• Child care in California hasn’t rebounded — why many workers aren’t coming back

    For Tonya Muhammad, who runs Lil Critters Family Daycare in Hawthorne, spring of 2020 was, in a word, “horrible.” The early rush on cleaning supplies meant that she and her husband had to criss-cross Los Angeles to find disinfectant, sourcing bottles of Lysol from a dental supply company and...
  • El cuidado infantil en California no se ha recuperado: ¿por qué muchos trabajadores no regresan?

    Para Tonya Muhammad, que dirige la guardería familiar Lil Critters en Hawthorne, la primavera de 2020 la puede describir en una palabra: “horrible”. La prisa temprana por encontrar los suministros de limpieza significó que ella y su esposo tuvieron que atravesar Los Ángeles para encontrar desinfectante, obteniendo botellas de...
  • OUTSIDE LANDS 2021: Music, Food, Drinks & Costumes Prove to be A Spooky Good Time

    Arturo Hilario El Observador For the first time since August 2019, or around 26 months ago, Golden Gate Park’s Polo Fields and adjacent areas were transformed into the annual Outside Lands Music Festival, a few months removed from its usual Summer timeslot. This time around the festival went for...
  • Informe: Los centros de crisis de embarazo “engañan” a la gente

    PORTLAND, Ore. — Un nuevo informe investiga a las instalaciones que disuaden a las mujeres de abortar. Conocidos como centros de crisis de embarazo, las instalaciones han proliferado en todo el país. Kim Clark, abogada principal de derechos reproductivos, salud y justicia de la organización de defensa Legal Voice,...
  • Report: Crisis-Pregnancy Centers “Mislead” Folks

    PORTLAND, Ore. — A new report investigates facilities that dissuade women from getting abortions. Known as crisis-pregnancy centers, the facilities have proliferated across the country. Kim Clark, senior attorney for reproductive rights, health and justice at the advocacy organization Legal Voice, said crisis pregnancy centers purposely deceive people. “They draw people...
  • EarthTalk Q&A: ¿Revolución De Estufas Eléctricas?

    Querido EarthTalk: ¿Deberíamos cambiar nuestras estufas de gas por unos modelos eléctricos? — Mary R., San Francisco, CA   Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk                       Entrar en tu cocina para preparar la cena parece relativamente simple con una estufa de gas de fácil acceso para cocinar sus recetas favoritas. Pero...
  • EarthTalk Q&A: Electric Stove Revolution?

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk                       Walking into your kitchen to make dinner appears relatively simple with a gas-powered stove readily available to cook your every desire. But while rotating the switch to turn on a gas stove, most people do not consider its health and environmental implications. According...
  • Fantasy of Lights 

    Get ready to bundle up you and yours in festive winter attire for a stroll through the holiday lights and displays of Vasona Lake County Park’s spectacular Fantasy of Lights in Los Gatos. The Walk-thru weekend is set for Saturday, December 4 and Sunday, December 5 from 4pm to...
  • Advocates Push for Labor Protections in Reconciliation Bill

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Build Back Better reconciliation bill currently being negotiated among Senate Democrats would increase penalties on companies that violate labor laws, and unions are pressing for its passage. The bill would impose civil penalties of up to $100,000 for certain violations and make directors and officers personally liable. Anthony...
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