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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services As the 35th anniversary of the devastating Loma Prieta Earthquake occurred on October 17, the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) began rolling out measures including a first-in-the-nation earthquake early warning system, a Great ShakeOut preparedness drill, multilingual education and an earthquake detection...
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With so many Medicare options available, selecting a plan can seem daunting. This year you may be wondering how news of Medicare drug price negotiations, economic uncertainties and other factors may impact your coverage in 2025. Medicare is the government health insurance program for Americans 65 and older and...
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Alexei Koseff CalMatters For California political observers, the housing plan that Kamala Harris recently unveiled may have caused a twinge of familiarity. As a central plank of her agenda to “lower costs for American families,” the Democratic presidential nominee pledged in August to build 3 million additional affordable homes and rentals...
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New poll results show 80% of likely Arizona voters believe American democracy is under threat. The new survey from the Center for the Future of Arizona found just as many believe their vote could improve democracy. Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., said with fewer than 50 days until Election Day, there are...
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Hundreds of thousands of older Californians will see huge savings on prescription drugs starting in January, according to a new report from AARP. The Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act caps prescription drug costs at $2,000 per year for people on Medicare, starting in 2025. Nina Weiler-Harwell, associate director of advocacy...
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Through conferences, grants, and other mechanisms, the SEMI Foundation has been trying to fill the increasing number of semiconductor jobs in California. Fresh off earning a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, Abigail Nguyen noticed a plethora of Bay Area job openings at semiconductor companies. The recent UC Berkeley grad...
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Alisha Green CalMatters Recién salida de una licenciatura en ingeniería química, Abigail Nguyen notó una gran cantidad de vacantes de trabajo en el Área de la Bahía en empresas de semiconductores. Sin embargo, la reciente graduada de la Universidad de California en Berkeley no se sentía segura de postularse...
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Kristen Hwang CalMatters Los pasillos del Best Start Birth Center de San Diego están repletos de collages coloridos, con las caras suaves de cientos de recién nacidos cuidadosamente recortadas y enmarcadas. Una fotografía del hijo de la directora ejecutiva Karen Roslie, nacido en 2003, cuelga entre los bebés sonrientes,...
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Kristen Hwang CalMatters Colorful collages line the hallways of Best Start Birth Center in San Diego, the squishy faces of hundreds of newborns carefully cut out and framed. A picture of executive director Karen Roslie’s son, born in 2003, hangs among the smiling, crying and squinting babies. Thirty years...