WATCH: Charged with expectations of growth and prosperity, CSUCI opened its doors to students in 2002 -- but the economic downturn has forced the university to halt all progress and cap enrollment.Students from Annenberg's News21 team, in partnership with KCET's "SoCal Connected," are reporting around Southern California to find out what happened to the California Dream and where we're headed. For more stories on the California crisis, visit the Dream Interrupted Web page.Read more...
A first-ever California Citizens Redistricting Commission will take another step forward this month. Some political experts say it is the most significant change in state government in 10 years and could begin the end to gridlock in Sacramento.
Students from Annenberg's News21 team, in partnership with KCET's "SoCal Connected," are reporting around Southern California to find out what happened to the California Dream and where we're headed. For more stories on the California crisis, visit the Dream Interrupted Web page.Read more...
Medi-Cal already strains the state budget, costing some $14 billion a year. When the new health care law goes into effect, we might have to worry about an "unfunded mandate," says Richard Cordova, the president and CEO of Children's Hospital L.A.Students from Annenberg's News21 team, in partnership with KCET's "SoCal Connected," are reporting around Southern California to find out what happened to the California Dream and where we're headed. For more stories on the California crisis, visit the Dream Interrupted Web page.Read more...
Short sales are poised to become the next wave to hit the distressed real estate market. The O.C. saw a 30 percent increase in short sales last year alone, so what are they all about?Students from Annenberg's News21 team, in partnership with KCET's "SoCal Connected," are reporting around Southern California to find out what happened to the California Dream and where we're headed. For more stories on the California crisis, visit the Dream Interrupted Web page.Read more...
SLIDESHOW: Budget constraints have caused the city and county to cutback. Constructions projects have taken a big hit as a result, leaving many unemployed.Students from Annenberg's News21 team, in partnership with KCET's "SoCal Connected," are reporting around Southern California to find out what happened to the California Dream and where we're headed. For more stories on the California crisis, visit the Dream Interrupted Web page.Read more...
Since a budget shortfall forced the Capistrano Unified School District to cut 70 percent of its home-to-school bus routes in 2008, a maintenance yard has come to resemble a yellow school bus retirement community.Students from Annenberg's News21 team, in partnership with KCET's "SoCal Connected," are reporting around Southern California to find out what happened to the California Dream and where we're headed. For more stories on the California crisis, visit the Dream Interrupted Web page.
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SLIDESHOW: Many of those seeking assistance from Riverside food banks have never asked for food before, but high unemployment and massive foreclosure rates have led them to local charities for help.Students from Annenberg's News21 team, in partnership with KCET's "SoCal Connected," are reporting around Southern California to find out what happened to the California Dream and where we're headed. For more stories on the California crisis, visit the Dream Interrupted Web page.
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WATCH: In the midst of California's biggest downturn, Ventura mayor Bill Fulton is thinking in unpredictably optimistic terms.Students from Annenberg's News21 team, in partnership with KCET's "SoCal Connected," are reporting around Southern California to find out what happened to the California Dream and where we're headed. For more stories on the California crisis, visit the Dream Interrupted Web page.
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Featured Story: Samantha Page reports on a Hollywood food pantry that just keeps giving, despite a 7-fold increase in demand.
The California Dream has been interrupted. Now, in partnership with KCET's SoCal Connected, Annenberg's News 21 reporters are working around Southern California to find out what happened to that dream and if it's ever coming back.
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