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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California could save billions of dollars by reducing the number of high school suspensions and favoring rehabilitation over punishment, according to a new study by the California Dropout Research Project. Researchers followed more than 100 randomly chosen 10th graders from across...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service OAKLAND, Calif. – Five nonprofits, including one in California, filed a motion in federal court Monday March 13th to force the EPA to follow up on environmental justice-related civil rights complaints. The groups accuse the EPA of dragging its feet, in some cases for...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Grupos que abogan por los adultos mayores se estan manifestando contra la H.R. 708 y la Ley Americana de Atencion a la Salud, que aumentarian el cobro de las empresas aseguradoras a las personas en edad avanzada. Bajo la ACA solo se...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Advocates for older Americans are criticizing a bill in the House of Representatives that would raise the amount insurance companies can charge seniors. Under the Affordable Care Act, insurance companies only could charge seniors three times what younger adults pay. But...
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Fifth Anniversary Highlights Center’s Ongoing Efforts and Accomplishments SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF.— Since its founding in 2012, the County of Santa Clara Reentry Resource Center has created opportunities for more than 10,000 residents reentering the community from jail or prison. The Center celebrated its fifth anniversary on February...
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SANFRANCISCO, Calif.— Solo en 2016, se produjeron más de 5,700 incendios forestales en todo el estado de California, de acuerdo con el departamento de Silvicultura y Protección contra Incendios. Y a pesar del récord de lluvias de este invierno, se espera que el cambio climático incremente, tanto el número...
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SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA – AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), Team Blue 3 is stationed in San Jose, California working at Santa Clara County Parks from February 13, 2017 to March 17, 2017. One of it’s focuses will be to repair significant storm damage at both Hellyer and...
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San Jose, Calif. – City leaders gathered in the Rock Springs neighborhood to extend their gratitude to Mr. Kieu Hoang, CEO & Chairman of RAAS, for making a generous $5 million donation to the San Jose Flood Victims Relief Fund on Wednesday March 1st. “Mr. Hoang’s extraordinarily generous gift...
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement this week in recognition of Women’s History Month: “Each Women’s History Month, Americans pay tribute to the courageous women who have strengthened our great democracy. We honor the women whose labor and advocacy, leadership and sacrifice have...
Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California could save billions of dollars by reducing the number of high school suspensions and favoring rehabilitation over punishment, according to a new study by the California Dropout Research Project. Researchers followed more than 100 randomly chosen 10th graders from across...
Suzanne Potter California News Service OAKLAND, Calif. – Five nonprofits, including one in California, filed a motion in federal court Monday March 13th to force the EPA to follow up on environmental justice-related civil rights complaints. The groups accuse the EPA of dragging its feet, in some cases for...
Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Grupos que abogan por los adultos mayores se estan manifestando contra la H.R. 708 y la Ley Americana de Atencion a la Salud, que aumentarian el cobro de las empresas aseguradoras a las personas en edad avanzada. Bajo la ACA solo se...
Fifth Anniversary Highlights Center’s Ongoing Efforts and Accomplishments SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF.— Since its founding in 2012, the County of Santa Clara Reentry Resource Center has created opportunities for more than 10,000 residents reentering the community from jail or prison. The Center celebrated its fifth anniversary on February...
SANFRANCISCO, Calif.— Solo en 2016, se produjeron más de 5,700 incendios forestales en todo el estado de California, de acuerdo con el departamento de Silvicultura y Protección contra Incendios. Y a pesar del récord de lluvias de este invierno, se espera que el cambio climático incremente, tanto el número...
SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA – AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), Team Blue 3 is stationed in San Jose, California working at Santa Clara County Parks from February 13, 2017 to March 17, 2017. One of it’s focuses will be to repair significant storm damage at both Hellyer and...
San Jose, Calif. – City leaders gathered in the Rock Springs neighborhood to extend their gratitude to Mr. Kieu Hoang, CEO & Chairman of RAAS, for making a generous $5 million donation to the San Jose Flood Victims Relief Fund on Wednesday March 1st. “Mr. Hoang’s extraordinarily generous gift...
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement this week in recognition of Women’s History Month: “Each Women’s History Month, Americans pay tribute to the courageous women who have strengthened our great democracy. We honor the women whose labor and advocacy, leadership and sacrifice have...