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At Disney California Adventure Park, the popular Festival of Holidays is back to entertain guests with the sights, sounds and tastes of diverse cultural festivities and plenty of Disney magic! Festival of Holidays is a celebration inspired by Christmas/Navidad, Hanukkah, Diwali, Kwanzaa and Three Kings Day. This contemporary seasonal celebration brings...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SAN FRANCISCO — California is losing a venerable independent news agency that leaves as its legacy a stronger, more diverse news landscape. New America Media announced it will be closing its doors on November 30. The nonprofit started in 1970 in San Francisco as Pacific...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – It’s been almost a month since Congress let funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program run out – and now, the State of California says the program known as CHIP will go broke at the end of December. The California Department...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California has improved child well-being significantly since 2014 – but still needs to shrink the severe racial disparities that persist, according to a new report. The “2017 Race for Results” report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation comes out every three...
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Rebecca Harpster Golden Gate Better Business Bureau Incendios están quemando a los condados de Napa, Sonoma, y Mendocino. Las comunidades están sufriendo, y necesitan ayuda. Desafortunadamente, los estafadores y las organizaciones poco éticas a menudo usan momentos de tragedia para aprovechar de las víctimas y de la generosidad del...
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Rebecca Harpster Golden Gate Better Business Bureau Wildfires are currently raging through Napa, Sonoma, and Mendocino counties. Wine country communities are suffering, and need assistance. Unfortunately, scammers and unethical organizations often use times of tragedy to prey on victims and on the public’s generosity. Although no scams related to...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Stubborn poverty continues to plague the Golden State, which maintains the worst poverty rate in the nation, with 14.3 percent of residents, and almost 20 percent of children, living below the federal poverty line. However, the new Census numbers on poverty...
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Aim is to Block U.S. Department of Justice from Controlling Local Law Enforcement Policy SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF.—On August 31, 2017, the County of Santa Clara is filing an amicus curiae or “friend of the court” brief on behalf of 42 cities, counties, municipal agencies, and organizations across the...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California regulators have moved one step closer to placing big restrictions on the use of a pesticide that President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency refused to ban earlier this year. The California Department of Pesticide Regulation just released an updated draft...