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Justo Robles CalMatters Update: On Nov. 16, the state Public Utilities Commission approved a rate hike for Pacific Gas & Electric that will increase residential rates by a monthly average of $22.20 for electric-only customers. Angelica Vásquez’s anxiety soared when she read the notice on her most recent electric bill:...
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Justo Robles CalMatters La ansiedad de Angélica Vásquez se disparó cuando leyó el aviso en su factura eléctrica más reciente: “Por favor pague $135.81 antes del 26/10 para evitar la interrupción del servicio”. Pero la advertencia fue parte de un problema mayor. Vásquez debía un total de $400.68 a...
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Alexei Koseff CalMatters Three years ago, advocates for reducing smoking and vaping in California won a major victory when they persuaded the state Legislature to adopt a ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products despite an intense industry lobbying campaign. But in recent months, those same groups have been largely...
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Without water, without air, but full of hope. This is how entire families of immigrants traveled in pursue to fulfill their American dream of living and working, of having a better future in the United States, when one by one they died suffocated inside a trailer container. Not to...
Justo Robles CalMatters Update: On Nov. 16, the state Public Utilities Commission approved a rate hike for Pacific Gas & Electric that will increase residential rates by a monthly average of $22.20 for electric-only customers. Angelica Vásquez’s anxiety soared when she read the notice on her most recent electric bill:...
Alexei Koseff CalMatters Three years ago, advocates for reducing smoking and vaping in California won a major victory when they persuaded the state Legislature to adopt a ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products despite an intense industry lobbying campaign. But in recent months, those same groups have been largely...
Without water, without air, but full of hope. This is how entire families of immigrants traveled in pursue to fulfill their American dream of living and working, of having a better future in the United States, when one by one they died suffocated inside a trailer container. Not to...