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National Hispanic Heritage Month starts this Friday, and runs through Oct. 15. Dozens of events are planned up and down the Golden State to honor California’s more than 15 million Hispanic residents, who make up more than 40% of the population. Adriana Mendoza, associate director for advocacy and community engagement for...
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Community members in the Lake Arrowhead area are planning to distribute free rainbow flags this week – in memory of Lauri Carleton, a 66-year-old shopkeeper shot to death on Friday August 18 by a young man who demanded she take down the store’s Pride flag. Carleton’s husband chased the...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters San Diego es conocido por muchas cosas: surfear en las playas de la ciudad de La Jolla, así como por los pandas gigantes en el zoológico y la excelente comida mexicana, por nombrar algunas. Ahora, hay un nuevo elemento en su lista de visitas obligadas. En...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters San Diego is known for many things: surfing at La Jolla, the giant pandas at the zoo, and great Mexican food, to name a few. Now, there’s a new item on your must-see list. On billboards, buses, and through social media posts starting this week, the...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters Grizzled farmworkers are the hot new commodity as community colleges try to reverse a years-long enrollment decline. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the “golden age” of higher education — where more and more adults were attending college every year — came to a halt, and California’s...
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Diana Navarrete La Red Hispana Pride Month is a time when members of the LGBTQ+ community come together to celebrate and affirm their identity. Also, it is a time to recognize the impact and historical importance of this community. Here we tell you how to support and celebrate Pride...
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Los colegios comunitarios rurales enfrentan muchos desafíos, pero muchos han convertido la determinación en innovación, con las mejores prácticas mostradas en un nuevo informe del Instituto Aspen. Los investigadores destacaron los esfuerzos en dos colegios comunitarios rurales de California. Kate Mahar, vicepresidenta asociada de innovación e iniciativas estratégicas de...
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Rural community colleges face a lot of challenges, but many have turned determination into innovation, with best practices showcased in a new report from the Aspen Institute. Researchers singled out efforts at two rural California community colleges. Kate Mahar, associate vice president of innovation and strategic initiatives at Shasta College explained...
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Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services Una vez que se conoció la noticia de que Audrey Hale era transgénero, la comunidad LGBTQIA teme ahora ser el blanco de ataques, en represalia. Audrey Hale, de 28 años, quien al nacer fue registrada con género femenino y que luego se habría autoidentificado...