Discovery of Palin's contract in college dumpster leads to 'broad investigation' | California Watch

Discovery of Palin's contract in college dumpster leads to 'broad investigation' | California Watch

Discovery of Palin's contract in college dumpster leads to 'broad investigation'

by Lance Williams

Photo by Roger H. Goun

Lance Williams

The Turlock educators who allegedly ordered the shredding of public documents to conceal Sarah Palin’s speaking fee now are facing an “expanded inquiry” from the state attorney general’s office.
On Tuesday, hours after state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, presented him with the evidence – bags of shredded papers salvaged from a college dumpster by inquisitive students – Attorney General Jerry Brown ordered his charitable trusts section to begin a “broad investigation” into suspected financial improprieties at CSU Stanislaus.
Investigators will seek to learn whether the CSU Stanislaus Foundation, which booked Palin for a June fundraising event, “is spending its money to benefit the campus, as it promised donors, the university and the

Some colleges charge student demonstrators for protest damage

by Erica Perez

Flickr photo by stuartpilbrow

Erica Perez

Students in the UC and CSU systems have staged protests and occupied buildings on campus this year to rally against staggering fee increases. Those activities, in turn, have created thousands of dollars in costs for universities, from police overtime to, in some cases, repair fees for damaged property.
Some universities are covering the costs with campus funds, while a couple others have demanded small groups of students pay restitution for varying parts of the price tag.
UC Santa Cruz this week hit 36 students with fines of $944 each to cover the cost of cleaning up and repairing

Orange County budget cuts spark protest, possible strike

by Corey G. Johnson

Corey G. Johnson

The budget crisis has pushed the Capistrano Unified School District to the edge of a potential explosion.
An estimated 3,880 students didn't show up for school Tuesday in protest of a CUSD decision to impose a permanent 10 percent salary reduction on the district's 2,300 teachers. The elementary schools were the hardest hit by the self-described "sickout." Approximately 3,609 elementary school students, 77 middle school students and 194 high schoolers took part.
Then, late Tuesday, another 900 students, teachers and parents went to the district headquarters to further