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La pobreza infantil en California alcanzó el 18 % durante el trienio comprendido entre 2022 y 2024. Eso supone cinco puntos por encima de la media nacional, según un nuevo análisis de la Fundación Annie E. Casey. Los investigadores descubrieron que la tasa nacional de pobreza infantil casi se...
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Child poverty in California hit 18% for the three-year period from 2022 to 2024. That’s five points higher than the national average, according to a new analysis by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Researchers found the national child poverty rate almost tripled from 5% to 13% between 2021 and 2024, largely...
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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters En su clase de quinto grado en una escuela de Los Ángeles, un día en que las temperaturas exteriores alcanzaron los 46 grados Celsius, el calor le provocó dolor de cabeza a Lilian Chin. El aire acondicionado de su aula estaba roto. Tenía los dedos entumecidos...
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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters In her fifth grade class in a Los Angeles school, on a day when outdoor temperatures reached 116 degrees, the heat gave Lilian Chin a headache. The air conditioner in her classroom was broken. Her fingers felt numb and she vomited in class, according to her mother....
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Jeanne Kuang CalMatters La inseguridad alimentaria en California aumentó durante el año pasado, lo que llevó la proporción de dificultades a los niveles iniciales de la pandemia de COVID-19, según datos publicados por la Asociación de Bancos de Alimentos de California el martes. “Las familias están comprando menos alimentos”,...
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Jeanne Kuang CalMatters Food insecurity in California ticked upward over the past year, bringing the share of hardship back up to levels early in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data released by the California Association of Food Banks on Tuesday. “Families are buying less food,” said May Lynn Tan,...
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Office of the Mayor San Jose, Calif. – On January 1, 2019, the minimum wage within San Jose rose to $15 per hour – the culmination of an effort initiated more than three years ago to reach the minimum wage in cities throughout Santa Clara County at a rate faster...