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Week of August 9, 2013 | KQED This Week

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Channel: KQED News · 2013 · News & Politics

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Host Thuy Vu moderates a news panel discussion on the following topics:

* Taking the foreclosure crisis into its own hands, the city of Richmond is threatening an unprecedented use of eminent domain to bail out residents with underwater mortgages. 

* The threat of a second strike by BART workers this summer and other labor disputes have sparked debate about the role of unions and employers in guaranteeing middle class compensation and benefits. 

* Chevron pleaded no contest to six criminal charges of violating labor and health codes and agreed to pay $2 million in fines and restitution for the August 6, 2012 refinery explosion.

* San Francisco, Oakland, and six other California cities were granted waivers from the strict requirements and tough sanctions of the federal No Child Left Behind law. 

GUESTS:
Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle
Josh Richman, Bay Area News Group
David Baker, San Francisco Chronicle
Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle

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