• Year in review: California descends into budget deficit

    Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters Two seemingly diametrically opposed things were both true about California’s budget in 2023. The state had to pare down its spending as it confronted a nearly $32 billion deficit for 2023-24. Nonetheless, the final spending plan for the general fund was still the second largest on record — $308 billion...
  • Experiencias gastronómicas compartidas: la novedad que acerca a personas y mascotas

    ¿Organiza fiestas de cumpleaños para su perro? ¿Los incluye en las fotos familiares? ¿Quizás combina su vestuario con su mascota en ocasiones especiales? Si le gusta pasar tiempo con su cachorro a través de actividades divertidas como estas, le encantará la gran novedad que está marcando tendencia en el...
  • 5 Tips for Safe Holiday Travel

    The holiday season can be stressful enough before adding travel to the mix. Coordinating ground or air travel and planning accommodations, even if you’re simply staying with loved ones, is often just the beginning and health and safety concerns can fall by the wayside. For example, the highest incidence...
  • Health Care for Young Adults with Disabilities Is Complicated, But Here Are Resources That Can Help

    When Christopher McGeever was 22, he aged out of the educational services available to him and needed to enroll in another program for adults with disabilities. There are several daytime caregiving facilities in the San Jose community where he lives. But when his mother, Laura, called to enroll him,...
  • ¿Texas busca legalizar el racismo con la nueva Ley SB4? 

    Hace exactamente 23 años, Arizona buscaba implementar la iniciativa de Ley SB 1070, la más radical hasta ese momento en la historia de los Estados Unidos. Poco antes de entrar en vigor, una jueza frenó sus más polémicas medidas, y poco después, la Corte Suprema desechó por inconstitucionales sus cláusulas más extremas. Por ejemplo, negó que...
  • Getting car insurance gets harder: California drivers face delays, higher rates

    Levi Sumagaysay CalMatters If you’re having trouble finding affordable car insurance, you’re not alone. Drivers across California say they’re having to wait longer than usual to get coverage — and when they finally find an insurer and a plan, they’re having to pay their premiums up front. “Something is...
  • Green Cities: A Matter of Life and Death

    Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services As humankind grows increasingly urban, planting trees and parks — far from merely beautifying cities — increasingly becomes a matter of life and death. At a Friday, Dec. 1 Ethnic Media Services briefing, Los Angeles Forestry officials and urban greening experts discussed the city...
  • Navigating the holidays for families experiencing addiction

    Celebrating the holiday season can be complicated for households with a loved one dealing with an addiction. A South Dakota expert said there are steps the individual and their family can take to avoid major problems. Matt Walz, representative for the Keystone Treatment Center, said because alcohol is often provided...
  • Horóscopo 2024

    Aries El 2024 será muy importante para tu mundo financiero, y de amistades. La influencia de los planetas ampliará tu sector de buenas oportunidades. Júpiter hará un tránsito de varios meses por tu sector económico y de adquisiciones, tendrás motivos para ser feliz. Todo el año contarás con buena...
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