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Author Archives: Elizabeth Aguilera

Elizabeth Aguilera is an award-winning multimedia journalist who covers health and social services for CalMatters. She joined CalMatters in 2016 from Southern California Public Radio/KPCC 89.3 where she produced stories about community health. Her reporting there revealed lead-tainted soil on school campuses near a former lead battery recycling plant that spurred district action. Previously Aguilera was a staff writer at the San Diego Union-Tribune where she covered immigration and demographics. At the U-T, she won a “Best of the West” award for her coverage of sex trafficking between Mexico and the United States. At the Denver Post, where Aguilera wrote about urban affairs and business, she was named a Livingston Award finalist for her reporting on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Aguilera has also worked at the Orange County Register. She is a Marshall Memorial Fellow and an International Center for Journalists alum. She is also a lifetime member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. The L.A. native is a graduate of Pepperdine University and the University of Southern California. She lives in Los Angeles.

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Mae Villanueva, 4, plays at Lake Balboa Park in Van Nuys on Jan. 20, 2021. Mae's parents worry that without in-person instruction she will fall behind in reading. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters

COVID-19 cases, new syndrome on the rise among children, especially Latino children

Avatar by Elizabeth Aguilera January 21, 2021January 21, 2021

As COVID-19 cases increase among adults, they have also increased in children, along with cases of a new inflammatory syndrome. Also like the adult population, Latino kids have borne a disproportionate brunt of the cases.

Mae Villanueva, de 4 años, juega en el parque Lake Balboa en Van Nuys el 20 de enero de 2021. A los padres de Mae les preocupa que sin instrucción en persona se atrasará en la lectura. Foto de Shae Hammond para CalMatters

Casos de COVID-19, nuevo síndrome en aumento entre los niños, especialmente los niños latinos

Avatar by Elizabeth Aguilera January 21, 2021January 21, 2021
California is closing its final three youth prisons, instead shifting responsibility to counties.

New law in 1 minute: California closing state youth prisons

Avatar by Nick Roberts and Elizabeth Aguilera December 31, 2020December 31, 2020
A cordoned off playground in South Central LA, on Dec. 8., 2020. Photo by Tash Kimmell for CalMatters.

Playgrounds stay open: State backtracks on outdoor play area ban

Avatar by Elizabeth Aguilera December 9, 2020December 9, 2020
Students register to vote outside Rancho Cucamonga City Hall during a rally against gun violence on Friday, April 20, 2018 in Rancho Cucamonga. Photo by Stan Lim, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG

Voting at 17: Ballot measure would give Latino teens biggest share in new voting rights

Avatar by Elizabeth Aguilera October 30, 2020October 30, 2020
Wards from the sex offender treatment program exercise at the O.H. Close Youth Correctional Facility in Stockton on March 15, 2007. A controversial new law that takes effect next year will dismantle the state’s current juvenile justice system and transfer responsibility for convicted youth back to counties. Photo by Steve Yeater, AP Photo

Juvenile justice overhaul: How the governor’s plan shifts care of serious offenders to counties

Avatar by Elizabeth Aguilera October 22, 2020October 30, 2020
California tiene menos niños, pero se enfrentan a mayores desafíos, desde la pobreza hasta COVID. Imagen vía iStock

Los obstáculos que enfrentan los niños de California, explicados.

Avatar by Elizabeth Aguilera September 21, 2020September 25, 2020
California has fewer children, but they face greater challenges — from poverty to COVID. Image via iStock

The hurdles facing California kids, explained

Avatar by Elizabeth Aguilera September 21, 2020January 22, 2021
Cigars with flavored wrappers

Goodbye ‘banana smash’ cigarillos: Governor quickly signs bill to ban flavored tobacco

Avatar by Elizabeth Aguilera August 28, 2020August 28, 2020

El virus y los vulnerables: Los niños latinos sufren mayor porcentaje de COVID-19

Avatar by Elizabeth Aguilera July 7, 2020July 9, 2020

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