• Community groups work for peace in wake of San Diego mosque attack

    Community groups in San Diego are redoubling their efforts to combat violence after Monday’s shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego. Police say two teenagers opened fire on the mosque, killing three men before taking their own lives. Investigators said they believe the young men were radicalized by hate groups...
  • Rural health clinics: Federal grants can’t make up for Medicaid cuts

    Rural hospitals and community clinics across California are bracing for a major loss of federal funding over the next few years and say new Rural Health Transformation Grants will do little to offset it. The nonprofit Advocates for Community Health estimates that Medicaid changes in the Republican “One Big Beautiful Bill...
  • More Meat, Less Tomato — Inflation Hits a Culinary Staple

    SAN FRANCISCO — When it comes to food, there is perhaps no more iconic or indeed universal ingredient as tomatoes. They’re a staple, essential to everything from pizza to pico de gallo, from Middle Eastern wraps to your favorite Indian curries. And they are getting expensive, in the Bay...
  • California’s new plastic recycling rules spark fights from all sides

    Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters California just gave plastic producers until 2032 to make all their packaging recyclable or compostable — the most ambitious deadline in the country. Advocates say it doesn’t go far enough. Producers say it goes too far. At least one of them is threatening to sue. The...
  • ¿Se recuperará el turismo internacional en EE.UU. con la Copa Mundial 2026?

    A menos de un mes del inicio de la Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2026, del 11 de junio al 19 de julio en Estados Unidos, México y Canadá, el sector de viajes estadounidense espera un repunte de los viajes internacionales a este país que cayeron desde el inicio...
  • Dismantling DACA ‘Piece by Piece’

    LOS ANGELES – Viridiana has been in agony these past few months, wondering if at any moment she might lose her job, her health insurance, maybe even be deported. A DACA recipient, Viridiana (who asked that we only use her middle name) has waited a year-and-a-half for her status...
  • TikTok’s popular microdramas shrink TV into bite‑sized chunks

    Some of the hottest casting calls in Hollywood right now aren’t for Netflix, Disney or HBO. They’re for TikTok. In January 2026, TikTok rolled out PineDrama in the United States and Brazil, an app devoted to microdramas, also known as “verticals.” Unlike TikTok’s traditional user-generated content, PineDrama primarily features scripted series produced by...
  • Abortion Pill Mail Ban Would Disproportionately Harm Black and Hispanic Women

    Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media Black and Hispanic women face the greatest risk of not being able to access abortion care if the Supreme Court this week upholds a lower court’s ban to end delivery of mifepristone —an abortion pill — by mail. If the Supreme Court does agree...
  • 9 Oraciones Selectas de la Virgen María

    Mayo es el mes dedicado a Santa María, Madre de Dios. Virgen de la Candelaria Acordaos Piadosísima Virgen de la Candelaria, que jamás se ha escuchado decir que alguno que a vos se acogiese, y pidiese socorro y protección, haya sido desamparado. Animado con tal dulce confianza, acudo a...
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