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Yue Stella Yu CalMatters Julián Castro was a student at Stanford University when California voters passed Proposition 187 — a ballot initiative to deny undocumented immigrants social and health services — in 1994. “I remember the ads they ran with the grainy footage that said, ‘They keep coming,’” recalled...
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Jeanne Kuang CalMatters It took years for CalVans to get its vehicles on the road legally. The Central Valley transit agency, conceived after a 1999 crash that killed 13 farmworkers, leases strictly monitored vehicles to workers and employers to form vanpools. It gives thousands of laborers a safe way...
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) General Manager Mike Grier announced on Tuesday May 28 that the club has signed center Will Smith to a standard, entry-level contract. “Will is a dynamic and exciting young center and we are thrilled to have him join the organization after...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters Puede que se avecinen recortes presupuestarios para muchos programas de California, pero una iniciativa multimillonaria hasta ahora ha evadido el hacha: un ambicioso esfuerzo para llevar atención médica y dental, asesoramiento, clases para padres, actividades culturales y otros servicios a las escuelas públicas. Hasta ahora, el gobernador Gavin...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters Budget cuts may be looming for many California programs, but one multi-billion-dollar initiative has so far evaded the ax: an ambitious push to bring medical and dental care, counseling, parenting classes, cultural activities and other services to public schools. Gov. Gavin Newsom has so far spared what’s known...
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Lynn La CalMatters Los californianos pagan más en el surtidor que los residentes de cualquier otro estado – un promedio de $5,34 por galón de gasolina regular sin plomo, en comparación con el promedio nacional de $3,64, según la AAA. Y en algunos condados, el impacto de la etiqueta...
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Lynn La CalMatters Californians pay more at the pump than residents of any other state — an average of $5.34 a gallon for regular unleaded, compared to the national average of $3.64, according to AAA. And in some counties, the sticker shock is even worse — $6.80 in Alpine, $6.29 in Mono and...
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Lynn La CalMatters Algunos proyectos de ley ante la Legislatura de California no provienen de apasionados defensores de políticas ni de poderosos grupos de interés. A veces, la inspiración surge de un viaje familiar en coche. Mientras hacía campaña hace dos años, la hija de la asambleísta Pilar Schiavo,...
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Lynn La CalMatters Some bills before California’s Legislature don’t come from passionate policy advocates, or from powerful interest groups. Sometimes, the inspiration comes from a family car ride. While campaigning two years ago, Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo’s daughter, then nine, asked from the backseat what her mother could do if she...
Yue Stella Yu CalMatters Julián Castro was a student at Stanford University when California voters passed Proposition 187 — a ballot initiative to deny undocumented immigrants social and health services — in 1994. “I remember the ads they ran with the grainy footage that said, ‘They keep coming,’” recalled...
Jeanne Kuang CalMatters It took years for CalVans to get its vehicles on the road legally. The Central Valley transit agency, conceived after a 1999 crash that killed 13 farmworkers, leases strictly monitored vehicles to workers and employers to form vanpools. It gives thousands of laborers a safe way...
SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) General Manager Mike Grier announced on Tuesday May 28 that the club has signed center Will Smith to a standard, entry-level contract. “Will is a dynamic and exciting young center and we are thrilled to have him join the organization after...
Carolyn Jones CalMatters Puede que se avecinen recortes presupuestarios para muchos programas de California, pero una iniciativa multimillonaria hasta ahora ha evadido el hacha: un ambicioso esfuerzo para llevar atención médica y dental, asesoramiento, clases para padres, actividades culturales y otros servicios a las escuelas públicas. Hasta ahora, el gobernador Gavin...
Carolyn Jones CalMatters Budget cuts may be looming for many California programs, but one multi-billion-dollar initiative has so far evaded the ax: an ambitious push to bring medical and dental care, counseling, parenting classes, cultural activities and other services to public schools. Gov. Gavin Newsom has so far spared what’s known...
Lynn La CalMatters Los californianos pagan más en el surtidor que los residentes de cualquier otro estado – un promedio de $5,34 por galón de gasolina regular sin plomo, en comparación con el promedio nacional de $3,64, según la AAA. Y en algunos condados, el impacto de la etiqueta...
Lynn La CalMatters Algunos proyectos de ley ante la Legislatura de California no provienen de apasionados defensores de políticas ni de poderosos grupos de interés. A veces, la inspiración surge de un viaje familiar en coche. Mientras hacía campaña hace dos años, la hija de la asambleísta Pilar Schiavo,...