The Berkeley School district says there were inaccuracies in an article by Anika Anand and Emily Hartley of California Watch which set out to uncover the cost to BUSD of a sexual harassment case at Berkeley High. The California Watch article, which Berkeleyside published in full on July 25, said that over a period of about one year Berkeley officials had balked […]
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Report: Berkeley Patients Group earned $15m in 2009
As Berkeley Patients Group prepared to shut its doors on May 1, it advertised a delivery service behind the front desk. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel Berkeley Patients Group took in $15 million and paid its top executives $911,000 in 2009, while only donating $18,083 to charities, according to a story released Wednesday by California Watch. Etienne […]
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Thousands of schools at risk during earthquake
Berkeley Unified School District Headquarters A team of California Watch reporters and researchers spent the last 19 months investigating how the state enforces the Field Act, a strict seismic safety law that is supposed to protect school children at public schools. California Watch is partnering with dozens of California newspapers, television stations, radio outlets, and […]
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Berkeley business is model for new journalism
California Watch website It could be a scene right out of any decent movie about newspapers: veteran reporters and editors sit around a big table and bounce around news ideas. “It gives me chills,” one of the top editors says about a pending news investigation. “The reporting is so amazing,” responds another. A movie set? […]
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Are there chickens on the loose in Berkeley?
Veteran investigative reporter Lance Williams of California Watch tipped us off to this caper: there was a chicken running loose in the Elmwood a few days ago. Fortunately, a kind citizen noticed the bird trying to cross Ashby Avenue, picked it up, and took it home. The Good Samaritan then put up this poster seeking […]
