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Dockworkers Stay on Job Despite Contract’s Expiration
A contract covering more than 25,000 dockworkers and their employers expired on July 1, 2008, but cargo continues to move through 29 West Coast ports. |
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Trader Joe’s Has New Neighbor
Trader Joe's, the hip grocery chain that originated in California and now is coast to coast, is experiencing competition on its home turf. |
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Stem Cell Research Gets $24 Million Infusion
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine awarded $24 million in grants to help create new lines of human stem cells and to spur research on therapies for disease or injury. CIRM, the state’s stem cell agency, was established in 2005 after California voters passed Proposition 71, the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act. |
Education
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Students Gain Insight Into Economic Development
Students in Norm Gustafson’s economics class at Sanger High School near Fresno are getting a new perspective on business and economic development by going out into their community and getting to know companies. |
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Ex’pression College Specializes in Digital Arts
In addition to enriching culture through the arts, creative people make vital contributions to the economy. |
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Community Colleges Step Up Workforce Training
With 110 community colleges operating in 72 districts, the California Community Colleges system is an important vehicle for delivering workforce training across the state. |
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Programs Bridge Gap Between Schools, Businesses
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Career Technical Education Initiative has focused attention on career-training programs aimed at students who will enter the workforce after high school. |
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Two-Year Curriculum Trains Aviation Mechanics
In San Bernardino County, a strong partnership among business, education and local government leaders has propelled an aviation mechanics program at Victorville’s Southern California Logistics Airport. |
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Newly Minted Process Technicians Find Good Jobs
With a considerable percentage of the state’s workforce scheduled to reach retirement age within the next three to five years, California localities are developing new strategies to train qualified workers for high-value positions. |
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Training Programs Boost Flow of Qualified Workers
In 1997, Virginia Hamilton, one of California’s most influential leaders in workforce development, left a job at a well-respected state agency with a $900 million budget and 200 employees to found the California Workforce Association. The nonprofit group works as an advocate for workforce development partnerships across California to develop public policy strategies and build local capacity to address critical workforce issues. |
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New Programs Provide Training in Global Logistics
What began as a modest proposal to upgrade the skills of California’s entry-level transportation workers has become a state model. |
Food
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Vineyards and Wineries Continue to Thrive
Here’s a toast to the California wine industry, which is growing strong even in these tough economic times. |
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Peaceful Valley Farm Is Pioneer in Organic Field
A third of Peaceful Valley’s annual revenue is generated from walkup customers to its store, while another third comes via Internet sales |
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California Has Many Productive Wine Regions Other Than the Fabled Napa
It’s true. There are several areas in California where grapes grow abundantly other than the world-famous Napa Valley. In fact, Ron Mittelbrunn of the Amador Economic Development Corp. has taken that fact to slogan form. |
Health
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Loma Linda University Medical Center Expands
Bigger is better at Loma Linda University Medical Center, the only Level I trauma center in San Bernardino, Riverside, Inyo and Mono counties. |
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UC Davis Health System Devises Telemedicine Links
When a Colusa County hospital lost the nurses who monitored high-risk women in labor, the rural facility faced the end of its obstetric services. |
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California Endowment Builds Healthy Communities
California Endowment targets 14 communities for ambitious initiative. |
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California Maintains Leadership in Life Sciences
When California biochemist Herbert W. Boyer pioneered a new scientific field called recombinant DNA technology in 1976, one result was a revolutionary company called Genentech Inc. Another consequence was California’s biotech foothold. Today, California’s biotech footprint is mammoth: About 43 percent of U.S. biotech employees work in California, and one-third of the nation’s biotech companies are headquartered in the state. |
Livability
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A State To Enjoy 52 Weeks a Year
Recreational adventures in California range from Pacific Coast kayaking to High Sierra hiking. Terrain goes from below sea level to 14,505 feet. |
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A Relaxed, Casual Pace of Life
Ahhhh, California – residents and newcomers find the Golden State offers multiple opportunities to pursue career interests and personal dreams. |
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San Bernardino County Program Aids Homebuyers
San Bernardino County, the largest in the country, is making the dream of home ownership come true for some residents who might not ordinarily qualify. |
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Tourism Initiative Spotlights Rural Attractions
Visitors to California flock to such famous spots as Disneyland, Hollywood, Yosemite National Park and the Golden Gate Bridge. But it’s a big state, and there’s much, much more to see. |
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