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Kristen Taketa

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
12
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Sep 29, 2026
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Jul 8, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Kristen Taketa

    California’s public-employee pay watchdog sues state education department for records (opens the original)

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    A watchdog group that publishes compensation data for California public officials has sued the state education department in San Diego court for refusing to provide key school officials’ contact information in a spreadsheet it needs to request pay details from districts and charter schools. Transparent California, run by the nonprofit think tank Nevada Policy Research Institute, submits thousands of public record requests to public agencies each year to collect, then publish public officials’ co

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Kristen Taketa

    Public-employee pay watchdog sues state education department for records (opens the original)

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    A watchdog group that publishes compensation data for California public officials has sued the state education department in San Diego court for refusing to provide key school officials’ contact information in a spreadsheet it needs to request pay details from districts and charter schools. Transparent California, run by the nonprofit think tank Nevada Policy Research Institute, submits thousands of public record requests to public agencies each year to collect, then publish public officials’ co

  3. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Kristen Taketa

    Thousands flock to interfaith march in San Diego to proclaim dignity for immigrants (opens the original)

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    Thousands of San Diegans of several faiths marched by Balboa Park on Sunday to call for the dignity of migrants and refugees as the Trump administration’s roundups of immigrants have recently reached new highs. The afternoon event, under a bright gray sky that shed occasional bouts of rain, evoked vibes of a 1960s peace march. Musicians performed a concert on the grass before the procession that combined worship music in three languages and protest folk songs, performed with vocals, keyboard, ac

  4. Article · Sep 19, 2026 · Kristen Taketa

    Encinitas school district settles lawsuit over gender identity lesson (opens the original)

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    The Encinitas Union School District settled a lawsuit filed by the parents of two students who said a class activity involving a book about gender identity infringed on the students’ religious beliefs. The settlement resolves a San Diego federal case that began in 2024, a year before a Supreme Court decision that said schools must provide advance notice of, and allow parents to opt out of, instruction that may substantially interfere with their religious beliefs, such as LGBTQ-inclusive instruct

  5. Article · Aug 7, 2026 · Kristen Taketa

    Flowers, mouthwash and a podcast: How one San Diego charter school leader spent tens of thousands in public money (opens the original)

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    A trip to Guatemala. A $322 “adult bean bag chair.” A $345 robot vacuum. A $538 Zen art decoration. Mouthwash from a hotel gift shop. These are some of the hundreds of credit card purchases made over eight years by school leaders at the Albert Einstein Academies charter school in South Park. Most were made by the school’s embattled former superintendent, David Sciarretta, who resigned in June amid concerns about his leadership — including allegations of mismanaging the school’s dual-language pro

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