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Jeanne Kuang CalMatters There were once so many children at Frisha Moore’s Elk Grove preschool that families filled up the waitlist. Now, one of her playgrounds and two classrooms sit empty because one key group of kids has stopped coming. Dozens of families in recent years have opted not...
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Jeanne Kuang CalMatters Antes había tantos niños en el preescolar de Frisha Moore en Elk Grove que las familias debían anotarse en una lista de espera. Ahora, uno de sus patios de recreo y dos aulas están vacíos porque un grupo clave de niños ha dejado de asistir. En...
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Malena Carollo CalMatters California government agencies are going all-in on generative artificial intelligence tools after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2023 executive order to improve government efficiency with AI. One deployment recently touted by the governor is a chatbot from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the primary agency tasked with coordinating the state’s...
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Wendy Fry CalMatters Federal immigration authorities are looking for a potential new detention center in Northern California, an effort that alarms advocates and some Democratic state lawmakers as President-elect Donald Trump gears up to unleash his mass deportation plan. In August, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a...
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Alexei Koseff CalMatters Un anuncio de campaña que inunda las ondas de televisión en la región de Sacramento durante esta temporada electoral advierte que el actual asambleísta republicano está “respaldado por extremistas anti abortistas” que “saben que respaldará su peligrosa agenda antielección”. Los residentes de los suburbios del norte...
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Alexei Koseff CalMatters A campaign spot flooding TV airwaves in the Sacramento region this election season warns that the incumbent Republican Assemblymember is “backed by anti-abortion extremists” who “know he’ll back their dangerous, anti-choice agenda.” Residents of the northern Los Angeles suburbs might find their YouTube videos begin with...
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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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Adam Echelman CalMatters Across California’s public colleges and universities, one nearly universal admissions factor — first-generation status — is still up to debate because no one can agree how to define it. The phrase “first-generation college student” is about the education level of a students’ parents and it’s a...
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Se estima que cinco mil millones de personas verán los partidos de fútbol de la Copa Mundial, según la FIFA, la Federación Internacional de Fútbol Asociación. Eso es más de la mitad de la población mundial. Y a pesar de una serie de escándalos políticos que han ensombrecido los...