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Grace Gedye CalMatters When Sophie Szew first downloaded Instagram at her 10th birthday party, she was exposed to a flurry of information that “promoted eating disorders,” she told California lawmakers. By 15, she said, she was following “every starvation regimen recommended” by Instagram’s “explore” page. Szew, now 20, spoke...
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Marisa Kendall CalMatters En todo California, las ciudades se están quedando cortas cuando se trata de proporcionar suficiente refugio para sus comunidades de personas sin hogar. Más de 69,000 residentes sin hogar viven en el condado de Los Ángeles, por ejemplo, pero ese condado tiene poco más de 21,000...
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Marisa Kendall CalMatters All over California, cities are falling far short when it comes to providing enough shelter for their homeless communities. More than 69,000 homeless residents live in Los Angeles County, for instance, but that county has just over 21,000 beds in shelters and temporary housing programs. It’s...
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Peter White Ethnic Media Servies Apenas tres semanas después del inicio de la temporada de declaración de impuestos de este año, el IRS ha recibido 19 millones de declaraciones. El IRS ha procesado 16.8 millones de ellas y ha emitido ocho millones de devoluciones, cada una de ellas por...
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Peter White Ethnic Media Servies Barely three weeks after the start of this year’s tax filing season, the IRS had received 19 million tax returns, processed 16.8 million of them, and issued eight million refunds each averaging $1,963. The message – IRS Deputy Commissioner Kevin Moorehead told reporters on...
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Nigel Duara CalMatters Todo comenzó con un lugar de estacionamiento. En una tarde de septiembre de 2017, Chris Langer no pudo encontrar uno que acomodara su camioneta y la rampa que usa para su silla de ruedas detrás de una tienda de langostas de San Diego. Lo que sucedió...
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Nigel Duara CalMatters It all started with a parking spot. On a breezy afternoon in September 2017, Chris Langer couldn’t find one that would accommodate his van and the ramp he uses for his wheelchair behind a San Diego lobster shop. What transpired next has been the subject of...
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Nigel Duara CalMatters California solía necesitar muchas, pero muchas prisiones. Prisiones grandes, prisiones pequeñas, prisiones con celdas especiales para líderes de pandillas y prisiones para condenados por artimañas financieras consideradas no violentas. Había tantos presos amontonados en tantas prisiones que los tribunales federales intervinieron y ordenaron que el estado...
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Nigel Duara CalMatters California used to need lots and lots of prisons. Big prisons, little prisons, prisons with special cells for gang leaders and prisons for those convicted of nonviolent financial chicanery. There were so many prisoners packed into so many prisons that federal courts intervened, mandating that the...