• California schools are the nation’s most segregated, despite voluntary busing programs

    California has the most segregated school system in the continental United States. A UCLA Civil Rights Project report last fall found the share of “intensely segregated” schools — those with more than 90% students of color — has quadrupled in the last three decades. The gap shows up in college. Students...
  • CA launches ‘One Less Spark’ campaign to prevent wildfires

    Every Californian has a role to play in preventing wildfires and experts have some tips on how to avoid accidentally sparking a blaze. Gov. Gavin Newsom launched the “One Less Spark” campaign this week. Brent Pascua, a battalion chief for Cal Fire, said people should be certain to secure...
  • 8 Oraciones Para Todo Momento

    Santa Bárbara Para vencer fuerzas malignas y enemigos ocultos Acudimos a ti, Santa Bárbara bendita, para que te conviertas en nuestra sublime benefactora. A ti clamamos con fe cristiana para que guíes nuestro sendero y nos lleves directamente a la presencia del poder de Jesucristo. Virgen santa, virgen pura,...
  • Report Highlights Sharp Rise in Denaturalization Lawsuits

    Lawsuits seeking to revoke U.S. citizenship have surged under the Trump administration, according to a new report. While the federal government historically filed fewer than one civil denaturalization case per month, the number rose sharply in May and June. According to a June 17 report by TRAC, an immigration...
  • ‘One of Our Own’: Family, Houston Community Seek Answers After Fatal ICE Shooting

    HOUSTON — Hundreds gathered along Canal Street in Houston’s Magnolia Park neighborhood on the evening of Wednesday July 8, many holding candles near the spot where Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot less than 36 hours earlier during a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation. As neighbors, clergy, elected...
  • Free Outdoor Summer Movie Series Returns to Downtown San Jose

    Summer nights in Downtown San Jose just got a whole lot better. Starlight Saturdays, the San Jose Downtown Association’s beloved free outdoor movie series, returns to St. James Park this July and August. Presented by UA Local Union 393 and co-produced by the San Jose Downtown Association and Filco...
  • Sewage pollution is keeping kids out of the water in this California beach town

    At YMCA Camp Surf in Imperial Beach last week, a group of middle schoolers spent their morning skateboarding, scaling a climbing tower and practicing archery. Then at noon, campers boarded a bus for a 40-minute drive up the coast to Mission Beach, where they jumped in the waves for...
  • Que una detención migratoria no termine en una muerte

    Las recientes muertes ocurridas durante operaciones del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) obligan a plantear una pregunta esencial: ¿qué se puede hacer para que una detención migratoria no termine con un ser humano muerto? En menos de una semana, agentes de ICE dispararon mortalmente contra dos...
  • Next border wall could stretch across West Texas

    Despite challenges from Texas lawmakers and environmentalists at the local, state and national levels, the Trump administration is continuing with plans to build a border wall through the Big Bend area of West Texas. The latest map from U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows 30-foot wall segments would be built in...
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