• Kids are sick and people can’t breathe; how San Diego leaders are responding to a sewage pollution crisis

    Deborah Brennan CalMatters San Diego leaders are trying to speed up solutions to sewage pollution from the Tijuana River, while investigating the scope of the problem. Community advocates, healthcare professionals and environmental experts with the Tijuana River Coalition on Thursday offered updates on the toxic pollution that plagues south...
  • 5 ideas para reducir la factura eléctrica este verano

    El calor extremo mata. En el condado de Maricopa, Arizona, se confirmaron 608 muertes relacionadas con el calor en 2024, uno de los totales más altos registrados. Y cuando el costo de protegerse del calor aumenta más rápido que los salarios, el problema deja de ser climático para convertirse...
  • Better Healthcare for All: Breaking Barriers Through Equitable Oral Healthcare

    Arturo Hilario El Observador Dental health is crucial to overall health, and it’s something that some people unfortunately learn after much pain and a trip to the emergency room. The state of California has the most dentists per population of any state in the country, but despite the numbers...
  • A California lawmaker has a first-in-the-nation plan to boost child support payments

    ChrisAnna Mink CalMatters Despite a seemingly unimpeachable goal — ensuring adequate child support to keep kids out of poverty — a bill making its way through the state Assembly has left legislators and advocates divided. The measure, from Elk Grove Democratic Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen, would compel separated families to enroll in...
  • Meet the candidates for California lieutenant governor: ‘A job about nothing’

    Nadia Lathan CalMatters The candidates running for lieutenant governor are apt to hint at the post’s largely symbolic and overlooked status when discussing their ambitions for the statewide office. It’s true that California’s lieutenant governor is mostly a ceremonial position. Eleni Kounalakis, who currently holds the position, is next...
  • EarthTalk Q&A: Plastic Bag Ban

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Plastic bag bans are policies and laws that prohibit or limit the use of single-use plastic bags, part of an attempt to curb and reduce plastic waste and environmental degradation. Before COVID-19, many cities and states had implemented such bans to mitigate pollution,...
  • San Francisco schools criticized over discipline data for Black students

    The school board in San Francisco got an earful last week from parents and community groups concerned the district is failing to disclose data on discipline – namely suspensions, detentions and referrals – for Black students. The school system is required to publish that data every two years under...
  • Misterios del Tarot

    El paquete original de barajas del tarot contiene 78 cartas adornadas con símbolos, números y figuras. Las barajas se encuentran divididas en un grupo de 56 cartas, llamado Arcanos Menores, que a su vez se divide en cuatro manjares: copas, espadas, oros y bastos. Estos manjares son equivalentes a...
  • Overwhelming Majority of Californians Say America’s Democracy Under Assault

    Peter Schurmann American Community Media SACRAMENTO — Eighty nine percent of California voters believe American democracy is under strain. Overwhelming majorities, including significant numbers of Republicans, also support state action to protect democracy and expand voter access. Those are among the findings from a new multilingual poll of nearly...
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