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Cash-only clinics make health care more California accessible and fill provider pockets economy by Vickie Vértiz expected to grow strong in next 5 years By SHEL SEGAL
Middle School, Manhattan Beach Unified School District, Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles County. Torlakson nominated Mabery as California’s representative to the National Teacher of the Year competition. •Lovelyn Marquez-Prueher, an eighth grade English teacher at Dodson Middle School, Los Angeles Unified School District, Rancho Palos
The Great Recession is long over with the California economy doing much better than the national economy, local economists said at a conference on Oct. 23. In addition, economists are predicting stronger job growth and a continued housing recovery. Kimberly Ritter-Martinez, an economist with the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corps said at the Pasadena Economic and Business Summit at Brookside Golf Club that strong growth will be a mainstay of the next five years. Ritter-Martinez added the county’s GPD will outpace the national average through 2019, with job growth in the county through 2015 recovering all the jobs it lost during the recession. But she did say that many recently hired workers are part-time as many employees are still nervous about California’s economy, meaning they don’t want to take a chance with full-time hires. She also said she believes the Fed won’t raise short-term interest rates until next summer because of three reasons, one of which is a declining labor force participation rate. “That refers to the percentage of people who are either working or actively seeking work. In September the national labor force participation rate was 62.7 percent, down from 62.9 percent the previous month and 63.2 percent a year earlier,” according to a published report. Also speaking at the confer-
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While the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has insured thousands of formerly uninsured people, many people remain uninsured.
To fill the demand for care, storefront medical clinics are becoming more popular in places like Anaheim.
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Anaheim teacher one of five of California’s teachers of the year State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson named five outstanding educators as the 2015 California Teachers of the Year, one of whom he nominated as California’s National Teacher of the Year. “It is an honor to recognize these five incredibly dedicated teachers who devote their energy, passion, and creativity to helping all their students achieve inside and outside the
classroom,” Torlakson said. “These teachers have made a huge difference in their students’ lives.” The five 2015 California Teachers of the Year are: •Amy Laughlin, a kindergarten through sixth grade intervention teacher at Hansen School, Savanna School District, Anaheim, Orange County. •*Maggie Mabery, a seventh and eighth grade science teacher at Manhattan Beach