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  • Report: California Not Spending Enough on Tobacco Prevention

    Suzanne Potter California News Service  SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California gets billions each year from the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, and yet, it spends only 22 percent of what the Centers for Disease Control recommends on smoking prevention and cessation programs, for which the money was intended A new...
  • County Against Mass Deportations

    County Board Votes Unanimously to Plan Expanding Legal Representation Mass Deportation Victims  Santa Clara County, CA—On December 6th the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to direct Administration to come back with a plan to provide community outreach and legal representation to victims of mass deportation at its...
  • San José Wins Award for Innovative Tactics to Combat Illegal Dumping

    Environmental Services Department has removed more than 320 tons of dumped materials, enhancing community appearance SAN JOSE, Calif. – San José residents are noticing a decrease in blight on city streets and open areas as a result of comprehensive, innovative, and successful efforts by the city’s Environmental Services Department...
  • Hispanic Caucus backs Pelosi in Dem leadership race

    Heather Caygle  The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is backing Nancy Pelosi ahead of Wednesday’s Democratic leadership elections, the group announced in a letter on Tuesday November 29th.  The group’s support comes as Pelosi heads into the first real test to her leadership since 2010 as Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan challenges...
  • Property Taxes Need to be Paid by December 12, 2016

    San Jose, CA  The first installment of the 2016/2017 property taxes was due and payable on November 1 and will be delinquent if not paid by 5:00 p.m., Monday, December 12, 2016.  If delinquent, a 10 percent penalty and a $20 cost will be added, in accordance with the...
  • CA Vets Almost Free from Paying Back Bonuses

    Logan Pollard California News Service LOS ANGELES – It looks like thousands of California veterans will soon be released from any obligation to pay back millions of dollars to the Pentagon. The new agreement was folded into the latest National Defense Authorization Act, the defense appropriations legislation that the...
  • Construyendo un puente hacia el futuro de la energía de California

    Una Conversación Sobre el Futuro De La Energía De California Por Geisha Williams, Presidenta de Operaciones Eléctricas, Pacific Gas y Electric Company ¿Cómo construimos una mejor California – con energía segura, limpia, confiable y asequible? Lo hacemos juntos. Eso es exactamente lo que sucedió con el anuncio histórico de...
  • Organizations Form Coalition Against Hate

    Coalition Calls for Peaceful but Forceful Opposition to Normalization of Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Homophobia, Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia   On Tuesday November 29th,  the Coalition Against Hate released the discriminatory records of individuals who have been raised as potential appointees or senior staff in a Trump administration with deep ties...
  • First Post-Election ‘Fight for $15’ Rally

    Suzanne Potter California News Service LOS ANGELES – The election that gave Republicans control of the White House and both houses of Congress isn’t stopping the grassroots “Fight for $15” movement, which sponsored what it calls a “National Day of Disruption” on Tuesday, November 29. The group had rallies...
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