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Kristen Hwang CalMatters Another COVID-19 wave is hitting California as the summer ends and kids head back to school. It’s a familiar story by now, but one that has become perhaps more confusing with time because of changing public health recommendations, new vaccine boosters and our evolving understanding of...
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Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Los psicodélicos están teniendo un momento. Un impulso a nivel nacional para incorporar los hongos mágicos y otros psicodélicos al uso regular está ganando terreno, y algunos californianos quieren participar. Si bien los alucinógenos a menudo se asocian con la cultura de las drogas de...
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Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Psychedelics are having a moment. A nationwide push to bring magic mushrooms and other psychedelics into the mainstream is gaining traction, and some Californians want in. While hallucinogens are often associated with the drug culture of the 1960s, today’s movement on psychedelics is largely...
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Carolyn Jones & Alexei Koseff CalMatters Las guerras culturales en California se intensificaron el lunes cuando el estado demandó a un distrito escolar por su política estudiantil transgénero, y un grupo de padres dio el primer paso para incluir en la boleta electoral del próximo año un trío de...
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Carolyn Jones & Alexei Koseff CalMatters California’s culture wars escalated Monday as the state sued a school district over its transgender student policy, and a parents’ group took the first step toward placing a trio of initiatives on next year’s ballot that would restrict protections for transgender youth. The...
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Nigel Duara CalMatters When a woman refused to testify against a man accused of assaulting her, a Los Angeles County judge used the accusations she made the night of the incident that were recorded on a police officer’s body camera. Last week, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the judge...
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Nigel Duara CalMatters Cuando una mujer se negó a testificar contra un hombre acusado de agredirla, un juez del condado de Los Ángeles utilizó las acusaciones que hizo la noche del incidente que fueron grabadas por la cámara corporal de un oficial de Policía. La semana pasada, la Corte Suprema...
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Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services The California Department of Aging Aug. 22 announced the launch of its first-ever statewide assessment for Californians aged 55 and older to share their voices, called the Community Assessment Survey for Older Adults (CASOA). The 20-question survey — which takes about 15 minutes to...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters The hottest new restaurant in California might be your local elementary school. Thanks to a surge of nearly $15 billion in state and federal funding, school districts are ditching the old standbys — frozen pizza and chicken nuggets — in favor of organic salads, free-range grilled...