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Jocelyn Wiener CalMatters Boom. Ronda Deplazes acababa de salir de la ducha y se había puesto rulos en su larga melena rubia cuando oyó un golpe seco contra la puerta principal. Boom. Afuera, su hijo, un hombre capaz de arreglar cualquier cosa, que amaba a su familia, que nunca...
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Jocelyn Wiener CalMatters Boom. Ronda Deplazes had just gotten out of the shower and placed curlers in her long blond hair when she heard something slam against her front door. Boom. Outside, her son — a man who could fix anything, who loved his family, who never remembered these...
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Los partidarios de las artes se reunieron el miércoles en Sacramento para el Día de Defensa de las Artes con el fin de presionar a los legisladores sobre una variedad de temas. Los educadores están llamando la atención sobre los problemas con la implementación de la Proposición 28, que...
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Supporters of the arts gathered Wednesday in Sacramento for Arts Advocacy Day in order to lobby lawmakers on a range of issues. Educators are drawing attention to problems with the implementation of Proposition 28, which was supposed to help schools hire more art teachers. Abe Flores, deputy director of...
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Esta temporada navideña, una campaña sin fines de lucro está pidiendo a los estadounidenses que escriban tarjetas navideñas para dar la bienvenida a las familias de refugiados recién llegados. La décima campaña anual “Hope for the Holidays” está encabezada por Global Refuge, una organización benéfica fundada en 1939, anteriormente...
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This holiday season, a nonprofit campaign is asking Americans to write holiday cards to welcome newly arrived refugee families. The 10th annual “Hope for the Holidays” campaign is spearheaded by Global Refuge, a charity founded in 1939, previously named Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president and...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters For most K-12 student groups in California, test scores have been maddeningly flat since the pandemic. But for Black students, stagnant scores have been particularly frustrating: Black students’ math and English language arts scores inched downward for most grade levels last year, notching some of the...
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The hardest parts of Grace Diaz’s caregiving job are the sleepless nights and aches and pains. And the time away from her family. Even when Diaz’s client, an elderly Alzheimer’s patient, gets a good night’s sleep, Diaz wakes up at her slightest rustle or groan. Diaz’s shoulder bothers her...
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President Joe Biden is using today’s second anniversary of George Floyd’s murder to sign executive orders on police reform. From criminal justice to business opportunities to diversity, Black leaders cite a mixed bag in advancing racial equity. After Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police, solidarity statements and pledges to...