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On the eve of MLK day, various events around the Bay Area are taking place to offer remembrance and knowledge of the life and times of King Jr. Arturo Hilario / El Observador Throughout the Bay Area there will be honors bestowed and speeches spoken for a man whose legacy...
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Suzanne Potter /California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California needs to do more – a lot more – to help children who’ve been abused or neglected recover from the trauma. That’s one conclusion of the 2016 California Children’s Report Card issued by the children’s advocacy group Children Now. The...
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Santa Clara / CALIFORNIA With unanimous approval of a resolution that declares homelessness in Santa Clara County a crisis, the Board of Supervisors sent a message to other cities and agencies in the County to consider doing the same and then explore options for increasing affordable housing in response to...
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LOS ANGELES – Monday was Human Trafficking Awareness Day and California has the biggest problem in the nation judging from the number of calls to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline. In 2015 the hotline received more than 2,700 calls that led to 711 cases in the Golden...
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County of Santa Clara First County in the Nation to Open Office of LGBTQ Affairs SANTA CLARA COUNTY The County of Santa Clara is opening a new Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Affairs, becoming the first County in the nation to establish an office to...
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El Presidente Obama acaba de dar el Discurso del Estado de la Nación. Como respuesta, el director ejecutivo del Sierra Club, Michael Brune, emitió la siguiente declaración: “Mirando a los últimos siete años, podemos decir con confianza que el Presidente Obama ha actuado sin precedentes para cumplir con su...
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Suzanne Potter/ California News Service Tens of thousands of minimum-wage workers in California will be making an extra dollar an hour. The Golden State’s minimum-wage increased from $9 to $10 an hour on Jan. 1, But labor advocates plan to continue their push for $15 an hour. Sean Wherley, senior...
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San Jose / CALFIORNIA The Interchange connecting Highway 101 and I-280-680 was named the Joe Colla Interchange at a brief ceremony and sign unveiling. In 1976, then San Jose City Councilman Colla was so frustrated with the stalled completion of the Interchange that he convinced a crane operator to...
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Suzanne Potter / California News Service LOS ANGELES – Volunteers, part of a group called “My Tiny House Project LA” a movement to building stop-gap shelters that is now active in San Diego and Oakland. The structures are just big enough to lie down inside. They’re on wheels so they’re...
Suzanne Potter / California News Service LOS ANGELES – Volunteers, part of a group called “My Tiny House Project LA” a movement to building stop-gap shelters that is now active in San Diego and Oakland. The structures are just big enough to lie down inside. They’re on wheels so they’re...