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Manuela Tobias CalMatters Los residentes de casas móviles en California enfrentan un riesgo enorme de fallas en los sistemas de servicios públicos, inundaciones e incendios como resultado de una infraestructura que con frecuencia no ha sido actualizada o reparada en décadas. En 1984, California aprobó una ley para ayudar a remediar...
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Manuela Tobias CalMatters Mobile home residents in California face an outsize risk of failing utility systems, flooding and fires as a result of infrastructure that frequently hasn’t been updated or repaired in decades. In 1984, California passed a law to help remedy this: a loan program, paid into by the residents...
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Health insurance does not help you if you can’t find a primary-care doctor – and that is a problem for 100 million Americans, according to a new report. Researchers from the National Association of Community Health Centers have found that one-quarter of medically disenfranchised people are children. Joe Dunn, senior vice...
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Universidades de California, especialmente las instituciones de 2 años están trabajando horas extra para atraer a más estudiantes este otoño, a raíz de una fuerte caída en la inscripción durante la pandemia. Según la Camara Nacional de Compensación de Estudiantes, las universidades de California perdieron más de 250 mil estudiantes entre...
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California colleges, especially two-year institutions, are working overtime to attract more students this fall, in the wake of a big drop in enrollment during the pandemic. According to the National Student Clearinghouse, California colleges lost more than 250,000 students from 2019 to 2021. Miguel Cardona, U.S. Secretary of Education, said enrollment...
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More help is in the works to make it easier for adults in rural northern California to go back to college for a certificate or degree. ProjectAttain! in the Sacramento area is one of five educational nonprofits around the country splitting a $750,000 grant from CivicLab. Barbara Halsey, network director...
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Aunque el gobernador Gavin Newsom firmó una ley que prohíbe la venta de la mayoría de las herramientas nuevas que funcionan con gasolina para 2024, los jardineros y paisajistas dicen que un subsidio estatal de $30 millones no es suficiente para ayudar a los pequeños operadores a cambiar a equipo eléctrico....
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Though Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill banning the sale of most new gas powered tools by 2024, gardeners and landscapers say a $30 million state subsidy isn’t nearly enough to help small operators make the switch to electric. The state agency responsible for administering the subsidy estimates it has...
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The recent transition to widespread working from home has shown that the experience has been both educational and eye-opening for many. Working at home means learning to cope with distractions, space constraints, managing time with family and learning new skills. And, according to new consumer research, it has also...