• Recent cyberattacks highlight the vulnerability of California schools

    Joe Hong CalMatters If Los Angeles Unified, the state’s largest school district, can be hit with a ransomware attack, how prepared are California’s public schools for the increasing threat of cyberattacks? It depends, according to experts working in the field of cybersecurity and information technology in the state’s public schools....
  • California’s College Corps Program a Leg up for Students and the State

    A pioneering program for college students in California took another step forward last week when Governor Gavin Newsom swore in over 3200 fellows as the latest cohort in the state’s College Corps Fellowship. The #CaliforniansForAll program, launched in response to COVID-19, is the first of its kind in the...
  • ¿Qué hacer si una casa está embrujada?

    Recientemente tuve la oportunidad de ver la película “The Conjuring”, el conjuro como se traduciría en español. El film se trata de una pareja de estudiosos de situaciones paranormales, quienes ayudan a personas en situaciones de posesión de espíritus o demonios, fantasmas y casas embrujadas. La película no se...
  • Earthtalk Q&A: Footprint Of Manufactured Houses

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk As one might expect, manufactured homes run the gamut with regard to energy efficiency. In an analysis completed by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE), it was found that modern manufactured homes used 70.4 MM btu/year, a significant amount less...
  • Controversy Over Free Speech Roils Berkeley Law School

    Pro-Palestinian advocates are speaking out to support student groups at the University of California-Berkeley Law School who voted not to host Zionist speakers, saying it is a matter of free speech. In August a group called Law Students for Justice in Palestine asked other student groups to pledge not to invite...
  • Alertan por brote de infodemia electoral en español

    Con las elecciones del 8 de noviembre a la vuelta de la esquina, resulta natural que un puñado de las principales organizaciones de abogacía y defensa de la comunidad latina están poniendo el grito en el cielo por lo que perciben como un brote de la temible infodemia electoral,...
  • Keep Alert for Outbreak of Spanish Electoral Infodemic

    With the November 8 election just around the corner, it’s only natural that a handful of the Latino community’s leading advocacy organizations are raising the bar for what they perceive to be an outbreak of the fearsome electoral infodemic, directed specifically against our community and in Spanish. The 35...
  • This is California’s most fiercely contested political turf

    Ben Christopher & Ariel Gans CalMatters On an already-hot Saturday morning in east Bakersfield, state Assembly candidate Leticia Perez stands at the front of the electrical workers’ local union hall, working a crowd of fellow Democrats ready to knock on doors and talk to voters. But the thrust of...
  • Breast-Cancer Awareness: Screenings Down Compared to Pre-Pandemic

    October is breast cancer awareness month and health professionals are urging people to get screened for the disease. Screenings have gone down because of the pandemic. Numbers rebounded a bit this year, according to a recent study, but are still down 15% from their pre-pandemic levels. Dr. Mandy Robertson is...
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