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K-12: On The Edge

Public education in California is in a financial free-fall.

K-12 districts are losing millions of dollars in state revenue every year.  Some have gone bankrupt--and others may follow.

In K-12:  On The Edge, KCLU Special Projects Reporter, John North, goes behind the scenes of a local district to get a better understanding of the implications of funding cuts on California education.

For more information and to hear the program on demand, click here.
The Public Radio News Directors International organization has honored KCLU with five PRNDI awards in Division "C" in 2010, including four first place awards.

KCLU won for "Best Breaking News" for its Jesusita Fire coverage; "Best Spot News" for its Fillmore (Guiberson) Fire coverage; "Best Interview" for "Crosstalk/Dr. Keith Black"; "Best Enterprise/Investigative" for the documentary "Not In My Backyard"; and a second place award for "Best News/Public Affairs Program" for "Crosstalk/Torture Hearings".

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Tow truck hits family crossing Ventura County street, drags kids hundreds of feet

9/1/2010 9:36am    Download MP3  

Investigators this morning are trying to figure out why a tow truck plowed into a family in Oxnard, and then kept going for another quarter of a mile, dragging a stroller, and critically injuring the two young children in it. KCLU's Lance Orozco talks to eyewitnesses, and police.



Ventura County man helps restore bits of early days of television

8/31/2010 8:25am    Download MP3  

From the "Ed Sullivan Show", to "Ozzie And Harriett", a Ventura County man is bringing back to life some historic, but long forgotten footage from the early days of television. KCLU talks to this Thousand Oaks man who's become almost an artist at turning kinescopes into modern digital video.



Oxnard firefighters to be honored for saving injured man man from oncoming train

8/27/2010 11:04am    Download MP3  

Two Oxnard firefighters say they were just doing their jobs when they rescued an injured man trapped in a truck in the path of an oncoming train. KCLU's Lance Orozco talks with the firefighters, who are going to receive statewide recognition for their heroism.



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Production Platform On Fire South Of Louisiana, U.S. Coast Guard Reports   

An oil rig, 90 miles off the Gulf of Mexico, is on fire, the U.S. Coast Guard reports. Thirteen people on board the rig are accounted for. An explosion was reported shortly after 10:30 a.m. ET.

Some Dig In, Others Flee Coast As Earl Nears   

Tourists were largely gone from North Carolina's Outer Banks, but those resolute residents who stayed behind say they were prepared Thursday to potentially face down the most powerful hurricane to threaten the coast in years.

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