In many counties, more than 20 pct. drop out of school
About a quarter of California counties have high school dropout rates of 20 percent or more, including Los Angeles (20.3 percent) and San Bernardino (21.2 percent).
The new figures released by the California Department of Education last week are based on information collected about individual students from their freshman year in 2006 through graduation in 2010.
Statewide, the study found nearly three out of four students graduated and 18.2 percent dropped out. The remainder of the students are either still in school, earned their GED or are in alternative programs, according to
American Indian tribes battle over online poker
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Once again, it’s shaping up to be a case of tribe vs. tribe in the latest effort to encourage politicians to legalize online poker in California.
In one corner is a coalition of tribes worried that opening online poker rooms may choke off business to their casinos. In the other are the San Manuel and Morongo bands of Mission Indians, which, along with several other tribes and industry groups representing card rooms, are pushing to allow online poker in the state.
The fight, which flared up anew this week with a series of radio and television ads promoting a measuresponsored by state Sen. Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana, is a continuation of a years-long battle between the pro- and
