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As a young kid growing up in Pacoima, California, I personally experienced the devastating effects of climate change. My neighborhood was surrounded by freeways, industrial businesses and landfills that caused many respiratory issues and other health illnesses in my community. Unfortunately, my working-class, majority Latino community has and continues...
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Lynn La CalMatters A partir del 1 de enero, cientos de centros de tratamiento residencial con licencia estatal para niños y jóvenes de hasta 21 años que operan en California deben cumplir con una nueva ley que brinda mayor transparencia, particularmente cuando utilizan restricciones y salas de aislamiento. Después...
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Lynn La CalMatters Beginning Jan. 1, hundreds of state-licensed residential treatment centers for children and youth up to age 21 operating in California must comply with a new law that brings greater transparency — particularly when they use restraints and seclusion rooms. After restraining a youth, or putting them...
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Tara García Mathewson CalMatters In 1953, Bárbara Flores entered kindergarten at Washington Elementary School in Madera, California, a small city in the Central Valley surrounded by farm fields. Her mother and grandmother had talked it up: You’re going to learn a lot. You’re going to like it. She believed them....
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Tara García Mathewson CalMatters En 1953, Bárbara Flores entró al kínder en la Escuela Primaria Washington en Madera, California, una pequeña ciudad en el Valle Central rodeada de campos agrícolas. Su madre y su abuela le habían dicho que iba “a aprender mucho” y que le “iba a gustar”....
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Aún faltan 5 semanas para el cambio de gobierno en los Estados Unidos, el mediodía del 20 de enero de 2025. Pero las primeras secuelas del próximo gobierno de Donald Trump ya se sienten con intensidad en muchas partes. Una ola de temor se ha desatado en millones de hogares, especialmente entre familias “mixtas”, aquellas donde cohabitan...
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There are still 5 weeks to go until the change of government in the United States, at noon on January 20, 2025. But the first consequences of the next government of Donald Trump are already being felt intensely in many places. A wave of fear has been unleashed in...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters In January 2023, and continuing throughout the spring, rain swelled many of California’s reservoirs and creeks, engulfing homes and businesses and killing 21 people. One federal estimate says it cost the state nearly $5 billion. Now, nearly two years later, it’s Alexis Ramirez’s job to help pick...