The number of California public school students who have been diagnosed with autism increased by 8% from 2013 to 2014, bringing the total number of diagnosed children in the state to nearly 79,000, according to data from the state Department of Education, the Sacramento Bee reports.

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As stakeholders from the Sonoma Valley to Sacramento ponder the future of the Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC), a trio of concerns reverberate around the tranquil campus, situated on some 1,000 acres astride Arnold Drive outside Glen Ellen. Read more here.

Governor Jerry Brown has appointed Santi J. Rogers, 68, of Aptos, as director of the California Department of Developmental Services (DDS). Rogers has been director at the San Andreas Regional Center since 1995. Read more here.