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Ben Christopher CalMatters Inland cities including Bakersfield, Fresno, Visalia and Riverside — once cheaper options than pricey places such as the Bay Area — are no longer refuges from California’s housing affordability crisis. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the typical asking rent in these former bastions of relative...
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Marisa Kendall CalMatters Entre las adicciones más difíciles de presenciar en la clínica de drogas del hospital general de San Francisco está la metanfetamina, que deja a los usuarios rasgándose la piel y sin poder comer, dormir o pedir ayuda. La peor parte: los trabajadores de la clínica son...
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Nearly six decades after its creation, Medicare continues to provide a health-care safety net for older Americans. On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Medicare and Medicaid Act into law – providing health insurance for people age 65 and older through the Medicare program. State Director of...
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Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Aproximadamente 225,0000 californianos perdieron su cobertura de salud gratuita o de bajo costo a partir del 1 de julio, en la primera ronda de un proceso de renovación de Medi-Cal que se había suspendido desde principios de la pandemia de COVID-19. Eso es aproximadamente el...
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¿Sabes identificar los signos que demuestran la madurez en un adolescente? En la adolescencia, los jóvenes se comportan de forma única. Sin embargo, existen, en grandes rasgos, algunas señales de madurez en la adolescencia, entendiendo que estas pueden aparecer en determinados momentos, de diferentes maneras y a diferentes niveles,...
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Studies show that college students are a target for phishing scams, and cybersecurity professionals say swindlers are increasingly targeting California students. Phishing scams often trick victims into revealing their login or other private credentials by pretending to be a legitimate company or figure. Byron Johnson is the associate vice...
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El gobernador republicano de Texas Gregg Abbott es, lamentablemente, bien conocido por sus controvertidas acciones contra los migrantes. Bajo el argumento de que Texas es víctima de una invasión, Abbott ha enviado irresponsablemente a migrantes a otros estados (en un caso que me tocó presenciar, un grupo llegó en...
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Latino students in California are graduating from college at much lower rates than white students, and the gap has widened over the last four years, according to a new analysis from the nonprofit Excelencia in Education. The data show in 2021, 22% of Latinos in California age 25 and older have...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters Across California’s public colleges and universities, one nearly universal admissions factor — first-generation status — is still up to debate because no one can agree how to define it. The phrase “first-generation college student” is about the education level of a students’ parents and it’s a...