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Grace Gedye CalMatters Si trabaja en California y su hermana se somete a tratamientos contra el cáncer, o su cónyuge se somete a una cirugía de rodilla, es posible que pueda recibir un pago mientras se toma un tiempo libre para cuidarlos. Es una parte menos conocida del beneficio...
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Grace Gedye CalMatters In a few days job seekers in California will finally know how much a job pays when they apply for it — if companies don’t figure out a way around a new law. Starting on Jan. 1, employers with at least 15 workers will have to include...
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BPT Every two seconds, someone in the United States (U.S.) needs blood. A single donation can save lives. However, only 3% of eligible Americans give blood each year. “When you give blood, you’re giving the gift of life,” said Simone Glynn, M.D., chief of the National Heart, Lung, and...
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The New Year represents a fresh start and is the perfect time to invest in your health. However, you may be unsure what resolutions will have the biggest impact. Doctors say that the easy, tangible actions you take are some of the most important. “Many people kick off the...
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Joe Hong CalMatters Roxanne Grago’s fifth-grade students at Lake Marie Elementary should be able to read a short story, analyze it, and support their analyses with examples from the text. But Grago said that during school closures and other pandemic-era disruptions, students fell behind academically. Today, they struggle to...
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The Supreme Court’s latest move allows a short-term reprieve to an anticipated increase in asylum seekers trying to cross from Mexico into California and other states, but recent confusion at the border is a preview of what may soon come should a pandemic-era measure known as Title 42 be lifted in...
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Nadia Lopez CalMatters California’s air board unanimously approved on December 15 a sweeping state plan to battle climate change, creating a new blueprint for the next five years to cut carbon emissions, reduce reliance on fossil fuels and speed up the transition to renewable energy. Called a scoping plan, the 297-page...
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El balance migratorio del año 2022 podría resumirse con la palabra “decepcionante”. Es verdad que la administración del presidente Joe Biden aprobó el estatus de protección temporal para miles de venezolanos y la extensión por 18 meses de los beneficios para los inmigrantes procedentes de El Salvador, Nicaragua, Sudán, Honduras y Nepal....
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Synthetic drugs made in Mexico and sold for cheap in the U.S. are killing tens of thousands while fueling a growing humanitarian catastrophe. Many of the victims are young, many are homeless, and many are people of color. That’s according to award-winning reporter Sam Quinones, author of four acclaimed...