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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services Although the number of Californians living with Alzheimer’s will nearly double to 1.1 million within twenty years, those in rural and remote areas face major challenges to accessing care. Compared to urban communities, these rural Californians struggle to access preventative services, including screenings, diagnostic...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters Muchos adultos en California se están perdiendo la ayuda financiera para la universidad y, durante años, el estado se negó a ayudar. La forma más popular de ayuda financiera federal, la beca Pell, proporciona a los estudiantes de bajos ingresos alrededor de 7,000 dólares al año,...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters Many adults in California are missing out on financial aid for college — and for years, the state declined to help. The most popular form of federal financial aid, the Pell grant, provides low-income students with around $7,000 a year— money that can go towards all...
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Lynn La CalMatters Los californianos pagan más en el surtidor que los residentes de cualquier otro estado – un promedio de $5,34 por galón de gasolina regular sin plomo, en comparación con el promedio nacional de $3,64, según la AAA. Y en algunos condados, el impacto de la etiqueta...
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Lynn La CalMatters Californians pay more at the pump than residents of any other state — an average of $5.34 a gallon for regular unleaded, compared to the national average of $3.64, according to AAA. And in some counties, the sticker shock is even worse — $6.80 in Alpine, $6.29 in Mono and...
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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services A year ago, with the end of the federal COVID-19 emergency, California started redetermining eligibility for the one out of three of its residents on Medi-Cal, its version of Medicaid. At a time when many states are using this process to drop Medicaid members...
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Jocelyn Wiener CalMatters After days of uncertainty, the results are finally in: Californians, by a slim majority, have voted to throw their support behind Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest effort to overhaul how the state cares for people with serious mental illness. The Associated Press on Wednesday declared that Proposition 1...
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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters California apenas está iniciando un esfuerzo a nivel estatal para crear oportunidades de aprendizaje para jóvenes de 16 a 24 años, a medida que la universidad se vuelve menos asequible para muchos graduados de secundaria y otros costos de vida están aumentando. Pero el programa se...
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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters California is just starting a statewide effort to create apprenticeship opportunities for young people, ages 16 through 24, as college becomes less affordable for many high school graduates and other costs of living are rising. But the program has run into a funding snag. Gov. Gavin...