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Big trucks and SUVs are contributing to a sharp rise in pedestrian deaths, which have increased 75% since 2009 in California and nationwide, according to a new investigation from The New York Times. The Times found that about 3,000 pedestrians killed between 2016 and 2024 would be alive today if cars...
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Khari Johnson, Wendy Fry & Yue Stella Yu CalMatters The Department of Motor Vehicles is on track to share driver’s license and identification data with an outside network despite concerns from immigrant advocates that the information could expose people to deportation. The California Legislature authorized that sharing in the state...
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Lucia was 26 when she crossed the border from Mexico into California in 2023 with her four children. She had hoped to escape from cartels that had killed her father and brother and were targeting her then 12-year-old son. Yet after arriving and over the next three years she...
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Ben Christopher CalMatters A proposal that would have set a first-of-its-kind minimum wage for certain housing construction workers in California is dead for the year in the face of fierce opposition from a major construction union coalition. Assembly Bill 1751 would fast-track the approval of new townhouses. In exchange for using the...
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Yue Stella Yu CalMatters Following weeks of negotiations, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic legislative leaders on Monday June 29 approved a $352 billion budget for next year that raises some taxes, sets aside $6.4 billion for the year after and softens or delays billions of dollars in planned social service cuts....
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters California librarians were stunned when a last-minute budget change stripped K-12 schools of a trove of research materials, potentially leaving thousands of students without resources to do reports, projects or homework assignments. Without notice to schools or librarians, the Legislature last week canceled $5.5 million that...
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Arturo Hilario El Observador Los juguetes están de vuelta. Toy Story 5 transporta al público de nuevo al amado mundo de los juguetes que cobran vida cuando nadie los ve, y esta vez, tienen que enfrentarse a juguetes de alta tecnología. Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie y los demás amigos...
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Aries Sé cauteloso durante este mes, especialmente hasta el día 23. ¡Mercurio estará retrógrado otra vez! Evita sitios demasiado concurridos o lugares en donde puedan surgir conflictos. No des opiniones ni de política, ni de religión. También te ocurrirán situaciones agradables, te recuperarás de pesares o padecimientos. Recibirás una...
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Critics of FIFA World Cup sponsor Aramco say the Saudi-owned oil giant is using soccer to sportswash its image as one of the world’s largest climate polluters. Aramco signed an estimated $400 million, multiyear deal with FIFA, securing high-profile branding rights for both the men’s and women’s tournaments. Kate Sinding...
Big trucks and SUVs are contributing to a sharp rise in pedestrian deaths, which have increased 75% since 2009 in California and nationwide, according to a new investigation from The New York Times. The Times found that about 3,000 pedestrians killed between 2016 and 2024 would be alive today if cars...
Khari Johnson, Wendy Fry & Yue Stella Yu CalMatters The Department of Motor Vehicles is on track to share driver’s license and identification data with an outside network despite concerns from immigrant advocates that the information could expose people to deportation. The California Legislature authorized that sharing in the state...
Lucia was 26 when she crossed the border from Mexico into California in 2023 with her four children. She had hoped to escape from cartels that had killed her father and brother and were targeting her then 12-year-old son. Yet after arriving and over the next three years she...
Ben Christopher CalMatters A proposal that would have set a first-of-its-kind minimum wage for certain housing construction workers in California is dead for the year in the face of fierce opposition from a major construction union coalition. Assembly Bill 1751 would fast-track the approval of new townhouses. In exchange for using the...
Yue Stella Yu CalMatters Following weeks of negotiations, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic legislative leaders on Monday June 29 approved a $352 billion budget for next year that raises some taxes, sets aside $6.4 billion for the year after and softens or delays billions of dollars in planned social service cuts....
Carolyn Jones CalMatters California librarians were stunned when a last-minute budget change stripped K-12 schools of a trove of research materials, potentially leaving thousands of students without resources to do reports, projects or homework assignments. Without notice to schools or librarians, the Legislature last week canceled $5.5 million that...
Arturo Hilario El Observador Los juguetes están de vuelta. Toy Story 5 transporta al público de nuevo al amado mundo de los juguetes que cobran vida cuando nadie los ve, y esta vez, tienen que enfrentarse a juguetes de alta tecnología. Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie y los demás amigos...
Aries Sé cauteloso durante este mes, especialmente hasta el día 23. ¡Mercurio estará retrógrado otra vez! Evita sitios demasiado concurridos o lugares en donde puedan surgir conflictos. No des opiniones ni de política, ni de religión. También te ocurrirán situaciones agradables, te recuperarás de pesares o padecimientos. Recibirás una...
Critics of FIFA World Cup sponsor Aramco say the Saudi-owned oil giant is using soccer to sportswash its image as one of the world’s largest climate polluters. Aramco signed an estimated $400 million, multiyear deal with FIFA, securing high-profile branding rights for both the men’s and women’s tournaments. Kate Sinding...