About This Project
The California Report has teamed up with California Watch to bring investigative journalism to public radio air waves. This ongoing, occasional series examines education, public safety, health care and environmental issues around the state, and it aims to produce solution-oriented reports that impact our many communities.
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- CaliforniaWatch.org
Official site of the CIR initiative.
- California WatchBlog
Keep up with California Watch reporters.
- Center for Investigative Reporting
Nonprofit investigative news organization.
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The California Report | Monday, Dec 19, 2011, 8:50 AM
Medicare Billed for Rare Disease in Shasta County
The investigative outfit California Watch went digging through more than 50 million Medicare records over the past year, and found a fascinating story involving Prime Healthcare Services, which owns 15 facilities in California and Texas. According to the bills the chain sends Medicare, one rural California hospital is suffering an epidemic of kwashiorkor, usually seen in drought-stricken parts of Africa.
The California Report | Thursday, Sep 22, 2011, 8:50 AM
Pot Shipped From Calif. to NFL Players in Kentucky
Narcotics agents on the trail of marijuana exports from Northern California's "Emerald Triangle" have found that the retail end of one shipment involves two NFL players.
The California Report | Monday, Apr 11, 2011, 8:50 AM
Schools Needing Retrofits Say 'Show Us the Money'
Five years ago, California voters set aside $199 million in bond money to shore-up seismically unsafe school buildings. But the state has made it virtually impossible for districts to access the funds, meaning few schools have been reviewed -- and even fewer have been fixed.[Our story was produced in collaboration with California Watch, a project of the Center for Investigative Reporting, and was reported with Corey Johnson, Krissy Clark and Erica Perez.]
The California Report | Friday, Apr 08, 2011, 8:50 AM
Lack of Oversight, Sloppy Record Keeping Raise Concerns About School Safety
Watching a series of disasters bring Japan to its knees, it's hard to ignore the fact that we, too, live in earthquake country. The California Report teamed up with California Watch to investigate the way our state regulates seismic safety in public school construction. What we found are cracks in the system that raise troubling questions about the safety of thousands of students and teachers.
The California Report | Thursday, Mar 24, 2011, 8:50 AM
LA Patches Together Mental Health Care for Juvenile Offenders
California's counties are assuming responsibility for juvenile corrections -- a job once handled by the state. And a central task is ensuring treatment for the many young offenders who suffer from psychological problems. In the second of two stories on youth justice, The California Report's Sarah Varney found that psychological care is key to turning young lives around -- and nowhere more important than in the state's largest county -- Los Angeles.
The California Report | Wednesday, Mar 23, 2011, 8:50 AM
California Counties Struggle to Take Over Juvenile Justice
In recent years county governments have taken an ever-larger role in rehabilitating thousands of teenage offenders, This year, Gov. Jerry Brown wanted to shut-down the four state-run youth correction facilities completely, but counties pushed back.
The California Report | Monday, Jan 31, 2011, 8:50 AM
Investigation Suggests Serious Errors, Negligence in State's Forensic Pathology System
There's a severe shortage of forensic pathologists in the U.S. Those that are working are over-burdened, and many of them don't even have credentials. A joint investigation by Frontline, ProPublica, NPR, the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley and California Watch finds the system so dysfunctional, it's likely killers are going free, and innocent people are being locked up for crimes they did not commit.
The California Report | Friday, Jan 14, 2011, 8:50 AM
School Clinics Bring Health Care to Students
Five years ago, California came up with an ambitious plan to launch 500 health clinics at schools around the state. There are nowhere near that number today, but where the clinics have opened, the concept is proving successful.
The California Report | Tuesday, Dec 14, 2010, 8:50 AM
Timber Companies and Greenhouse Gases
Later this week, the California Air Resources Board is expected to approve a major set of new rules regarding greenhouse gas emissions. As many industries are forced to go on a low-carbon diet, timber companies are in a position to benefit.
The California Report | Tuesday, Oct 26, 2010, 8:50 AM
Prop. 19's Effectiveness
Supporters of Proposition 19 liken their cause to the lifting of prohibition on alcohol 80 years ago. Making pot legal and regulating it like alcohol, they say, could raise millions in tax revenues, and wipe out the black market and the social costs associated with it. But breaking the underground trade in marijuana might not be so easy.
