital kept them from patients
Christina JewettMonica Lam/California WatchA dozen Southern California doctors are accusing the leadership of a Prime Healthcare Services hospital of refusing to notify them about their patients...
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Independent oversight proposed for developmental centers
Amy Julia HarrisMonica Lam/California Watch The Office of Protective Services is an in-house police force at California's developmental centers. The state’s influential legislative analyst is...
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Lawmakers mull next steps for developmental centers
Amy Julia HarrisMax Whittaker/For California Watch People with developmental disabilities and their supporters call on lawmakers to shut down the state's developmental centers. SACRAMENTO – State...
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Winning bid to start high-speed rail far below estimates
Tim SheehanHigh-Speed Rail AuthorityA trio of American companies outbid four other teams of contractors vying for the contract to build the first segment of California's proposed high-speed train...
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Bullet train bidder has history of cost overruns
AnonymousCalifornia High-Speed Rail AuthoritySACRAMENTO – The lowest-bidding partnership for the first segment of California’s high-speed rail line includes a firm with a history of cost overruns and...
View ArticleTo mark 1906 quake, resources to teach kids about disaster safety
Kelly ChenTo commemorate the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire and follow up on our investigation into the seismic safety of California’s schools, the Center for Investigate Reporting is teaming...
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Bill seeks to limit school police in discipline matters
Susan Ferriss and Ben WiederVanessa Romo/KPCC.org Students protest last year in Los Angeles against school police tickets issued heavily at middle schools, low-income schools. As the national debate...
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