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	Joe Hong CalMatters Roxanne Grago’s fifth-grade students at Lake Marie Elementary should be able to read a short story, analyze it, and support their analyses with examples from the text. But Grago said that during school closures and other pandemic-era disruptions, students fell behind academically. Today, they struggle to...
							
			
				 
												
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	Ariel Gans & Sameea Kamal CalMatters Antes del día de las elecciones, los grupos de defensa predijeron, o al menos esperaban, que los votantes de California elegirían un número récord de mujeres y personas LGBTQ para la Legislatura. Con base en los resultados hasta el momento , parece que se hará...
							
			
				 
												
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	Ariel Gans & Sameea Kamal CalMatters Leading up to Election Day, advocacy groups were predicting — or at least hoping — that California voters would elect record numbers of women and LGBTQ people to the Legislature. Based on the results so far, it appears that history will be made —...
							
			
				 
												
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	If nothing excites your taste buds more than Latin-inspired dishes, you’re in luck. Vianney Rodriguez, founder of Sweet Life, and Marisol Chancellor, founder of Marisol Cooks, have created new recipes for entertaining family and friends, along with tried-and-true entertaining tips. Created in partnership with Real California Milk, representing the...
							
			
				 
												
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	Sameea Kamal & Ariel Gans CalMatters ¿Un regalo o una maldición? Para Angelique Ashby, postularse como “defensora de las mujeres” en una acalorada carrera por el Senado estatal en Sacramento podría ser un poco de ambos. Su competidor, Dave Jones, un colega demócrata, acudió a los tribunales para impedir...
							
			
				 
												
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	Sameea Kamal & Ariel Gans CalMatters A gift or a curse? For Angelique Ashby, running as a “women’s advocate” in a heated state Senate race in Sacramento might be a little of both. Her competitor, Dave Jones, a fellow Democrat, went to court to block Ashby from using that as her ballot designation...
							
			
				 
												
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	California is going to need tens of thousands of workers over the next six years as we continue to build the broadband network to bring high-speed internet to underserved areas. Now, the feds have awarded $5.8 million to the Communications Workers of America to supercharge its workforce training program. Frank Arce,...
							
			
				 
												
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	When Kathie Moehlig’s 11-year-old son decided to transition in 2012, she says not one doctor in San Diego was willing to treat him. “When I called to make appointments, they kept telling me: ‘We don’t treat kids like that here,’” Moehlig said. But she continued making calls, eventually breaking...
							
			
				 
												
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	The midterm election on Nov. 8 will be a referendum on President Joe Biden and Democrats, but also a preview of what could happen at polling places two years from now. In 2020, election officials didn’t worry about violent incursions into voting tabulation centers, or mass protests turning deadly. But it...