• Right-Wing Violence More Likely Close to Midterm Election

    As the midterm elections approach this fall, experts are warning political violence could flare up, not necessarily another attack on the Capitol, but outbursts based on state or local issues. A report from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at Cal State San Bernardino found October...
  • After Historic Struggle, Barriers Remain for Native American Voters

    The road to voting rights for Native Americans has been long, but advocates for indigenous people hope to build on the momentum they’ve seen in recent years to get more people to the polls. Native Americans were not granted U.S. citizenship until 1924. Keaton Sunchild, political director for the...
  • Q&A: Luis Villar y sus aventuras en la fábrica de chocolate de Willy Wonka

    Arturo Hilario El Observador “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” fue originalmente un libro escrito por el novelista británico Roald Dahl, y luego se convirtió en un musical y dos películas (hasta ahora), que enseña lo que sucede cuando los niños y sus padres muestran sus verdaderos deseos y moralidad...
  • California weighs order canceling elective surgeries as COVID surges

    In Los Angeles, a severely ill patient has to wait for a new lung after his transplant, scheduled for last Friday, was canceled. In San Diego, brain surgery to ease the chronic pain of a 7-year-old girl was called off last week. In Arcadia, as many as 60 patients...
  • Newsom on homelessness: ‘We’ve gotta clean up those encampments’

    In his January budget proposal to the state Legislature, Gov. Gavin Newsom gave a clear message: California needs to move people off the streets. “I don’t want to see any more people die in the streets and call that compassion,” Newsom said Monday, detailing his $286.4 billion blueprint. “There is...
  • What to know about Newsom’s budget blueprint

    It’s been a tumultuous few years in California, with record wildfire seasons, a worsening drought and a wave of smash-and-grab retail theft amid a coronavirus pandemic that just won’t seem to end. But when it comes to the state’s finances, things are looking up. Way up. Tens of billions...
  • Unboosted: California COVID-19 booster rate falls below 40% in most counties

    Hospitals are at capacity. COVID-19 infections are at record highs. Testing lines stretch for hours. Yet even as the omicron variant batters the state, only 38% of vaccinated Californians have gotten a booster shot. As with initial vaccinations, acceptance of the booster shot has varied throughout California: Counties in...
  • ¿Empoderamiento de trabajadores o demasiado alcance del gobierno?

    Jackie Botts CalMatters En medio de la creciente conciencia sobre la desigualdad y los trabajos que no pagan lo suficiente para cubrir el cuidado infantil y la vivienda, California está considerando una propuesta radical: Permitir que el estado negocie salarios, horas y condiciones de trabajo para toda una industria. Los defensores de la...
  • Take Steps to Support Literacy

    Family Features Reading is a foundation for learning, yet a vast gap exists in access to books for low-income neighborhoods. According to the Handbook of Literacy Research, in low-income neighborhoods, the ratio of books per child is just one age-appropriate book for every 300 children. Without books in the...
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