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Mollie Engelhardt’s farm looks messy. Every inch of Sow a Heart Farm in Fillmore, Calif., is growing one of more than 300 types of plants. In between the rows of fruit trees, Engelhardt has got organic peppers, garlic, broccoli, and cauliflower, all covered with a thin layer of grass or clover....
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Wildlife crossings save lives, both human and animal, by allowing migrating species to avoid oncoming traffic and move over or under roads and freeways instead. Now a coalition of scientists, nonprofits and government agencies are highlighting their potential to help us adapt to climate change. The partnership has just...
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Two San Jose companies, City Lights Theater Company and Teatro Visión, are coming together at the Mexican Heritage Plaza this weekend only, Feb. 23-26, for an exciting co-production of Miss You Like Hell. When Beatriz shows up at her 16-year-old daughter Olivia’s house at 4 a.m. and invites her...
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Jeanne Kuang CalMatters Food banks across California are bracing for a feared spike in hunger amid inflated prices after a pandemic-era boost in food aid ends in April. March is the last month CalFresh recipients will get the additional benefits, as the federal government cuts off the “emergency allotments”...
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Jeanne Kuang CalMatters Los bancos de alimentos de California se preparan para un temido aumento de la hambruna en medio de precios inflados después de que finalice en abril un aumento de la ayuda alimentaria durante la era de la pandemia. Marzo es el último mes en que los...
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February is Black History Month and even though Afro-Latino communities existed even before the founding of the United States, they have often been omitted as part of their historical memory. In Latin America alone, it is estimated that between 20% and 30% of the population is Afro. The Afro...
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Febrero es el Mes de la Historia Afroamericana y a pesar de que las comunidades afrolatinas existían incluso antes de la fundación de los Estados Unidos, a menudo se han omitido como parte de su memoria histórica. Solo en América Latina, se estima que entre el 20% y el...
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The passing of the first anniversary of the Russian War in Ukraine reminds us of the best and worst of humanity. Russia acted, again, not only in flagrant violation of international law, but attacked without provocation and disproportionately, to the Ukrainian civilian population in densely populated cities. Almost 8...
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La marca del primer aniversario de la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania nos recuerda lo mejor y lo peor de la humanidad. Rusia actuó, nuevamente, no sólo en flagrante violación del derecho internacional, sino atacó sin provocación y de manera desproporcionada, a la población civil ucraniana en ciudades densamente...