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Cal State OKs 5% hike in undergraduate fees By Carla Rivera, Los Angeles Times Trustees approve a $204 increase for full-time students, raising overall annual cost to $5,097, not including housing or books. Hope for hungry students at UCLA By Carla Rivera, Los Angeles Times The student-run Food Closet and Swipes for the Homeless reach out to the campus' needy, many of whom prefer to remain hidden during hard times. California universities consider adopting the T-word: tuition By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times Since 1960's master plan for public higher education, which had the goal of tuition-free schooling for all, the word has been eschewed in favor of "fees." But recent realities argue for a change. More Education Coverage California Community colleges give firms an education By Cyndia Zwahlen Workers are receiving free or low-cost training in a variety of subjects to keep them up to speed on fast-changing technologies or productivity-boosting methods. Cal State considers fee hike to counter state funding cuts By Carla Rivera, Los Angeles Times Fees for undergrads and business grad students would go up by 5%, and fees for doctoral education students would go up 10%. The plan would also eliminate the cap on nonresident tuition. On USC campus, a will to fight on through the gloom By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times One staffer likens eliminating the possibility of the Trojans playing in a bowl game to Christmas without Santa Claus. L.A. Unified fails to turn out its population base to pass parcel tax By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times In a district with nearly 618,000 students, Measure E could have swept to victory with about 204,000 yes votes from parents, employees and others. But with 53% of the vote, it went down to defeat. L.A. school bond measure falling short of required two-thirds majority By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times The $100-per-parcel tax would raise $92.5 million annually for four years to offset some of the district's looming funding cuts. Hawthorne mayor charged with stealing commercial food mixer By Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times A local school district facilities director, he allegedly took the industrial-strength mixer and a cart from a warehouse because he needed more dough for his home pizza oven, prosecutors say. The gowns are green — at least philosophically By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times Animo Venice Charter High School is among a number of campuses that are adopting environmentally friendly graduation garb made from either renewable wood fibers or recycled plastic bottles. Website aims to educate the public about state government By Carla Rivera, Los Angeles Times The nonpartisan site, created by scholars at Stanford and UC Berkeley, aggregates information, endorsements, news and resources on how the state operates. Encouraging reform is a major goal.

EDUCATION Headlines from L.A. Now Cal State raises undergraduate student fees by 5%06/18/2010, 12:57 p.m. LAUSD layoffs expected, but thousands of jobs are being saved06/16/2010, 1:20 p.m. Black students added to discrimination probe at L.A. Unified06/12/2010, 6:34 p.m. Columnist urges UCLA grads to thank campus workers06/11/2010, 7:03 p.m. Fire at Florence recycling center releases toxic fumes06/11/2010, 3:03 p.m. Founders of high scoring San Fernando Valley charter school charged with theft of $200,00006/11/2010, 1:13 p.m. More ...