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Kristen Hwang CalMatters Colorful collages line the hallways of Best Start Birth Center in San Diego, the squishy faces of hundreds of newborns carefully cut out and framed. A picture of executive director Karen Roslie’s son, born in 2003, hangs among the smiling, crying and squinting babies. Thirty years...
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Khari Johnson CalMatters California lawmakers took a key vote on August 28 to pass a controversial bill that requires companies that make or modify powerful forms of artificial intelligence to test for their ability to enable critical harm to society. Following a 32-1 vote in the Senate in May, the Assembly...
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Khari Johnson CalMatters El 28 de agosto, los legisladores californianos aprobaron en una votación clave un controvertido proyecto de ley que exige a las empresas que fabrican o modifican potentes formas de inteligencia artificial que comprueben su capacidad para provocar daños críticos a la sociedad. Tras una votación de...
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Aunque los colegios comunitarios de California son el sistema de educación superior más grande del país, la ayuda financiera para estudiantes es la razón por la que muchos estudiantes no pueden pagar sus estudios. Esta ayuda está disponible a través de la Solicitud Gratuita de Ayuda Federal para Estudiantes...
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Carolyn Jones & Khari Johnson CalMatters En la escuela secundaria Bullard de Fresno, es fácil ver los beneficios de prohibir los teléfonos celulares a los estudiantes. El acoso escolar ha disminuido y la socialización ha aumentado, dijo el director Armen Torigian. ¿Hacer cumplir las restricciones a los teléfonos inteligentes?...
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Carolyn Jones & Khari Johnson CalMatters At Bullard High School in Fresno, it’s easy to see the benefits of banning students’ cellphones. Bullying is down and socialization is up, principal Armen Torigian said. Enforcing the smartphone restrictions? That’s been harder. Instead of putting their devices in magnetically locked pouches,...
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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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Carolyn Jones CalMatters En una oleada de leyes e iniciativas recientes, los funcionarios de California están presionando a los distritos escolares para que conviertan sus propiedades excedentes en viviendas para maestros, personal escolar e incluso estudiantes y familias. Algunos distritos ya han comenzado; ahora el estado quiere que todos...
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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services As this year’s polarized election cycle continues, anti-immigrant rhetoric grows ever uglier, with life-altering consequences for farmworkers in California. Between half and one-third of all farmworkers in the U.S. live in California alone. That’s between 500,000 and 800,000 farmworkers. These immigrants working to put...
Kristen Hwang CalMatters Colorful collages line the hallways of Best Start Birth Center in San Diego, the squishy faces of hundreds of newborns carefully cut out and framed. A picture of executive director Karen Roslie’s son, born in 2003, hangs among the smiling, crying and squinting babies. Thirty years...
Khari Johnson CalMatters California lawmakers took a key vote on August 28 to pass a controversial bill that requires companies that make or modify powerful forms of artificial intelligence to test for their ability to enable critical harm to society. Following a 32-1 vote in the Senate in May, the Assembly...
Khari Johnson CalMatters El 28 de agosto, los legisladores californianos aprobaron en una votación clave un controvertido proyecto de ley que exige a las empresas que fabrican o modifican potentes formas de inteligencia artificial que comprueben su capacidad para provocar daños críticos a la sociedad. Tras una votación de...
Aunque los colegios comunitarios de California son el sistema de educación superior más grande del país, la ayuda financiera para estudiantes es la razón por la que muchos estudiantes no pueden pagar sus estudios. Esta ayuda está disponible a través de la Solicitud Gratuita de Ayuda Federal para Estudiantes...
Carolyn Jones & Khari Johnson CalMatters En la escuela secundaria Bullard de Fresno, es fácil ver los beneficios de prohibir los teléfonos celulares a los estudiantes. El acoso escolar ha disminuido y la socialización ha aumentado, dijo el director Armen Torigian. ¿Hacer cumplir las restricciones a los teléfonos inteligentes?...
Carolyn Jones & Khari Johnson CalMatters At Bullard High School in Fresno, it’s easy to see the benefits of banning students’ cellphones. Bullying is down and socialization is up, principal Armen Torigian said. Enforcing the smartphone restrictions? That’s been harder. Instead of putting their devices in magnetically locked pouches,...
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...
Carolyn Jones CalMatters En una oleada de leyes e iniciativas recientes, los funcionarios de California están presionando a los distritos escolares para que conviertan sus propiedades excedentes en viviendas para maestros, personal escolar e incluso estudiantes y familias. Algunos distritos ya han comenzado; ahora el estado quiere que todos...
Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services As this year’s polarized election cycle continues, anti-immigrant rhetoric grows ever uglier, with life-altering consequences for farmworkers in California. Between half and one-third of all farmworkers in the U.S. live in California alone. That’s between 500,000 and 800,000 farmworkers. These immigrants working to put...