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Community members in the Lake Arrowhead area are planning to distribute free rainbow flags this week – in memory of Lauri Carleton, a 66-year-old shopkeeper shot to death on Friday August 18 by a young man who demanded she take down the store’s Pride flag. Carleton’s husband chased the...
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Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services The California Department of Aging Aug. 22 announced the launch of its first-ever statewide assessment for Californians aged 55 and older to share their voices, called the Community Assessment Survey for Older Adults (CASOA). The 20-question survey — which takes about 15 minutes to...
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Consumer groups are fighting a proposal in Congress which would fast-track installation of 5G high-speed wireless internet equipment by limiting local government input on permitting. House Resolution 3557 would require local governments to process many permit applications within 60 to 150 days depending on the size of the project. If...
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Nicole Foy CalMatters As Fresno-area temperatures sizzled around 100 recently, a 59-year-old tomatillo field worker collapsed and died. The coroner listed the cause of death as cardiovascular disease caused by cholesterol buildup; the farmworkers’ union blamed it on working in such heat. “Elidio Hernández should not have died,” said...
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Nicole Foy CalMatters Mientras las temperaturas en el área de Fresno alcanzaban alrededor de 100 grados Farenheit recientemente, un trabajador de 59 años en un campo de tomatillos colapsó y murió. El forense enumeró la causa de la muerte como una enfermedad cardiovascular causada por la acumulación de colesterol;...
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Los miembros de la comunidad en el área de Lake Arrowhead planean distribuir banderas arcoíris gratuitas esta semana – en memoria de Lauri Carleton – una comerciante de 66 años asesinada a tiros el viernes 18 de agosto por un joven que le exigió que quitara la bandera del...
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Nigel Duara CalMatters When a woman refused to testify against a man accused of assaulting her, a Los Angeles County judge used the accusations she made the night of the incident that were recorded on a police officer’s body camera. Last week, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the judge...
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Nigel Duara CalMatters Cuando una mujer se negó a testificar contra un hombre acusado de agredirla, un juez del condado de Los Ángeles utilizó las acusaciones que hizo la noche del incidente que fueron grabadas por la cámara corporal de un oficial de Policía. La semana pasada, la Corte Suprema...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters The hottest new restaurant in California might be your local elementary school. Thanks to a surge of nearly $15 billion in state and federal funding, school districts are ditching the old standbys — frozen pizza and chicken nuggets — in favor of organic salads, free-range grilled...