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Brittany Oceguera CalMatters For college students seeking a job that fits around their academic schedules, and the opportunity to do meaningful work in their communities, a popular state program offers both. Since it launched in 2022, the state program known as College Corps has been paying college students for community service...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is no longer a credible source for vaccine information, said pediatrician Dr. Richard Besser, CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. “It is absolutely heartbreaking to me to say. I worked at the CDC for 13 years with dedicated employees. But I...
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Women in California and elsewhere experience gender-based discrimination but none so much as transgender women. March is Women’s History Month, although trans women have been historically left out of the monthlong recognition. Toni Newman, chair of the board of directors for the nonprofit TransCanWork, said it is common for trans...
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It’s clear that regime change is among the biggest objectives of the U.S. war in Iran. “I have to be involved in the appointment” of Iran’s next leader, President Donald Trump said on March 5, 2026. Trump has also said he might put U.S. boots on the ground to get the job done. Trump...
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Arturo Hilario El Observador What would you fight to remember? Borealis is a film from Puerto Rico that tells the story of a civilization collapsing due to a solar flare which wipes out the memories of every human on Earth, and follows the perspectives of a group of survivors...
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Si ha llenado el tanque de gasolina de su auto en los últimos días, ha notado que los precios de la gasolina subieron dramáticamente. Esto se debe a que el polvorín generado por la decisión de Estados Unidos e Israel de atacar Irán, y la decisión de éste de...
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A new report recommended all states, including California, start requiring more education and training for assistant teachers in state-funded preschool programs. Experts from the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University just published a report recommending assistant preschool teachers have a Child Development Associate credential or an equivalent, plus...
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Alla Katsnelson The Conversation The measles outbreak in South Carolina reached 876 cases on Feb. 3, 2026. That number surpasses the 2025 outbreak in Texas and hits the unfortunate milestone of being the largest outbreak in the U.S. since 2000, when the disease was declared eliminated here. The outbreak is...
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Kristen Hwang CalMatters Only two Democratic lawmakers voted against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal last year curtailing health care for undocumented immigrants. Sen. Maria Elena Durazo was one them. Now, Durazo, a Democrat from Los Angeles, is proposing legislation that would reverse many of those immigrant health care cuts and...
Brittany Oceguera CalMatters For college students seeking a job that fits around their academic schedules, and the opportunity to do meaningful work in their communities, a popular state program offers both. Since it launched in 2022, the state program known as College Corps has been paying college students for community service...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is no longer a credible source for vaccine information, said pediatrician Dr. Richard Besser, CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. “It is absolutely heartbreaking to me to say. I worked at the CDC for 13 years with dedicated employees. But I...
Women in California and elsewhere experience gender-based discrimination but none so much as transgender women. March is Women’s History Month, although trans women have been historically left out of the monthlong recognition. Toni Newman, chair of the board of directors for the nonprofit TransCanWork, said it is common for trans...
It’s clear that regime change is among the biggest objectives of the U.S. war in Iran. “I have to be involved in the appointment” of Iran’s next leader, President Donald Trump said on March 5, 2026. Trump has also said he might put U.S. boots on the ground to get the job done. Trump...
Arturo Hilario El Observador What would you fight to remember? Borealis is a film from Puerto Rico that tells the story of a civilization collapsing due to a solar flare which wipes out the memories of every human on Earth, and follows the perspectives of a group of survivors...
Si ha llenado el tanque de gasolina de su auto en los últimos días, ha notado que los precios de la gasolina subieron dramáticamente. Esto se debe a que el polvorín generado por la decisión de Estados Unidos e Israel de atacar Irán, y la decisión de éste de...
A new report recommended all states, including California, start requiring more education and training for assistant teachers in state-funded preschool programs. Experts from the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University just published a report recommending assistant preschool teachers have a Child Development Associate credential or an equivalent, plus...
Alla Katsnelson The Conversation The measles outbreak in South Carolina reached 876 cases on Feb. 3, 2026. That number surpasses the 2025 outbreak in Texas and hits the unfortunate milestone of being the largest outbreak in the U.S. since 2000, when the disease was declared eliminated here. The outbreak is...
Kristen Hwang CalMatters Only two Democratic lawmakers voted against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal last year curtailing health care for undocumented immigrants. Sen. Maria Elena Durazo was one them. Now, Durazo, a Democrat from Los Angeles, is proposing legislation that would reverse many of those immigrant health care cuts and...