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Kristen Taketa

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
3
Latest publication
Sep 29, 2026
Outlet visibility, for East Bay Times
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Jul 15, 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 · Aug 4, 2026 · Kristen Taketa

    This California charter school paid millions to firms linked to its founder. It was shut down amid ‘fiscal integrity’ concerns. (opens the original)

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    Deborah Lee had loved teaching at her school. For three years she taught for the home-schooling program at SCALE Leadership Academy – East, an independent-study charter school that was based in Riverside County and educated about 1,500 K-12 students across Riverside, Orange and San Diego counties. Her team worked well together. She believed it was a solid school. So Lee said she was blindsided when county school officials shut it down in June after revealing several concerns about the school, in

  3. Article · Jul 15, 2026 · Kristen Taketa

    Extremist violence like the San Diego Islamic Center shooting can be prevented, experts say. Here’s how. (opens the original)

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    Almost two months after two teenagers shot and killed three people at the Islamic Center of San Diego in Clairemont, a key question still doesn’t have a clear answer — was enough done to try to stop the teens’ path to extremism? A full accounting of which interventions were or were not attempted with the alleged shooters, Cain Clark, 17, and Caleb Vazquez, 18, has not been publicized. Experts stressed that hate-based violence like the Islamic Center shooting can be prevented and has been stopped

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