August 30, 2023

Read this story in English. Los psicodélicos están teniendo un momento. Un impulso a nivel nacional para incorporar los hongos mágicos y otros psicodélicos al uso regular está ganando terreno, y algunos californianos quieren participar. Si bien los alucinógenos a menudo se asocian con la cultura de las drogas de la década de 1960, el […]

Read this story in English. Antes del amanecer de una mañana reciente, cuando el lodo que cubría los campos agrícolas del Valle de Coachella comenzaba a endurecerse, Entrika Zacarias hizo su primer intento de regresar al trabajo en un campo de duraznos de Thermal después de cuatro días sin trabajar.  Con algunas carreteras aún bloqueadas, […]

Psychedelics like mushrooms and mescaline could be decriminalized in California as advocates tout their therapeutic potential.

Many farmworkers in Coachella Valley lack legal status as citizens and don't qualify for most federal and state disaster aid. Even a new $95 million storm assistance program for immigrants that Governor Gavin Newsom recently touted is out of reach because it pertains to the winter and spring storms and floods.

Sites Reservoir is the latest in a long line of proposed dams promising to address California's cycle of water insecurity. Some conservation groups say it will fail to make much of a difference, and will only damage a vulnerable water ecosystem.

Assemblymember Buffy Wicks proposed legislation to help get around a court's rejection of a UC Berkeley housing plan. But even if the law is approved, its fate is in the hands of the state Supreme Court.

From Justo Robles of CalMatters’ California Divide team:  Dozens of domestic workers laid banners on the state Capitol grounds Tuesday that spelled out the words “racist” and “injustice.” Then they cleaned them up.  It was all part of a rally of several hundred domestic laborers to urge state lawmakers to pass more workplace protections. Aminta […]

California law classifies some violent crimes, such as spousal abuse, as nonviolent for punishment purposes, and the Legislature has so far refused to make changes.