CA FWD NEWS

California Millennial voter registration up, but is it enough?
 150 150 Alexandra Bjerg
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Voter registration is up among young Californians, but the increase is not enough to close the age gap among registered voters. The number of 18 to 24 year old Californians registering to vote increased between 2002 and 2010, but these young voters remain underrepresented as a proportion of California’s electorate, according to a new study released last week by the University of California, Davis.

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Contra Costa Latino parents gather to resolve education challenges
 150 150 Victor Abalos
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Nearly fifty parents from Contra Costa County met face-to-face with representatives of three of the largest school districts in the county to discuss shared concerns about Latino drop-outs, the challenges English Learner students are encountering and the difficulties parents have getting involved.

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While in prison, Michael Santos reconciles with society
 150 150 Michael G. Santos
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In the second installment of the series, Michael G. Santos discusses his journey through prison and how he focused all of his time on reconciling with society and using his vantage point on the inside to learn more about the criminal justice system.

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SBA hits on capital idea for California Hispanic entrepreneurs
 150 150 Alexandra Bjerg
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Getting capital to fastest growing segment of small businesses critical to California economy

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California schools refining curriculae to meet local job demands
 150 150 Ed Coghlan
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What is becoming more apparent nationally and statewide is the skills gap that exists between available jobs and workers to fill them. And it’s the Community Colleges that are trying to leap into that breach and improve our workforce training in the country.

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California schools refining focus to fill in-demand jobs
 150 150 Ed Coghlan
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Linkage between career technical training & what industry needs is vital to economy

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California local government says good governance is the reason the city is seeing black not red
 150 150 Cheryl Getuiza
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The city of Temecula has a budget surplus. Your eyes don’t deceive you. City leaders in Temecula recently announced that the city finished the 2011-2012 fiscal year more than $2.7 million in the black.

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City of Palo Alto takes another major step toward transparency
 150 150 Alexandra Bjerg
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Have you ever blown out a tire due to an unfixed pothole and angrily wondered how much your city’s public works department actually spends on street maintenance? Or received a parking ticket that made you speculate as to how much revenue your city collects annually from parking enforcement? If you live in Palo Alto, answers to these questions and more are now just a few mouse clicks away.

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