• Democratic leaders rally behind Newsom to fight recall, but how enthusiastic is the grassroots?

    This was the week that the campaign to defend Gov. Gavin Newsom from a recall election that could send him to an early, involuntary retirement began in earnest. Naturally, it started on Zoom. The stated purpose of the California Democratic Party’s online convention this weekend was to do the...
  • DESERVED REUNIFICATION

    There are no words to capture the story of despair of a migrant mother separated for four years from her three-year-old son, both victims of poverty or violence and of the unjustifiable zero tolerance policy of the Trump administration, which decided to use cruelty and barbarism as tools of...
  • REUNIFICACIÓN MERECIDA

    No existen palabras para capturar la desesperación de una madre migrante separada durante cuatro años de su hijo de apenas tres años, víctimas ambas de la pobreza o la violencia y de una injustificable política de tolerancia cero de la pasada administración Trump, que decidió utilizar la crueldad y...
  • California se convierte en el último estado “amigable con las personas mayores”

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California es ahora oficialmente un estado “amigable con las personas mayores” gracias a una nueva asociación entre el Departamento de Envejecimiento de California y AARP. La organización sin fines de lucro está prestando su experiencia para ayudar a implementar en el estado el nuevo Plan Maestro para el...
  • California Becomes Latest “Senior-Friendly” State

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California is now officially an “age-friendly” state thanks to a new partnership between the California Department of Aging and AARP. The nonprofit organization is lending its expertise to help implement the state’s new Master Plan for Aging, which was released in January. Kim McCoy Wade, director...
  • High-priced jail phone calls: $15 to talk to your daughter

    Growing up, Blossom Sergejev was lucky if she talked to her mother once a week. Usually it was once a month. Even then their conversations ended almost as soon as they started. She and her brother and sister had a timer to make sure all three got their fair...
  • Llamadas telefónicas de alto precio en la cárcel: $15 para hablar con su hija

    Al crecer, Blossom Sergejev tenía suerte si hablaba con su madre una vez a la semana. Por lo general, era una vez al mes. Incluso entonces, sus conversaciones terminaron casi tan pronto como comenzaron. Ella, su hermano y su hermana tenían un temporizador para asegurarse de que los tres...
  • Vaccine passports in California? Answers to your questions

    Now that more than 7.5 million Californians have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the Newsom administration has set a goal of reopening the state’s economy by June 15. So, what does the state plan to do when it comes to proving that people are vaccinated? State health officials said Tuesday that verification...
  • ¿Pasaportes de vacunas en California? Respuestas a tus preguntas

    Ahora que más de 7,5 millones de californianos han sido completamente vacunados contra COVID-19, la administración de Newsom se ha fijado el objetivo de reabrir la economía del estado para el 15 de junio. Entonces, ¿qué planea hacer el estado cuando se trata de demostrar que las personas están vacunadas? Los funcionarios...
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