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With low pay, finding qualified early childhood teachers remains a challenge in some areas

by Marketplace Contributor
Nov 30, 2017
If the early childhood education system is a food chain, district-run preschool programs in California are the new big fish, gobbling up a lot of the resources – including qualified teachers.
Selma Sanchez, program director of the Child Development Consortium of Los Angeles, oversees ten child care centers. When the majority of staff at this Canoga Park center left for other jobs, she stepped in to pick up the slack.
Priska Neely/ for Marketplace
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How do you report sexual harassment in politics when there's no HR?

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Nov 9, 2017
Lobbyist Jodi Hicks says she thinks change is coming, but I think "it's going to be uncomfortable along the way."
Most provisions of SB 731, which was signed into law recently, will go into effect in July.
David Paul Morris/Getty Images
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For states, hiking the gas tax can be politically risky

by Ryan Kailath
Nov 1, 2017
California is hiking gas taxes today by 12 cents a gallon. It’s also raising an annual fee based on a car’s value. The transportation package is expected to raise $54 billion over the next 10 years. The idea is the money will pay for repairs to roads, highways and bridges. California isn’t the only state […]
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This California neighborhood was exempt from fire rules. Now much of it is in ashes.

by Kai Ryssdal
Oct 16, 2017
Over the past week, Northern California has seen some horrific fires blaze across its neighborhoods. One of the remarkable things about those fires, in addition to their speed and the scale of the destruction, is what buildings burned and where those buildings were. The Tubbs Fire, which hit the city of Santa Rosa, has burned […]
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Rising costs from Western wildfires may make policies harder to get in fire-prone areas

by Mitchell Hartman
Oct 12, 2017
Most homes lost in California wildfires likely covered by insurance.
An aerial view of homes that were destroyed by the Tubbs Fire on Thursday in Santa Rosa, California.
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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Smoke from this season’s wildfires is worrying West Coast winemakers

by Marketplace Contributor
Sep 29, 2017
Notes of ashtray or campfire in your pinot? Vineyards say smoky weather from this year’s wildfires could leave lasting mark on wines.
Jocelyn Bentley-Prestwich, the marketing manager at Cathedral Ridge Winery in Hood River, Oregon, tests the ripeness of the vineyard's Riesling grapes. 
Molly Solomon/ for Marketplace
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As large hospital systems buy up independent medical practices, the cost of health care rises

by Jenny Gold
Sep 6, 2017
Large hospital systems gobbled up independent OB/GYN practices. As competition went down, prices have gone up.
Dr. Sarah Azad examines patient Ruby Lin at her private practice in Mountain View, California. 
Jenny Gold/courtesy of KHN
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Asian-inspired night markets are becoming a staple of Southern California

by Andy Uhler
Sep 4, 2017
Vendors serve up dishes like ramen tacos and chicken skin nachos at 626 Night Market, where 100,000 people converge on summer weekends.
Hundreds of pop-up restaurants spend weekends in the summer serving food at the 626 Night Market in Arcadia, California.
Andy Uhler/Marketplace
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In Congress, a move to save an earthquake early warning system from budget cuts

by Jed Kim
Jul 21, 2017
Efforts to build a warning system have been going on for years. Now they face possible demise.
A screen shows the countdown to a simulated 7.8 magnitude earthquake during a drill for first responders at the Office of Emergency Management in Los Angeles in 2013.
FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images
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Climate alliance states have significant leverage

by Adam Allington
Jul 18, 2017
Following withdrawal from Paris accord, states take the lead on emissions targets.
California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks during an energy policy conference in Beijing in June.
FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images
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