July 11, 2023

Read this article in English. En los colegios y universidades públicas de California, un factor de admisión casi universal, el estatus de primera generación, todavía está en debate porque nadie puede ponerse de acuerdo sobre cómo definirlo.  La frase “estudiante universitario de primera generación” se refiere al nivel de educación de los padres de un […]

Read this story in English. Cuando se produjo la pandemia de COVID-19 en 2020, los tres días de licencia por enfermedad remunerada de California para los trabajadores de tiempo completo no fueron suficientes para cubrir las cuarentenas o los efectos secundarios de las vacunas. El gobernador Gavin Newsom firmó una ley que exige que las […]

Read this article in English. Conducir un tractor para su trabajo en los campos de lechuga de Oxnard no hace rico a Arturo Villanueva, pero por lo general ha sido suficiente para pagar el alquiler y mantener a su familia. El trabajo agrícola es lo único que este padre de cinco hijos de 37 años […]

Five food additives found in popular candies such as Skittles and Sour Patch Kids have been deemed unsafe by a growing body of research. The food industry is mobilizing to stop a bill that would ban the chemicals in California.

Supporters say a series of bills before the Legislature would improve work-life balance by expanding sick days and family leave. But opponents say the proposals would hurt struggling small businesses.

California’s more than 170,000 unhoused people often lack the means and mobility to locate and visit a doctor who will accept them. At least 25 street medicine teams throughout the state are trying to fill that gap by providing health care to unhoused individuals in need.

As California gives immigrants access to more public programs, its poverty rate declines, some say. But budget and recession worries slow that progress.

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It’s another make-or-break week at the Legislature before its month-long summer recess. By Friday, bills that have already passed either the Assembly or Senate must get through policy committees in the other chamber to stay alive this session. Most measures have, but there are some that are still in jeopardy as committees busily go through […]