Gloria Romero

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San Francisco Chronicle, 27.11.08 05:31 UTC

Severance, new UC job for aide in pay scandal

(11-26) 20:53 PST -- The University of California's governing Board of Regents, struggling last week to avert drastic state budget cuts and forestall tuition increases, approved a $100,202 severance ...

Los Angeles Times, 10.09.08 08:33 UTC

Fewer California students pass high school exit exam

This year's number was the lowest since passage became mandatory for students to get a diploma. Officials cite inclusion of special education students this year as a reason.

San Francisco Chronicle, 10.09.08 03:31 UTC

More students failing to pass exit exam

(09-09) 19:48 PDT -- Far more California high school students failed the Exit Exam and did not graduate this year than last year, a decline that state educators blamed largely on the fact that test ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 30.07.08 05:02 UTC

death row cost overrun $40 million / Auditor raises estimate for housing prisoners at San Quentin

(07-29) 04:00 PDT Sacramento - -- The cost of new housing for San Quentin State Prison's growing number of Death Row inmates will exceed estimates by nearly $40 million, and the compound could run ...