• Gas Prices on the Rise: How to Save Money

    If you’ve filled up your car’s gas tank in recent days, you’ve probably noticed that gas prices have risen dramatically. This is due to the powder keg created by the decision of the United States and Israel to attack Iran, and Iran’s decision to close the Strait of Hormuz,...
  • Report: CA should increase training for assistant preschool teachers

    A new report recommended all states, including California, start requiring more education and training for assistant teachers in state-funded preschool programs. Experts from the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University just published a report recommending assistant preschool teachers have a Child Development Associate credential or an equivalent, plus...
  • EE. UU. sufre el mayor brote de sarampión desde el 2000

    Alla Katsnelson The Conversation El brote de sarampión en Carolina del Sur alcanzó los 876 casos el 3 de febrero de 2026. Esa cifra supera el brote de 2025 en Texas y alcanza el desafortunado hito de ser el mayor brote en los Estados Unidos desde 2000, cuando se...
  • US experiencing largest measles outbreak since 2000

    Alla Katsnelson The Conversation The measles outbreak in South Carolina reached 876 cases on Feb. 3, 2026. That number surpasses the 2025 outbreak in Texas and hits the unfortunate milestone of being the largest outbreak in the U.S. since 2000, when the disease was declared eliminated here. The outbreak is...
  • Informe: CA debería aumentar la formación de los maestros auxiliares de preescolar.

    Un nuevo informe recomendó que todos los estados, incluido California, comenzaran a exigir más educación y capacitación a los maestros auxiliares en los programas preescolares financiados por el estado. Expertos del Instituto Nacional para la Investigación en Educación Temprana de la Universidad de Rutgers acaban de publicar un informe...
  • California cut health care for undocumented immigrants. One lawmaker wants it back

    Kristen Hwang CalMatters Only two Democratic lawmakers voted against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal last year curtailing health care for undocumented immigrants. Sen. Maria Elena Durazo was one them. Now, Durazo, a Democrat from Los Angeles, is proposing legislation that would reverse many of those immigrant health care cuts and...
  • After his crash killed a child, the DMV renewed his license – then it hid his records

    Robert Lewis CalMatters Placer County prosecutors wanted any information the California Department of Motor Vehicles had on Kostas Linardos, who drove a three-ton pickup truck at high speed into the back of a sedan in late 2022, killing a toddler. The district attorney’s office, which charged Linardos with felony...
  • California recortó la atención médica para inmigrantes indocumentados. Un legislador la quiere de vuelta.

    Kristen Hwang CalMatters Solo dos legisladores demócratas votaron en contra de la propuesta presupuestaria del gobernador Gavin Newsom el año pasado que restringía la atención médica a los inmigrantes indocumentados. La senadora María Elena Durazo fue una de ellas. Ahora, Durazo, un demócrata de Los Ángeles, está proponiendo una legislación...
  • EarthTalk Q&A: Regressive Evolution

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Regressive evolution, in simple terms, refers to the loss of previously evolved traits. It occurs because specific characteristics are no longer beneficial to the organism’s survival due to changes in lifestyle or the environment. Gene preservation and decay depend on the level of...
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