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Jeanne Kuang CalMatters La empresa privada de detención de inmigrantes GEO Group ha llegado a un acuerdo en un caso histórico sobre las condiciones en uno de sus centros de detención en el Valle Central. La empresa acordó pagar más de 100,000 dólares por las acusaciones de que no...
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Immigrant detainees work for $1 a day inside a Geo Group facility in the San Joaquin Valley. The company settled a state complaint over conditions inside. Welcome to CalMatters, the only nonprofit newsroom devoted solely to covering issues that affect all Californians. Sign up for WhatMatters to receive the latest news...
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Los murales del Distrito de la Misión, reconocidos mundialmente, cumplen 50 años este año, un hito para uno de los referentes culturales más queridos de San Francisco. Lo que comenzó a principios de la década de 1970 como una expresión artística chicana se ha convertido en un símbolo global...
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The Mission District’s world-renowned murals turn 50 this year—a milestone for one of San Francisco’s most beloved cultural landmarks. What began in the early 1970s as Chicano artistic expression has grown into a global symbol of the neighborhood’s identity. Among the most well-preserved of these works is a 90-foot...
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Alejandro Lazo CalMatters California’s push to electrify its cars is facing a potentially serious problem: People aren’t buying electric cars fast enough. After three straight years of strong growth, sales have stabilized in...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Lawmakers in California have introduced a first-in-the-nation bill to ban toxic chemicals in makeup and other cosmetics sold in drug stores and elsewhere in the state. Currently, it is legal for companies to sell cosmetics containing dangerous chemicals as long as...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SAN FRANCISCO – A landmark series of hearings continue all this week, looking at claims that Roundup, the most common pesticide in the world, is linked to cancer. A federal judge in San Francisco won’t decide if that’s true, however. Rather, he’ll rule on whether the...