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Alejandro Lazo CalMatters The Biden administration today approved California’s groundbreaking mandate phasing out new gas-powered cars just weeks before the incoming Trump administration poses a threat of overturning electric vehicle and climate rules. The granting of the waiver by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency allows California to move forward in requiring 35%...
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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters De pie en el patio delantero de su casa en Wilmington, José Ulloa no puede pronunciar una sola frase sin toser. Camiones pesados, que van y vienen del puerto de Los Ángeles, pasan todo el día frente a su casa, con sus motores rugiendo y sus...
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As a young kid growing up in Pacoima, California, I personally experienced the devastating effects of climate change. My neighborhood was surrounded by freeways, industrial businesses and landfills that caused many respiratory issues and other health illnesses in my community. Unfortunately, my working-class, majority Latino community has and continues...
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Lynn La CalMatters A partir del 1 de enero, cientos de centros de tratamiento residencial con licencia estatal para niños y jóvenes de hasta 21 años que operan en California deben cumplir con una nueva ley que brinda mayor transparencia, particularmente cuando utilizan restricciones y salas de aislamiento. Después...
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Lynn La CalMatters Beginning Jan. 1, hundreds of state-licensed residential treatment centers for children and youth up to age 21 operating in California must comply with a new law that brings greater transparency — particularly when they use restraints and seclusion rooms. After restraining a youth, or putting them...
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Tara García Mathewson CalMatters In 1953, Bárbara Flores entered kindergarten at Washington Elementary School in Madera, California, a small city in the Central Valley surrounded by farm fields. Her mother and grandmother had talked it up: You’re going to learn a lot. You’re going to like it. She believed them....
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Tara García Mathewson CalMatters En 1953, Bárbara Flores entró al kínder en la Escuela Primaria Washington en Madera, California, una pequeña ciudad en el Valle Central rodeada de campos agrícolas. Su madre y su abuela le habían dicho que iba “a aprender mucho” y que le “iba a gustar”....
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Adam Echelman CalMatters En enero de 2023, y durante toda la primavera, la lluvia hizo que muchos de los embalses y arroyos de California se llenaran de agua, arrasando viviendas y negocios y matando a 21 personas. Según una estimación federal, le costó al estado casi 5 millones de dólares....
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Adam Echelman CalMatters In January 2023, and continuing throughout the spring, rain swelled many of California’s reservoirs and creeks, engulfing homes and businesses and killing 21 people. One federal estimate says it cost the state nearly $5 billion. Now, nearly two years later, it’s Alexis Ramirez’s job to help pick...