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A new study found more than 1.4 million children in the U.S., including many in California, have lost a family member to overdose, emphasizing the collateral damage of the drug epidemic. The study focused on children younger than 18 as of 2019 who had lost one or more parents, siblings, grandparents,...
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A new study found more than 1.4 million children in the U.S., including many in California, have lost a family member to overdose, emphasizing the collateral damage of the drug epidemic. The study focused on children younger than 18 as of 2019 who had lost one or more parents, siblings, grandparents,...
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Felicia Mello CalMatters Los inquilinos de California tendrán el doble de tiempo para responder a los avisos de desalojo y potencialmente evitarán perder sus hogares según un proyecto de ley convertido en ley por el gobernador Gavin Newsom el 24 de septiembre. La nueva ley llega en medio de...
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Felicia Mello CalMatters Tenants in California will have twice as much time to respond to eviction notices and potentially avoid losing their homes under a bill signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in September. The new law comes amid a statewide housing crisis, and after a surge in evictions followed...
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Carolyn Jones & Khari Johnson CalMatters En la escuela secundaria Bullard de Fresno, es fácil ver los beneficios de prohibir los teléfonos celulares a los estudiantes. El acoso escolar ha disminuido y la socialización ha aumentado, dijo el director Armen Torigian. ¿Hacer cumplir las restricciones a los teléfonos inteligentes?...
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Carolyn Jones & Khari Johnson CalMatters At Bullard High School in Fresno, it’s easy to see the benefits of banning students’ cellphones. Bullying is down and socialization is up, principal Armen Torigian said. Enforcing the smartphone restrictions? That’s been harder. Instead of putting their devices in magnetically locked pouches,...
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Jeanne Kuang CalMatters California promocionó una victoria para los trabajadores en 2016 cuando promulgó una amplia serie de aumentos mínimos, asegurándose de que los trabajadores con los salarios más bajos ganaran al menos 15 dólares por hora en 2022. El entonces gobernador Jerry Brown, al firmar la ley, habló de...
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Jeanne Kuang CalMatters California touted a victory for working people in 2016 when it enacted a sweeping series of minimum hikes, making sure the lowest-wage workers would earn at least $15 an hour by 2022. Then-Gov. Jerry Brown, while signing the law, spoke of “giving people their due;” then-Senate leader...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters In a flurry of recent legislation and initiatives, California officials are pushing school districts to convert their surplus property into housing for teachers, school staff and even students and families. Some districts have already started; now the state wants every district to become a landlord. “I...
A new study found more than 1.4 million children in the U.S., including many in California, have lost a family member to overdose, emphasizing the collateral damage of the drug epidemic. The study focused on children younger than 18 as of 2019 who had lost one or more parents, siblings, grandparents,...
Felicia Mello CalMatters Los inquilinos de California tendrán el doble de tiempo para responder a los avisos de desalojo y potencialmente evitarán perder sus hogares según un proyecto de ley convertido en ley por el gobernador Gavin Newsom el 24 de septiembre. La nueva ley llega en medio de...
Felicia Mello CalMatters Tenants in California will have twice as much time to respond to eviction notices and potentially avoid losing their homes under a bill signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in September. The new law comes amid a statewide housing crisis, and after a surge in evictions followed...
Carolyn Jones & Khari Johnson CalMatters En la escuela secundaria Bullard de Fresno, es fácil ver los beneficios de prohibir los teléfonos celulares a los estudiantes. El acoso escolar ha disminuido y la socialización ha aumentado, dijo el director Armen Torigian. ¿Hacer cumplir las restricciones a los teléfonos inteligentes?...
Carolyn Jones & Khari Johnson CalMatters At Bullard High School in Fresno, it’s easy to see the benefits of banning students’ cellphones. Bullying is down and socialization is up, principal Armen Torigian said. Enforcing the smartphone restrictions? That’s been harder. Instead of putting their devices in magnetically locked pouches,...
Jeanne Kuang CalMatters California promocionó una victoria para los trabajadores en 2016 cuando promulgó una amplia serie de aumentos mínimos, asegurándose de que los trabajadores con los salarios más bajos ganaran al menos 15 dólares por hora en 2022. El entonces gobernador Jerry Brown, al firmar la ley, habló de...
Jeanne Kuang CalMatters California touted a victory for working people in 2016 when it enacted a sweeping series of minimum hikes, making sure the lowest-wage workers would earn at least $15 an hour by 2022. Then-Gov. Jerry Brown, while signing the law, spoke of “giving people their due;” then-Senate leader...
Carolyn Jones CalMatters In a flurry of recent legislation and initiatives, California officials are pushing school districts to convert their surplus property into housing for teachers, school staff and even students and families. Some districts have already started; now the state wants every district to become a landlord. “I...