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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...
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“America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests.” The quote from Henry Kissinger – one of the most famous heads of US diplomacy, for both good and bad reasons – could be applied to relations between the United States and Mexico, specifically to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s...
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San Jose, Calif., June 30, 2022 – The Stroke Awareness Foundation (SAF) will hold a press event on Thursday, June 30th, to announce that Chris Wilder, the powerhouse former Executive Director of the Valley Medical Center Foundation, will join its Board of Directors. Wilder is expected to bolster SAF’s...
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Despite enrolling more low-income undergraduate students than any other University of California campus last year, UC Riverside is also the least-funded UC campus. UC Riverside gets $8,600 in state support for instruction of each student, well below the systemwide average of around $10,000. Fewer out-of-state students — who pay...
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Un legislador demócrata del Valle central de San Joaquín quiere poner dinero en efectivo en manos de trabajadores agrícolas elegibles para ayudar a lidiar con la devastación de la sequía en California. Propuesto por la senadora estatal Melissa Hurtado, demócrata de Sanger, el proyecto de ley del senado 1066 asignaría $20...
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A Democrat lawmaker from the central San Joaquin Valley wants to put cash in the hands of eligible farmworkers to help them deal with the devastation of California’s drought. Proposed by State Sen. Melissa Hurtado, a Democrat from Sanger, Senate Bill 1066 would allocate $20 million to create the California Farmworkers...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
“America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests.” The quote from Henry Kissinger – one of the most famous heads of US diplomacy, for both good and bad reasons – could be applied to relations between the United States and Mexico, specifically to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s...
San Jose, Calif., June 30, 2022 – The Stroke Awareness Foundation (SAF) will hold a press event on Thursday, June 30th, to announce that Chris Wilder, the powerhouse former Executive Director of the Valley Medical Center Foundation, will join its Board of Directors. Wilder is expected to bolster SAF’s...
Despite enrolling more low-income undergraduate students than any other University of California campus last year, UC Riverside is also the least-funded UC campus. UC Riverside gets $8,600 in state support for instruction of each student, well below the systemwide average of around $10,000. Fewer out-of-state students — who pay...
Un legislador demócrata del Valle central de San Joaquín quiere poner dinero en efectivo en manos de trabajadores agrícolas elegibles para ayudar a lidiar con la devastación de la sequía en California. Propuesto por la senadora estatal Melissa Hurtado, demócrata de Sanger, el proyecto de ley del senado 1066 asignaría $20...
A Democrat lawmaker from the central San Joaquin Valley wants to put cash in the hands of eligible farmworkers to help them deal with the devastation of California’s drought. Proposed by State Sen. Melissa Hurtado, a Democrat from Sanger, Senate Bill 1066 would allocate $20 million to create the California Farmworkers...