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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk A snow drought occurs when there is a subnormal amount of snow accumulation. Two types of snow droughts are specified by the American Meteorological Society’s Glossary of Meteorology: dry snow drought and warm snow drought. Dry snow drought occurs when temperatures are lower...
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Women across California who are farmworkers will get help to maintain home and community gardens using fewer pesticides. It is the goal of a grant from the GreenLatinos Justicia y Equidad Fund. The advocacy group Alianza Nacional de Campesinas will use the grant to fund the Madre Tierra, or Mother Earth...
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Kristen Hwang CalMatters Perla Lopez hands a stack of papers to Baudeilio, a 44-year-old undocumented immigrant and day laborer. She has just helped him apply for Medi-Cal at the benefits center at St. John’s Community Health’s in South Los Angeles. “If you see anything you don’t understand from the...
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Nigel Duara CalMatters People convicted of distributing fentanyl will face stiffer criminal penalties in the coming year under a new law shaped by rising overdose deaths. The law increases the penalty for selling or distributing more than one kilogram of fentanyl by an automatic addition of three years to the original...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters Para la mayoría de los grupos de estudiantes K-12 en California, los puntajes de las pruebas han sido excesivamente planos desde la pandemia. Pero para los estudiantes afroamericanos, los puntajes estancados han sido particularmente frustrantes: los puntajes de los estudiantes afroamericanos en matemáticas y artes del...
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El año nuevo es una ocasión ideal para poner nuestras prioridades en orden, formular buenos propósitos y trazar la hoja de ruta con las metas que traducen nuestros anhelos y sueños. Tristemente, el 2024 se perfila como un año de tormentas en el horizonte de los migrantes en Estados...
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A new biannual survey shows some perceptions of the economy are improving. The Center for Audit Quality’s fall 2022 Audit Partner Pulse Survey found almost 60% of audit partners expressed pessimism for the U.S. economy. However, the group’s more recent fall 2023 survey showed overall pessimism dropped to 27%. Julie Bell Lindsay, CEO...
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Across the globe, hunger is an enormous threat to children. To combat the problem, one rural school district in northwest New Mexico is bringing culturally-appropriate items to the school cafeteria menu. Zach Ben, founder of the Navajo Nation’s Bidii Baby Foods, was a new dad during the pandemic when baby...
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Lo Positivo Despedimos el año 2023 y le damos la bienvenida al año 2024. En la nota positiva, será un periodo mejor que el 2023, especialmente en cuanto a las finanzas y a las oportunidades. Es el año del dragón en el horóscopo chino, “dragón de madera”. Considerado como...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk A snow drought occurs when there is a subnormal amount of snow accumulation. Two types of snow droughts are specified by the American Meteorological Society’s Glossary of Meteorology: dry snow drought and warm snow drought. Dry snow drought occurs when temperatures are lower...
Women across California who are farmworkers will get help to maintain home and community gardens using fewer pesticides. It is the goal of a grant from the GreenLatinos Justicia y Equidad Fund. The advocacy group Alianza Nacional de Campesinas will use the grant to fund the Madre Tierra, or Mother Earth...
Kristen Hwang CalMatters Perla Lopez hands a stack of papers to Baudeilio, a 44-year-old undocumented immigrant and day laborer. She has just helped him apply for Medi-Cal at the benefits center at St. John’s Community Health’s in South Los Angeles. “If you see anything you don’t understand from the...
Nigel Duara CalMatters People convicted of distributing fentanyl will face stiffer criminal penalties in the coming year under a new law shaped by rising overdose deaths. The law increases the penalty for selling or distributing more than one kilogram of fentanyl by an automatic addition of three years to the original...
Carolyn Jones CalMatters Para la mayoría de los grupos de estudiantes K-12 en California, los puntajes de las pruebas han sido excesivamente planos desde la pandemia. Pero para los estudiantes afroamericanos, los puntajes estancados han sido particularmente frustrantes: los puntajes de los estudiantes afroamericanos en matemáticas y artes del...
El año nuevo es una ocasión ideal para poner nuestras prioridades en orden, formular buenos propósitos y trazar la hoja de ruta con las metas que traducen nuestros anhelos y sueños. Tristemente, el 2024 se perfila como un año de tormentas en el horizonte de los migrantes en Estados...
A new biannual survey shows some perceptions of the economy are improving. The Center for Audit Quality’s fall 2022 Audit Partner Pulse Survey found almost 60% of audit partners expressed pessimism for the U.S. economy. However, the group’s more recent fall 2023 survey showed overall pessimism dropped to 27%. Julie Bell Lindsay, CEO...
Across the globe, hunger is an enormous threat to children. To combat the problem, one rural school district in northwest New Mexico is bringing culturally-appropriate items to the school cafeteria menu. Zach Ben, founder of the Navajo Nation’s Bidii Baby Foods, was a new dad during the pandemic when baby...
Lo Positivo Despedimos el año 2023 y le damos la bienvenida al año 2024. En la nota positiva, será un periodo mejor que el 2023, especialmente en cuanto a las finanzas y a las oportunidades. Es el año del dragón en el horóscopo chino, “dragón de madera”. Considerado como...