• Los trabajadores estudiantiles de la UC amplían la huelga a dos campus más mientras exigen amnistía para los manifestantes

    Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters Casi un tercio de los trabajadores académicos y estudiantes de posgrado de la Universidad de California están en huelga, después de que el sindicato de 48,000 empleados intensificó su enfrentamiento laboral al abandonar sus puestos de trabajo en UCLA y UC Davis esta mañana. Con hasta...
  • Ride Share Driver Alleges Lyft Violated His Right to Free Speech

    Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services SAN FRANCISCO, California — A rideshare driver alleges that Lyft violated his First Amendment rights by permanently deactivating his account, shortly after a conversation he had with a rider about the Israel-Hamas war. Ahmed Alharazi, a Yemeni immigrant and father of three young daughters,...
  • CA bill would address unfair denials of youth mental health treatment

    Children’s advocates are pressing California lawmakers to pass a bill that would increase oversight on health plans when they deny mental health services for children. Right now, parents have to ask their health plan for a review when a child’s mental health condition isn’t covered by their insurance –...
  • The cost to inform California voters? $118,000 a page for official guide

    Sameea Kamal CalMatters What’s the cost of democracy in California? If we calculate that based just on the pages informing the state’s 22 million voters about Proposition 1 in the official March voter guide, about $8 million. Each page of the primary voter guide cost $117,880 for printing, translations,...
  • Things are not always what they seem: Beware of identity fraud

    Scam artists are constantly changing tactics to steal your personal identifiable information (PII), including account usernames and passwords, Social Security numbers, birth dates, credit and debit card numbers, personal identification numbers (PINs) or other sensitive information. With this information, they can carry out crimes like financial fraud that can...
  • What’s the Cost of U.S. Student Debt?

    Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services Though the Biden administration has made historic strides in passing student loan forgiveness initiatives, ongoing lawsuits by Republican-majority states and a possible change of White House leadership this election year threatens their survival. Meanwhile, the lifting of pandemic-era freezes to federal student loan payments...
  • Kooza – Cirque du Soleil in San Jose

    KOOZA is a show that blends, almost to perfection, its subcontinental sounds, its stunning lighting and costumes with theatrical ingenuity and acrobatic wonder – THE INDEPENDENT, LONDON A return to our origins, KOOZA combines acrobatic performance and the art of clowning, while exploring fear, identity, recognition and power. The...
  • Delivering Healthcare to Migrants in California’s ‘Last Frontier’

    Peter Schurmann Ethnic Media Services SMITH RIVER, Calif. – Alvaro Urrea Olivares is soft-spoken, congenial. At 45, his leathered hands betray decades working the lily fields that are a driver of the local economy in this small community on the extreme northern edge of California. Smith River is not...
  • Breaking Barriers: Latina Actresses Redefining Hollywood Representation

    In recent years, there has been a remarkable shift towards diversity and representation in Hollywood, and leading the way are Latina actresses. This is not only about diversifying film screens; but also about reshaping the narrative and empowering underrepresented voices. Below are five different Latina actresses who have recently...
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