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Carolyn Jones CalMatters In a flurry of recent legislation and initiatives, California officials are pushing school districts to convert their surplus property into housing for teachers, school staff and even students and families. Some districts have already started; now the state wants every district to become a landlord. “I...
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Arturo Hilario El Observador Paula Assadourian knows very well how to collaborate on a story. She has worked on several of the last few Pixar films as a Story Artist including Elemental, Turning Red and Soul, bringing her own experiences as a Mexican immigrant and woman to the films...
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Artificial intelligence is growing quickly, so companies such as Google, Amazon, Verizon, Microsoft and more have come together to establish best practices in the field. They seek to foster responsible governance, prioritizing privacy, accountability and benefit to society. Miriam Vogel, president and CEO of the nonprofit Equal AI, just published a...
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Marisa Kendall & Julie Cart CalMatters Dando un golpe al gobernador Gavin Newsom, los legisladores demócratas rechazaron la semana pasada su ambicioso intento de reformar la ley ambiental estatal y facilitar la construcción de grandes proyectos de infraestructura en California. En una votación de 3-0, un comité de presupuesto...
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Marisa Kendall & Julie Cart CalMatters Dealing a blow to Gov. Gavin Newsom, Democratic legislators last week shot down his ambitious attempt to reform state environmental law and make it easier to build big infrastructure projects in California. In a 3-0 vote, a Senate budget committee found Newsom’s package...
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Days spent in the classroom are often centered around language, reading, math, science and other traditional curriculum, but there’s another key subject students may learn about without even realizing it: themselves. While coming to understand one’s family background and culture may seem like a daunting task for school-aged children,...
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California is going to need tens of thousands of workers over the next six years as we continue to build the broadband network to bring high-speed internet to underserved areas. Now, the feds have awarded $5.8 million to the Communications Workers of America to supercharge its workforce training program. Frank Arce,...
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Shelly Palmer You live in a war zone. You cannot see the enemy, you do not know when you are under attack, and you have no way to determine who has won any given battle on any given day. Since the consequences of any specific attack are intangible on...