California school fails the test August 07 2004 at 10:03AM Los Angeles - A chain of private California schools - which taught immigrants there are 53 states in the United States and four branches of the US government - was ordered to stop handing out phony diplomas this week, state Attorney General Bill Lockyer said on Friday. Authorities seized the assets of California Alternative High School and asked a judge to stop the company's 30 schools statewide from handing out "high school diplomas" to students dreaming of a better life through education, Lockyer said. The company charged its mainly Latino...