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Stephanie Carson California News Service Mark Hedin Ethnic Media Services Reporting for the Ethnic Media Services-California News Service Collaboration SAN FRANCISCO – Warning that the country is heading down a white-nationalist, nativist path, four immigrant-rights advocates issued a call to action last week just hours before the U.S. Senate...
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Sacramento, CA – On Wednesday February 21st, the mayors of the eleven largest cities in California and a bi-partisan group of state lawmakers announced the introduction of AB 3171, which allocates $1.5 billion from the state budget to help address the growing homeless crisis. Assemblyman Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) and...
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Arturo Hilario El Observador Recently we had the chance to talk to a performer in the Broadway production of “The King and I”, which is going to be presented at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts from Tuesday February 20th to Sunday February 25th. It is...
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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer this week spoke on the Senate floor regarding the school shooting in Parkland, Florida and the immigration debate. Below are his remarks: Mr. President, I rise this morning with a heavy heart for the people of Parkland, Florida and Stoneman Douglas High...
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As oil prices fall, retail prices for gasoline should continue to fall. But with volatility in the stock market, all bets are off WALNUT CREEK, Calif. Feb.14, 2018 – Gas prices in California dropped for the first time in 2018, but it’s unclear whether this one-week decline is a signal...
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Improving foster care placements by making program more efficient goal of legislation SACRAMENTO – Last year, California launched a new statewide program for approving individuals to serve as foster caregivers, and the goal was to fix an inefficient, ineffective system. But since the program has been in place, families...
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San Jose Fast-Food Workers to Join Nationwide Protests on 50th Anniversary of Historic Memphis Sanitation Strike — Cooks, Cashiers to Rally at Local McDonald’s During Lunchtime Rush, Vow to Continue Sanitation Strikers’ Fight for Higher Wages, Union Rights — Fight for $15 to Join Forces with New Poor People’s...
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New poet laureate to create writing and performance poetry initiative at middle schools and high schools SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF. —The County of Santa Clara Board of Supervisors has appointed Mike McGee to the honorary post of Santa Clara County Poet Laureate for a two-year term ending Dec. 31,...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service LOS ANGELES – Llego la hora de empezar a alistarse para el dia de pago de impuestos (‘Tax Day’), y los voluntarios del servicio de ayuda Tax Aid de la Fundacion AARP tienen horario especial de oficinas desde ahora hasta mediados de abril. Tambien...