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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk As global warming intensifies, cities worldwide are experiencing an accelerated rise in temperatures compared to less urban areas. This phenomenon, known as the urban heat island (UHI) effect, results from the concentration of buildings, roads and other infrastructure that absorb and re-emit heat...
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Marisa Kendall CalMatters El 28 de junio, la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos otorgó a las ciudades más poder para arrestar, citar y multar a personas que duermen al aire libre en lugares públicos, anulando seis años de protecciones legales para residentes sin hogar en California y otros estados...
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Marisa Kendall CalMatters On June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court granted cities more power to arrest, cite and fine people who sleep outside in public places — overturning six years of legal protections for homeless residents in California and other western states. In Grants Pass v. Johnson, the court sided with...
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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services A medida que la humanidad se vuelve cada vez más urbana, el plantar árboles y crear parques -lejos de limitarse a embellecer las ciudades- se convierte cada vez más en una cuestión de vida o muerte. En una conferencia de prensa celebrada el viernes...
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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services As humankind grows increasingly urban, planting trees and parks — far from merely beautifying cities — increasingly becomes a matter of life and death. At a Friday, Dec. 1 Ethnic Media Services briefing, Los Angeles Forestry officials and urban greening experts discussed the city...
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Justo Robles y Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters Aura Silva estaba entre los 36 inmigrantes que a principios de junio fueron conducidos desde la frontera de Texas a Nuevo México y luego trasladados en avión a Sacramento. No tenía familia allí que la acogiera y no sabía cómo encontrar refugio. Ella...
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Justo Robles & Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters Aura Silva was among 36 migrants who in early June were driven from Texas’ border to New Mexico and then flown to Sacramento. She had no family there to take her in and no knowledge of how to find shelter. She had just...
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In the past week, two California cities – Riverside and San Bernardino – have repealed most of their “Crime-Free Multi-Housing” programs, which were designed to improve tenants’ safety but have been criticized for destabilizing families, especially in low-income communities of color. The program helps landlords choose better landscaping and lighting, and promotes neighborhood...
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Ben Christopher CalMatters Las ciudades del interior, incluidas Bakersfield, Fresno, Visalia y Riverside, que alguna vez fueron opciones más baratas que lugares costosos como el Área de la Bahía, ya no son refugios de la crisis de asequibilidad de viviendas de California. Desde el comienzo de la pandemia, el...