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Felicia Mello CalMatters The weekend. The eight-hour workday. Paid family leave. Those fruits of labor victories are part of everyday life in California. Now the state’s hot labor summer may have helped inspire another precedent-setting measure, if Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a bill on his desk that would allow...
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Rong Xiaoqing Ethnic Media Services Anne Watkins dice que el apuñalamiento del 11 de enero de un estudiante chino-estadounidense de 18 años por parte de Billie Davis, de 56 años, que es blanco, cambió fundamentalmente su percepción de la ciudad que llama hogar. “Cuando sucedió en Bloomington, pensé: están...
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Rong Xiaoqing Ethnic Media Services Anne Watkins says the January 11 stabbing of an 18-year-old Chinese American student by Billie Davis, 56, who is white, fundamentally changed her perception of the city she calls home. “When it happened in Bloomington, I was like, they’re one step closer,” says Watkins,...
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Community members in the Lake Arrowhead area are planning to distribute free rainbow flags this week – in memory of Lauri Carleton, a 66-year-old shopkeeper shot to death on Friday August 18 by a young man who demanded she take down the store’s Pride flag. Carleton’s husband chased the...
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Nicole Foy CalMatters As Fresno-area temperatures sizzled around 100 recently, a 59-year-old tomatillo field worker collapsed and died. The coroner listed the cause of death as cardiovascular disease caused by cholesterol buildup; the farmworkers’ union blamed it on working in such heat. “Elidio Hernández should not have died,” said...
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Nicole Foy CalMatters Los californianos indocumentados afectados por las tormentas de invierno y las inundaciones están comenzando a recibir dinero de un programa especial de ayuda que el estado lanzó para ellos hace dos meses. En junio, la oficina del gobernador Gavin Newsom anunció que planea gastar $95 millones del Fondo...
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Nicole Foy CalMatters Undocumented Californians affected by winter storms and floods are slowly starting to receive money from a special relief program the state launched for them two months ago. In June, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced it plans to spend $95 million from the state’s Rapid Response Fund to help...
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San Francisco, CA – After a disaster or very public tragedy, such as the recent Maui fires this week, people want to help in any way possible, often contributing to fundraisers to help the survivors and the victims’ families. Sadly, scammers often take advantage of these moments of vulnerability to...
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Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has declared affirmative action in college admissions unconstitutional, private colleges in California will have to find other ways to support diversity on campus. Public universities in the Golden State had to change their strategy back after voters banned race-conscious admissions – passing Prop 209 in...
Felicia Mello CalMatters The weekend. The eight-hour workday. Paid family leave. Those fruits of labor victories are part of everyday life in California. Now the state’s hot labor summer may have helped inspire another precedent-setting measure, if Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a bill on his desk that would allow...
Rong Xiaoqing Ethnic Media Services Anne Watkins dice que el apuñalamiento del 11 de enero de un estudiante chino-estadounidense de 18 años por parte de Billie Davis, de 56 años, que es blanco, cambió fundamentalmente su percepción de la ciudad que llama hogar. “Cuando sucedió en Bloomington, pensé: están...
Rong Xiaoqing Ethnic Media Services Anne Watkins says the January 11 stabbing of an 18-year-old Chinese American student by Billie Davis, 56, who is white, fundamentally changed her perception of the city she calls home. “When it happened in Bloomington, I was like, they’re one step closer,” says Watkins,...
Community members in the Lake Arrowhead area are planning to distribute free rainbow flags this week – in memory of Lauri Carleton, a 66-year-old shopkeeper shot to death on Friday August 18 by a young man who demanded she take down the store’s Pride flag. Carleton’s husband chased the...
Nicole Foy CalMatters As Fresno-area temperatures sizzled around 100 recently, a 59-year-old tomatillo field worker collapsed and died. The coroner listed the cause of death as cardiovascular disease caused by cholesterol buildup; the farmworkers’ union blamed it on working in such heat. “Elidio Hernández should not have died,” said...
Nicole Foy CalMatters Los californianos indocumentados afectados por las tormentas de invierno y las inundaciones están comenzando a recibir dinero de un programa especial de ayuda que el estado lanzó para ellos hace dos meses. En junio, la oficina del gobernador Gavin Newsom anunció que planea gastar $95 millones del Fondo...
Nicole Foy CalMatters Undocumented Californians affected by winter storms and floods are slowly starting to receive money from a special relief program the state launched for them two months ago. In June, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced it plans to spend $95 million from the state’s Rapid Response Fund to help...
San Francisco, CA – After a disaster or very public tragedy, such as the recent Maui fires this week, people want to help in any way possible, often contributing to fundraisers to help the survivors and the victims’ families. Sadly, scammers often take advantage of these moments of vulnerability to...
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has declared affirmative action in college admissions unconstitutional, private colleges in California will have to find other ways to support diversity on campus. Public universities in the Golden State had to change their strategy back after voters banned race-conscious admissions – passing Prop 209 in...
