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Parents who don't want to meet state immunization requirements for school now have to obtain a certificate of exemption from a licensed health care provider.

Last year's class of California kindergartners had a record high percentage of parents who used a personal belief exemption to avoid immunization requirements, a development that concerns state health officials.

The nation's for-profit colleges and universities received more than $1 billion in benefits from the Post-Sept. 11 GI Bill in the last year alone. But some say the for-profit schools aren't policed well enough — which creates an opening for abuses — and their dropout rates are too high.

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A KPBS-Watchdog Institute investigation last year questioned the efficacy of the whooping cough vaccine after revealing the majority of people who got sick in San Diego County were immunized.

The Chargers still need to sell about 1,800 tickets to avoid having its regular season opener blacked out for local television viewers for the second year in a row.

A story of survival on 9/11 is told by a woman who now lives here in San Diego. She'll tell how the experience has shaped her life.

City worker Tommy Salazar, who has taken care of Ski Beach in Mission Bay for 19 years, exemplifies how blue-collar workers are caught up in the debate over pensions for government workers.

California's newest State Supreme Court Justice has been sworn in. Governor Jerry Brown administered the oath of office to UC Berkeley Law Professor Goodwin Liu today.

This week, Will Carless of Voiceofsandiego,org wrote about the San Diego Housing Commission's "Trojan Horse." The report begins with the Commission's plan to deal with the foreclosure crisis by buying foreclosed properties and making them into affordable homes for needy San Diegans.