• Give Your Brain a Boost with Food and More

    Family Features When it comes to staying healthy, there is a natural emphasis on physical fitness. However, it’s important to know that nurturing and maintaining brain health is also important for leading a fulfilling life. The brain is the command center of the human body and as such, influences...
  • California COVID cases are increasing, again. Here’s the latest on boosters and more

    Kristen Hwang CalMatters Another COVID-19 wave is hitting California as the summer ends and kids head back to school. It’s a familiar story by now, but one that has become perhaps more confusing with time because of changing public health recommendations, new vaccine boosters and our evolving understanding of...
  • El daño por robo de salarios a trabajadores de restaurantes: mucho más que unas monedas

    En el Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. reconocemos la importancia de los trabajadores de restaurantes y servicios de alimentación. Estos trabajadores se vieron significativamente afectados por la pandemia y continúan desempeñando un papel vital en nuestras economías locales. Mientras conmemoramos el Día del Trabajo el 4 de septiembre, la...
  • Psychedelic therapies show promise. Is California ready to bring them into the mainstream? 

    Ana B. Ibarra   CalMatters Psychedelics are having a moment. A nationwide push to bring magic mushrooms and other psychedelics into the mainstream is gaining traction, and some Californians want in. While hallucinogens are often associated with the drug culture of the 1960s, today’s movement on psychedelics is largely...
  • EARTHTALK Q&A: Would the Gulf Stream Collapse lead to another Ice Age?

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)—aka the “Gulf Stream”—is a vital system of ocean currents, driven by temperature and salinity disparities at various locales and depths. Warm surface waters are propelled poleward by winds and tides. At the poles, the water cools, forming...
  • Veladoras y Velas para la Suerte

    Mario Jiménez Castillo El Observador En los rituales de misticismo, se acostumbra a encender velas y veladoras, para pedir favores a los santos, ángeles, y deidades de nuestra devoción, lo más importante de todo es tener fe en lo que hacemos para que el ritual sea benéfico y vaya...
  • Federales consideran permitir apuestas sobre los resultados electorales

    Una propuesta que podría permitir apuestas sobre qué partido político controlara el Congreso está generando oposición entre grupos prodemocráticos y una coalición de senadores progresistas. La empresa neoyorquina Kalshi ha solicitado a Commodity Futures Trading Commission su autorización para ofrecer derivados sobre los llamados “contratos de eventos”, específicamente sobre el control...
  • A Mixed Bag When it Comes to Diversity in Hollywood

    Peter White Ethnic Media Services Can we tell our own stories yet? According to Michael Tran, co-author of the latest Hollywood Diversity Report, “The short answer is ‘No’, I’m afraid.” A UCLA sociologist who collects entertainment data and tracks trends, Tran says despite recent efforts to make the entertainment...
  • As culture wars escalate, California officials push back on school board policies

    Carolyn Jones & Alexei Koseff CalMatters California’s culture wars escalated Monday as the state sued a school district over its transgender student policy, and a parents’ group took the first step toward placing a trio of initiatives on next year’s ballot that would restrict protections for transgender youth. The...
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