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John D’Anna CalMatters The specter of law enforcement firing “less-lethal” rounds into crowds of protesters and striking journalists on the streets of Los Angeles is a haunting echo of the death of journalist Ruben Salazar while covering a protest more than 50 years ago. In four days of protests over...
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John D’Anna CalMatters El espectro de las fuerzas del orden disparando munición “menos letal” contra multitudes de manifestantes y periodistas en huelga en las calles de Los Ángeles es un eco inquietante de la muerte del periodista Rubén Salazar mientras cubría una protesta hace más de 50 años. En...
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This Sunday May 25, racial-justice advocates will observe the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. A Minnesota professor who has written about activism surrounding Floyd’s case says the movement still has legs to it, despite recent rhetoric. When a handful of Minneapolis police offers were convicted on charges related...
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Nigel Duara CalMatters Six years ago, a federal judge decided that a California Highway Patrol officer was protected from a civil lawsuit filed by the estate of a man involved in a one-car accident on a Costa Mesa freeway on-ramp. The Highway Patrol officer, Samantha Diaz-Durazo, did not call...
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Santa Clara County Parks invites you to celebrate 26 magical years of Fantasy of Lights. Drive through the enchanting 1.5-mile extravaganza of sparkling holiday lights and breathtaking displays at Vasona Lake County Park in Los Gatos. Drive-thru nights start on Tuesday, December 10 through Sunday, January 5, from 6pm...
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Tara García Mathewson CalMatters In 1953, Bárbara Flores entered kindergarten at Washington Elementary School in Madera, California, a small city in the Central Valley surrounded by farm fields. Her mother and grandmother had talked it up: You’re going to learn a lot. You’re going to like it. She believed them....
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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services Cuando se cumplió el 35.º aniversario del devastador terremoto de Loma Prieta el 17 de octubre, la Oficina de Servicios de Emergencia de California (Cal OES) comenzó a implementar medidas que incluyen un sistema de alerta temprana de terremotos, el primero en el país,...
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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services As the 35th anniversary of the devastating Loma Prieta Earthquake occurred on October 17, the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) began rolling out measures including a first-in-the-nation earthquake early warning system, a Great ShakeOut preparedness drill, multilingual education and an earthquake detection...
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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services En los últimos años, Medi-Cal, la versión de Medicaid de California, ha estado en la primera línea nacional para reducir las disparidades de salud que afectan a los californianos de color. Palav Babaria, subdirector de calidad y gestión de la salud de la población...