• February is Spay/Neuter Awareness Month

    Nine Lives Foundation To celebrate Spay/Neuter Awareness Month, in February we’re offering 20% off already low-cost spay/neuter services plus a free microchip for your cat. At Nine Lives Foundation, a 501(c)3 cat adoption center and low-cost cat clinic in Redwood City, we see thousands of homeless and at-risk cats...
  • ¿Siguen siendo los vuelos comerciales la forma más segura de viajar?

    A raíz de la reciente ola de accidentes aéreos, cuatro de ellos ocurridos en Estados Unidos desde que Donald Trump llegó a la Casa Blanca, es sensato preguntarse si los vuelos comerciales siguen siendo la forma más segura de viajar. Gracias a décadas de avances de ingeniería y regulaciones...
  • CA schools brace for harmful cuts to Medi-Cal

    Educators in California are speaking out against plans in Congress to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid, known as Medi-Cal in the Golden State. Medi-Cal pays for health care for more than 37% of California’s children, and more than 51% of kids in LA Unified, the state’s largest...
  • Fewer California high school seniors are applying for financial aid. Some blame Trump’s immigration policies

    Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters Fewer California high school seniors are completing federal financial aid applications than in past years, which some analysts say is a sign that students may fear the Trump administration will use their sensitive data for immigration enforcement. The number of seniors completing the Free Application for...
  • Funding for small businesses — a big source of jobs — at risk under Trump

    Levi Sumagaysay CalMatters California’s small businesses — employers to more than half the state’s workforce — are staring down what some owners, experts and advocates say could be immense negative consequences from President Donald Trump’s slew of executive orders. Trump’s embattled federal funding freeze and anti-diversity push have seeded...
  • North Dakota looks to get tough on crypto scams

    FBI data show North Dakotans lost nearly $6 million to cryptocurrency scams in 2023 and a bill advancing in the Legislature would try to limit those losses by adding safeguards to a financial trend with little oversight. The measure, overwhelmingly approved by the House this week, would require operators of crypto...
  • Choosing Healthy Beverages for Kids and Teens

    Choosing healthy beverages for children and adolescents is just as important as choosing healthy foods, as it impacts everything from oral health to chronic disease risk. That’s why leading health and nutrition organizations developed new healthy beverage recommendations for families with children ages 5-18. These evidence-based recommendations were created...
  • Protesters: Trump administration actions ‘cast aside democracy’

    In many U.S. cities, President’s Day was used to sound the alarm over actions by the Trump administration. Minnesota protesters braved subzero temperatures Monday to express worry about the loss of democratic norms. The 50501 Movement is described as a grassroots effort where organizers connect online to schedule peaceful protests in...
  • ‘Outright Violence’ — Trump’s ‘Two Genders’ Order Puts Trans Lives at Risk

    Nicole Chang Ethnic Media Services Amid a nationwide rise in hate crimes against transgender people, this crisis effectively erases transgender people’s existence in the legal, health and education spheres. There are an estimated 1.6 million Americans aged 13 and older who identify as transgender; 1.3 million of these are...
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