• Biden administration approves California electric car mandate. Will Trump try to revoke it?

    Alejandro Lazo CalMatters The Biden administration today approved California’s groundbreaking mandate phasing out new gas-powered cars just weeks before the incoming Trump administration poses a threat of overturning electric vehicle and climate rules. The granting of the waiver by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency allows California to move forward in requiring 35%...
  • Polluted communities hold their breath as companies struggle with California’s diesel truck ban

    Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters Standing in his front yard in Wilmington, Jose Ulloa can’t get a sentence out without coughing. Heavy-duty trucks, headed to and from the Port of Los Angeles, pass in front of his home all day, their engines roaring and their exhaust spewing into the air. Ulloa,...
  • 10 Health Recommendations for the New Year

    Looking to improve your health in 2025 and beyond? Check out these recommendations from the American Medical Association: Make nutritional tweaks: Reduce your intake of sugar-sweetened beverages and processed foods, especially those with added sodium and sugar. Drinking sugary beverages, even 100% fruit juices, is associated with a higher...
  • Political division only benefits Trump, billionaires. Why Californians need to come together

    Since the election, there has been a lot of finger-wagging about what happened in California. Headlines proclaimed that California shifted to the right, that our values of inclusion and care are to blame. Centrist Democrats and conservative pundits alike claim the Democratic Party has gone too far to the...
  • Concerns mount about future of federal environmental justice grants

    When a rare tornado swept through the north side of Minneapolis, Michelle Neal scrambled for cover at a fast-food restaurant. “It was unreal-we could have died,” she told Minnesota Public Radio. “McDonald’s saved me.” It’s the kind of scenario that Julia Nerbonne, executive director of Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light,...
  • Future of IRS uncertain as Trump chooses agency critic as commissioner

    Suzanne Potter California News Service The Internal Revenue Service will be in the crosshairs in the second Trump administration, as the president-elect’s recently announced choice to run the agency has called for it to be abolished. Former Missouri Congressman Billy Long, Trump’s choice for IRS Commissioner, cosponsored a bill to get...
  • Predicciones 2025

    Iniciamos un nuevo año con fe y esperanza de que tiempos mejores vendrán. Comienza el año con el planeta Marte retrógrado en el signo Leo, hasta el día 6 de enero. De ese día hasta el 23 de febrero, Marte permanecerá en retrogradación en el signo de Cáncer. Este...
  • Celebrate 26 Magical Years of Fantasy of Lights Drive Through

    Santa Clara County Parks invites you to celebrate 26 magical years of Fantasy of Lights. Drive through the enchanting 1.5-mile extravaganza of sparkling holiday lights and breathtaking displays at Vasona Lake County Park in Los Gatos. Drive-thru nights start on Tuesday, December 10 through Sunday, January 5, from 6pm...
  • EPA allows CA to implement strict clean-car rules

    Suzanne Potter California News Service Groups that fight for environmental justice are praising the Biden administration’s decision to grant California a waiver so it can implement clean-car rules that exceed federal standards. California’s rules would ban the sale of new gas-powered cars after 2035 and require trucks to further clean up their exhaust....
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