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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...
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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...
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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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California’s COVID-19 state of emergency will end Feb. 28, 2023, nearly three years from its initiation, officials from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced on October 17. The announcement came as new variants spur concerns that there will be another deadly winter surge across the country and as test positivity rates plateau...
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California is sending money directly to millions of residents to help with rising costs and high gas prices. The payments, which started going out Oct. 7, range from $200 to $1,050, depending on income and other factors. About 18 million payments will be distributed over the next few months, benefiting...
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As television and film have become diverse, there are still some areas people feel are not being addressed. Accent bias is one of them. Saadia Khan, human rights activist and host of the podcast Immigrantly, grew up in Pakistan and found people belonging to certain socio-economic groups looked at how...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
California’s COVID-19 state of emergency will end Feb. 28, 2023, nearly three years from its initiation, officials from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced on October 17. The announcement came as new variants spur concerns that there will be another deadly winter surge across the country and as test positivity rates plateau...
California is sending money directly to millions of residents to help with rising costs and high gas prices. The payments, which started going out Oct. 7, range from $200 to $1,050, depending on income and other factors. About 18 million payments will be distributed over the next few months, benefiting...
As television and film have become diverse, there are still some areas people feel are not being addressed. Accent bias is one of them. Saadia Khan, human rights activist and host of the podcast Immigrantly, grew up in Pakistan and found people belonging to certain socio-economic groups looked at how...
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...
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...
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...