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  • ‘Internet Essentials’ Program Tackles ‘Cruel Irony’ of Digital Divide

    New America Media SAN JOSE, Calif. – California, despite its global reputation as a cradle for technological innovation, has an internet connectivity problem – and Silicon Valley is no exception. Among California residents making more than $75,000 a year, some 94 percent have access to the internet in their...
  • California Senate Responds to Charlottesville

    Senate Calls for Hearings on Rise of White Supremacist Movement   SACRAMENTO – The first order of business for Senators returning to the State Capitol on Monday August 21st was to unequivocally denounce the recent act of terror in Charlottesville, Virginia. Senators forcefully condemned the violent racism, anti-Semitism, and...
  • Advocates Press Congress to Renew Community Health Center Funding

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SAN DIEGO, Calif. – If Congress doesn’t act by September 30 – the nation’s nearly 1,300 community health centers will lose 70 percent of their funding. This issue will be front and center for thousands of patients, providers and advocates at the annual Community...
  • On DACA’s 5th Anniversary, CA Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Press On

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SAN FRANCISCO – Immigrants’ rights advocates are speaking out as the fifth anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA passed on August 15th. California is home to more than 220,000 people who were brought to the U.S. as children and...
  • SB 623: Legislación histórica que aborda el agua segura y económica para los californianos

    Es increíble que en una economía tan robusta y diversa como la de California, cerca de un millón de personas no tienen acceso a agua limpia y económica en sus casas, escuelas y negocios.  El problema: La Junta Estatal de Control de Recursos Hídricos, publicó un mapa mostrando los...
  • Student Hunger in America, It Exists

    Estephany Haro El Observador As the summer comes to an end, college students across the Bay Area are getting ready to go back to school. But instead of worrying about what to wear the first day of class or if friends are in the same classes, many of them...
  • Consejos de BBB para contratar al mejor tutor para su hijo

    Rebecca Harpster Golden Gate Better Business Bureau Aunque el año escolar todavía no ha comenzado, ahora es un buen momento para empezar a pensar sobre contratar a un tutor. La contratación de un tutor para su hijo es una gran manera de ayudarles con materias escolares, asegurar de que...
  • BBB Tips for Hiring the Right Tutor

    Rebecca Harpster Golden Gate Better Business Bureau Although the school year hasn’t quite started, now is a great time to start thinking about tutoring services. Hiring a tutor for your child is a great way to help them with a subject they struggle in, ensure that they’re staying on...
  • Minority Populations Drive Growth in Rural California

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. — All but one rural county in California has added population over the past quarter century – and a new report shows that minorities are a big part of that boom. Analysts from nonpartisan research firm Headwaters Economics looked at census data...
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