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El incendio de Eaton arrasó Altadena hace aproximadamente un año, dejando propiedades contaminadas con sustancias tóxicas. Grupos locales continúan ayudando a las familias a recuperarse. El incendio desplazó a más de 22,000 personas y destruyó cerca de 10 mil estructuras, muchas de ellas en barrios históricamente negros. Heavenly Hughes, cofundadora y...
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The Eaton Fire burned through Altadena about a year ago, leaving behind properties contaminated by toxic pollutants. Local groups continue to help families pick up the pieces. The fire displaced more than 22,000 people and destroyed close to 10,000 structures, many in historically Black neighborhoods. Heavenly Hughes, co-founder and executive director...
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Ben Christopher CalMatters En los días posteriores al incendio de Los Ángeles en enero pasado, legisladores estatales y líderes cívicos prometieron impulsar la reconstrucción de las zonas afectadas. Para California, donde la tramitación de permisos y la construcción de viviendas son notoriamente lentas y costosas, la magnitud de la...
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Ben Christopher CalMatters In the days immediately after last January’s Los Angeles firestorm, state lawmakers and civic leaders promised to turbocharge the rebuilding effort. For California, where the permitting and construction of homes is infamously slow and costly, the scale of destruction stood as a singular challenge. A year...
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If you live with asthma and struggle with chronic sinus problems, the two conditions may be more connected than you think. Chronic rhinosinusitis is long-term swelling of the nose and sinus passages that lasts for 12 weeks or more. It causes ongoing congestion, facial pain or pressure, postnasal drip...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters In a few weeks, over 100 colleges and universities across California will lose access to essential funding for tutoring, academic counseling and other support services aimed at helping Black, Latino, Asian and Native American students succeed in college. The change comes after the U.S. Department of...
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Malena Carollo CalMatters California government agencies are going all-in on generative artificial intelligence tools after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2023 executive order to improve government efficiency with AI. One deployment recently touted by the governor is a chatbot from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the primary agency tasked with coordinating the state’s...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters Las escuelas y universidades de California reciben miles de millones de dólares en fondos federales cada año, dinero que el presidente Donald Trump amenaza con retirar por las acciones de una estudiante. AB Hernandez, estudiante de penúltimo año de la preparatoria Jurupa Valley, es transgénero y...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters California’s schools and colleges receive billions in federal funding each year — money that President Donald Trump is threatening to terminate over the actions of one student. AB Hernandez, a junior from Jurupa Valley High School, is transgender, and on May 31 she won first- and...