Education Department Withholds Study on Bilingual Education

After three years and nearly $2 million, the U.S. Department of Education has decided not to publish a report on the best ways to learn to read English as a second language. Officials say the research failed to meet standards for quality. But skeptics question whether the decision is politically motivated.Reporter: Kathryn Baron

Cocktails Get a Korean Twist

Throughout California, bars and restaurants that don't have a full liquor license are nonetheless serving up cocktails like Cosmopolitans, Bloody Marys and Mojitos, thanks to a provision in the state law regarding a Korean distilled spirit called soju.Reporter: Alex Cohen

On the Trail of the Recycling Truck

Californians throw out nearly 80 million tons of garbage every year. Most residents faithfully separate the newspapers from the coffee grinds. Reporter Craig Miller followed a recycling truck down to the plant to see what happens with all that stuff.Reporter: Craig Miller

Tales of California Housing (Part 2)

California's Central Valley is now the fastest growing region of the state. Over the next 25 years, it will take more than a million new housing units to accommodate the population growth in the state's agricultural heartland. Reporters Sasha Khokha in Merced County and Peter Jon Shuler in San Jose examine how housing threatens to transform the Central Valley in much the same way that Silicon Valley's orchards were paved over years ago.Reporter: Peter Jon ShulerReporter: Sasha Khokha

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