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Peter Schurmann American Community Media In late March Clavel Rangel was in Toronto for a journalism conference. While there, she reported on the Trump administration’s deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador, which is when she began getting texts about a proposed U.S. travel ban on Venezuelans. Rangel, a...
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Ongoing measles outbreaks across the country have many families, pediatricians and public health experts concerned. Most of the people who have gotten sick, including a child who died in Texas, were not vaccinated against measles. The best way to protect your family is by choosing to have your child...
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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters De pie en el patio delantero de su casa en Wilmington, José Ulloa no puede pronunciar una sola frase sin toser. Camiones pesados, que van y vienen del puerto de Los Ángeles, pasan todo el día frente a su casa, con sus motores rugiendo y sus...
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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters Standing in his front yard in Wilmington, Jose Ulloa can’t get a sentence out without coughing. Heavy-duty trucks, headed to and from the Port of Los Angeles, pass in front of his home all day, their engines roaring and their exhaust spewing into the air. Ulloa,...
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Zayna Syed CalMatters Las personas que han pasado tiempo en la cárcel pueden aprender a reparar y vender bicicletas si ingresan a un programa de cohorte de Community Cycles of California, una organización sin fines de lucro con sede en San José que ayuda a las personas que generalmente...
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Zayna Syed CalMatters People who have spent time in jail can learn how to repair and sell bikes if they get into a cohort program for Community Cycles of California, a San Jose-based non-profit that helps people who typically face barriers to employment develop business skills. The non-profit gives...
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Jeanne Kuang CalMatters Durante sus 30 años en Estados Unidos, Alejandro Gamez aceptó cualquier empleo que pudo como trabajador indocumentado: en restaurantes de comida rápida, fábricas, lavado de autos y conduciendo camiones, incluso cuando las condiciones eran malas. “No tenía estatus”, dijo. “No tenía opciones”. Pero después de denunciar...
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Jeanne Kuang CalMatters In 30 years in America, Alejandro Gamez took any job he could as an undocumented worker — at fast food restaurants, factories and car washes and driving trucks, even when conditions were poor. “I had no status,” he said. “I had no options.” But after speaking up in...
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Jeanne Kuang CalMatters Trabajaron casi tres días de tres dígitos antes de que les pareciera inseguro continuar. María Paredes dijo que ya tenía dolor de cabeza mientras trabajaba en un campo de tomates cerca de Dixon el 5 de junio, cuando las altas temperaturas alcanzaron entre 99 y 107...