Investigative Reports
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Jan. 29, 2013
By Dave Roberts
Oakland’s website prominently touts that it has been ranked by the New York Times as the fifth best place in the world to visit. It beat out every other North American city as well as Tokyo, Florence and Vienna. The Times praises Oakland’s sophisticated restau...
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Jan. 24, 2013
by Wayne Lusvardi
Just as Hollywood often remakes old movies, water engineers apparently rehash old forgotten plans to refashion the Sacramento Delta. And then the proponents call these plans “new” and “cheaper” alternatives.
Water engineer Robert Pyke has gotten a l...
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Jan. 17, 2013
By Todd C. Ringstad
The threat of bankruptcy still haunts California. State and municipal finances have been improving, yet last year three cities filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy: Stockton, San Bernardino and Mammoth Lakes.
Around the country, Jefferson County, Ala. went belly ...
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Jan. 11, 2013
By Katy Grimes
In what strange world do janitors get paid $45 per hour? In California, the land of the prevailing wage.
The dirty secret is that janitors often are not really getting paid $45 per hour, but the taxpayers are being charged this amount on public works projects.
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