News Innocence Project INNOCENCE PROJECT APPLAUDS CALIFORNIA BOARD DECISION TO COMPENSATE EXONEREE A California board voted this week to award $30,000 in compensation to James Ochoa for the 10 months he spent in prison for a carjacking he didn't commit. Ochoa was exonerated in 2006 when DNA testing on evidence from the crime scene proved his innocence. The Advertising Council LATINO CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE 129,000 kids in foster care are awaiting adoption, 20 percent are Latino The California Wellness Foundation HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERS RECEIVE TCWF CHAMPIONS OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS DIVERSITY AWARD Juanita Barrena, David Hayes-Bautista and Linda Squires-Grohe Awarded $25,000 Each for Leadership in Increasing Diversity in the Health Professions