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Our house lost power a few nights ago, during one of 2023’s record-setting storms. For most people, losing power is a minor inconvenience. For our family, losing power is a medical emergency. People who use medical devices that depend on electricity need continuous access to electricity. Some of my...
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Abril es el quinto Mes Anual de las Artes, la Cultura y la Creatividad en California, y los defensores de las artes están promoviendo la diversidad en la fuerza laboral de las artes y celebrando los logros políticos recientes. En Los Ángeles, la Junta de Supervisores del Condado acaba...
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Groups that fight hunger say they’re “deeply disappointed” in the new budget proposal released Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Last year, the Legislature approved $40 million to expand food assistance to low-income people over age 55, regardless of immigration status. But now, the governor wants to delay it until 2027....
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Al cierre del primer Simposio Juneteenth de la Universidad Estatal de California el mes pasado, el máximo ejecutivo del sistema presentó una agenda para mejorar la experiencia de los estudiantes de raza negra en el sistema universitario público más grande del país. ¿El primer elemento en la lista de...
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At the close of the first-ever California State University Juneteenth Symposium last month, the system’s top executive laid out an agenda for improving the Black student experience at the nation’s largest public university system. The first item on Interim Chancellor Jolene Koester’s list? “We need to disaggregate the data,”...
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This July 4th marks nearly 250 years since the United States declared its independence, setting the country on a path to establishing its democracy. But some feel the state of U.S. democracy needs close examination. Lindsay Schubiner is with the Portland-based organization Western States Center. She is the director of...
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San Jose, Calif., June 30, 2022 – The Stroke Awareness Foundation (SAF) will hold a press event on Thursday, June 30th, to announce that Chris Wilder, the powerhouse former Executive Director of the Valley Medical Center Foundation, will join its Board of Directors. Wilder is expected to bolster SAF’s...
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Los defensores de la prevención de la violencia armada en Nevada aplauden una nueva regla de la administración Biden para cerrar un vacío legal que permite la proliferación de las llamadas “armas fantasma” imposibles de rastrear. Los kits de piezas de armas sin terminar pronto tendrán que llevar un...
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Gun-violence prevention advocates in Nevada are applauding a new rule by the Biden administration to close a loophole allowing the proliferation of untraceable so-called “ghost guns.” Kits of unfinished gun parts will soon have to carry a serial number, buyers will have to pass a background check and sellers will need...