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A nonprofit fighting for better access to healthcare is speaking out about affordability issues in long-term care funding. In-home care costs more than $60,000 a year, assisted living is about $54,000 and a private room in a nursing home is around $108,000, according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners....
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Amid the return to school and the start of the new school year in each state, President Donald Trump signed an executive order changing how the federal government recommends vaccines for children, an announcement that sparked controversy. This issue is very important to families because vaccines help protect against...
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Colin Lecher & Maria Martha Bruno CalMatters Las alarmantes tendencias en la salud mental de los adolescentes y el aumento del uso de las redes sociales llevaron a California a aprobar una nueva serie de leyes para proteger a los niños en internet. El estado promulgó medidas de protección para evitar...
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Colin Lecher & Maria Martha Bruno CalMatters Alarming trends in teen mental health and increased social media use led California to pass a new wave of laws to protect kids online. The state enacted protections to prevent children’s data from being sold, to give kids an opportunity to delete what they...
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Esta semana es la más calurosa del año hasta ahora, y los expertos de toda California están advirtiendo a la gente que limite las actividades al aire libre, busque la sombra y beba mucha agua para protegerse. Se espera que las temperaturas en el desierto del sur de California...
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This week is the hottest of the year so far and experts throughout California are cautioning people to limit outdoor activity, seek shade and drink lots of water to protect themselves. Temperatures in the Southern California desert are expected to approach 115 to 120 degrees. Dr. Stephen Sanko, adjunct...
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Juvenile justice groups are pressing California lawmakers to allow parole consideration after 25 years for some people who were sentenced to life without parole for crimes committed as young adults. Under current law, people who committed serious crimes before age 18 can petition the state’s parole board after serving...
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Editor’s note: The last names of some of the sources cited in this report have been omitted at the express request of the interviewees. Although some of them hold U.S. citizenship, they plan to return to Venezuela to provide support to family and fear becoming targets of reprisals by...
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Cuando el estanque reflectante del Monumento a Lincoln se volvió verde por las algas apenas unos días después de una renovación de 15 millones de dólares, el gobierno de EE. UU. se apresuró a buscar productos químicos y costosas soluciones técnicas para restaurar este emblemático monumento. Intentar eliminar las...