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Rachel Becker CalMatters Se han descubierto contaminantes conocidos como “químicos permanentes” en el pescado de la Bahía de San Francisco en niveles que podrían representar una amenaza para la salud de las personas que consumen pescado capturado allí, según una nueva investigación publicada hoy. Vinculadas a diversas afecciones de...
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Rachel Becker CalMatters Contaminants known as “forever chemicals” have been discovered in San Francisco Bay fish at levels that could pose a health threat to people who eat fish caught there, according to new research published today. Linked to an array of health conditions such as cancers, heart disease and...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters El presidente Donald Trump ha prometido mantener intacta la educación especial, incluso mientras desmantela el departamento federal que la ha supervisado durante casi medio siglo. Sin embargo, algunos expertos y padres de familia en California temen que las políticas de Trump pongan en peligro el programa...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters President Donald Trump has promised to keep special education intact, even as he dismantles the federal department that has overseen it for nearly a half century. But some experts and parents in California fear Trump’s policies will imperil the program on multiple fronts, undoing decades of progress...
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Los grupos que luchan por un mayor acceso a la atención sanitaria están criticando el proyecto de presupuesto republicano que se encuentra actualmente ante el Congreso. La Cámara de Representantes de EE. UU. alega que podría conllevar recortes drásticos a Medicaid (conocido como Medi-Cal en California). Los republicanos solo...
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Groups that fight for greater access to health care are criticizing the Republican budget blueprint currently before the U.S. House of Representatives, claiming it could lead to huge cuts to Medicaid — known as Medi-Cal in the Golden State. Republicans can only afford to lose a couple of votes...
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Ben Christopher CalMatters New bursts of yellow dot the hills of Mendocino County. Smears of burnt orange now span the aqueduct near Bakersfield. A fresh splash of crimson juts east of Chico like a fresh wound. With the release of its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps this week,...
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California has the nation’s largest population of undocumented immigrants with roughly 1.8 million people. Over the last three decades, Californians’ attitudes about that fact have undergone an astonishing swing. Hostility reached a peak in the early 1990s, demonstrated by passage of Proposition 187 in 1994 by a 3-2 margin....
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Malena Carollo CalMatters Entender la sopa de letras de los cargos que figuran en una factura eléctrica mensual es un desafío de por sí. Pero hay un costo sorprendente incluido en las facturas de los clientes que no tienen su propia partida. Una parte de cada pago va directamente...