Priscilla Rodriguez /Latina.com Happy birthday to the amazing and beautiful, Selena Quintanilla-Perez! The late Tejano music Queen would have turned 43 today. We’re honoring Selena by counting down the reasons she is the ultimate icon! Take a look: 1 Bicultural Latinas Can Relate to Selena Like many Latinos in...

Suzanne Potter / California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California has almost 50,000 oil wells and more than 4,100 gas wells – and a new report says federal law allows companies to use chemicals for drilling and fracking with virtually no health testing and then use confidentiality claims to hide...

Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss / EarthTalk The idea of beautifying highway medians with plantings goes back five decades when Lady Bird Johnson pushed the Highway Beautification Act through Congress in 1965. Today, Americans are starting to think about undeveloped land alongside and between roadways as a low cost and...

Dave Cortese /SCCGOV This year marks the 14th Anniversary of the Sacramento Bus Trip. Since it first began, the Bus Trip has increased from a handful of concerned residents advocating for public education funding to 165 residents in 2015 who were navigating through the new local control funding formula....

Suzanne Potter / California News Service LOS ANGELES – Juvenile justice advocates are praising a decision this week by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to look into revamping the way kids who can’t afford an attorney are represented. Right now, if the public defender has a conflict of...

Berryessa BART Station Garage tops out with 109-foot view of the South Bay San Jose, CA. – VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Berryessa Extension (SVBX) project hit a new high in a big way. Earlier this month the project poured the last of the 15,000 total cubic yards of concrete...

NAPS Here’s a cool idea: If your refrigerator is 15 years old or older, replacing it with a new ENERGY STAR® certified one can save you $260 over the next five years and reduce your carbon footprint. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, if all refrigerators 15 years...

NAPS Here’s good news about tasty treats: Adolescents at high risk for obesity significantly reduced their Body Mass Index (BMI) by substituting peanuts and peanut butter for unhealthy snacks according to a new USDA-funded study. “Obesity is the most pressing public health issue facing us today,” said Dr. Craig...

Ante el incremento de potenciales fraudes electrónicos y/o en persona, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) insta a sus clientes a protegerse, y les pide que hagan lo mismo con sus familiares y sus negocios. Según el Servicio de Impuestos Internos (IRS, por sus siglas en inglés) y las...