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Thu, May 8, 2008
The California Report
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Host: Rachael Myrow
Stem Cell Grants
Four years after Californians voted to fund human embryonic stem cell research, the first specialized laboratories are set to be built. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has awarded $271 million in state grants to 12 California universities and non-profit organizations.
Reporters:
• Rob Schmitz
Low Income Banking
For most, a trip to the bank or ATM machine is a routine event. For 11 percent of California households it's a foreign experience. Governor Schwarzenegger wants to change that. Tomorrow in Fresno the governor's office will meet with banks and community groups to pitch its plan to move more Californians into the financial mainstream. Bank on California, as its known, is the first such effort by a state -- and it's modeled after a successful program in San Francisco.
Reporters:
• Tara Siler
End Music
"Money" by Vitamin String Quartet from the CD "The String Quartet Tribute to Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon" (Vitamin Records 8469)
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