September 17, 2020

Hello! We’re publishing more of our work in Spanish to better serve our diverse state. Make sure to click here to read the article in English. Demand for food and social services has grown almost five-fold in some of Silicon Valley’s wealthiest neighborhoods. Now, the sole full-service social services provider in Cupertino and other west valley cities […]

Santa Barbara County adopts new rules aimed at preventing COVID-19 outbreaks among H-2A farmworkers. The move comes amid reports of outbreaks, including a monthlong investigation by CalMatters and The Salinas Californian that uncovered outbreaks that sickened more than 350.

Activists joined workers at a McDonald’s in Boyle Heights last week demanding management to return jobs back to four employees after they went on a strike over lack of safety and security at a store during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lizzet Aguilar, 35, one of the strikers, said when the pandemic hit, the McDonald’s where she […]

Hello! We’re publishing more of our work in Spanish to better serve our diverse state. Make sure to click here to read the article in English. La demanda de alimentos y servicios sociales se ha multiplicado casi por cinco en algunos de los barrios más ricos de Silicon Valley. Actualmente, el único proveedor de servicios sociales de […]

Many schools and local governments staggering under looming billion-dollar shortfalls are throwing their weight behind Prop. 15, a high-profile measure on California’s November ballot that could raise up to $11.5 billion annually. But only 51% of likely voters support the measure, according to a Public Policy Institute of California report released late Wednesday night — […]

Arabic-speaking Californians will need translated ballots so their marginalized voices will have a say in the November election.

Maybe you saw the video on Facebook before it was deleted: Glen Stailey, president of the state prison guards’ union, rails against “failed public safety policies” and “cheap political points” and announces that “it is time to bring accountability back to the state Capitol.” Cut to a shot of the union president, with a horseshoe […]

The state water board needs to restore a balanced water budget, and the state needs to stop ignoring how out of balance the water budget really is.