CA FWD NEWS

California schools refining curriculae to meet local job demands
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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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Video: Looking for work in California’s new jobs reality
 150 150 Cheryl Getuiza
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How one career fair shows the state of California unemployment and jobs training

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California’s Business Climate: The Comcast Kerfuffle
 150 150 Justin Ewers
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What does infamous Comcast statement & state’s response say about the climate?

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San Joaquin’s collaborative approach to California water issues
 150 150 Niki Woodard
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Why is it that our societal narrative seems to focus more on challenge and contention rather than opportunity and cooperation? The San Joaquin Valley is challenging that narrative.

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Video: Collaboration between business and higher ed key to jumpstarting California economy
 150 150 Cheryl Getuiza
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The California Community College system is hosting a series of regional forums around the state to forge partnerships with the business community that will help address the state’s high unemployment rate

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