• AI is helping students be more independent, but the isolation could be career poison

    Tara García Mathewson CalMatters Students don’t have the same incentives to talk to their professors — or even their classmates — anymore. Chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude have given them a new path to self-sufficiency. Instead of asking a professor for help on a paper topic, students can...
  • California Defends Immigrant Students as Federal Aid Fears Mount

    With federal protections for immigrant students threatened, California has a lifeline: the California Dream Act Application (CADAA). Last spring, the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) — the state agency responsible for distributing over $3 billion in financial aid — reported a 38% drop in CADAA applications and a 14%...
  • ¿Eres elegible para estampillas de comida SNAP? Estos cambios pueden afectarte

    Con la promulgación del mega paquete fiscal y migratorio se incluyen requisitos de trabajo más estrictos para ser elegibles al Programa de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria (SNAP), conocido comúnmente como estampillas de alimentos. SNAP fue diseñado para ayudar a las personas y familias de bajos ingresos a comprar alimentos nutritivos....
  • Q&A: & Juliet Shows Life After Romeo and the Power of Resistance and Pop Music 

    Arturo Hilario El Observador One of the most compelling and fun new Broadway musicals has arrived to the Bay Area, bringing with it a jukebox of pop hits and a story that turns a tragic romance into an opportunity for reinvention and joy. & Juliet is a modern update...
  • Trump is withholding $800 million from California schools. How kids will be affected

    Tara García Mathewson & Carolyn Jones CalMatters California school districts are short hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grant money they had already budgeted for this year. While Congress approved the funds as part of its 2025 budget, the Trump Administration today refused to release them, sending districts across the...
  • CA school budgets in disarray after Trump freezes federal funding

    Panic has set in at school districts across the Golden State as the Trump administration continues to withhold federal funds. Tony Thurmond, state superintendent of public instruction, said California school districts stand to immediately lose close to $1 billion. Luis Valentino, retired superintendent of Coachella Valley Unified School District...
  • Mercurio Retrógrado Y Otros Demonios

    Inicio esta nota con un llamado de precaución, el planeta Mercurio estará retrógrado. Ya sabemos lo que eso conlleva: retrasos de todo tipo, accidentes, discusiones, problemas con aparatos electrónicos, apagones, incendios, más inundaciones, pequeñas pérdidas, y todo tipo de inclemencias de la Madre Naturaleza. Huracanes y fuertes tormentas pueden...
  • Médicos de TX desconfían de cambios para ‘aclarar’ lenguaje de Ley del aborto

    Los legisladores de Texas aprobaron la ley Life of the Mother Act durante la sesión legislativa. Se presento como una legislación para aclarar cuando los médicos del estado pueden realizar legalmente un aborto. Texas adopto una de las prohibiciones más restrictivas en 2021. La prohibición permite el procedimiento solo...
  • EarthTalk Q&A: The New Green Pope

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk On April 21, 2025, Pope Francis, known for his inclusivity to various communities worldwide, passed away after decades of serving as Pope of the Catholic church. Pope Leo XIV was inducted shortly thereafter, and with Pope Francis’s tremendous legacy of activism aiding the...
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