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We Actually Have Some Good News for California Media
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (343+ words) Anyone working to keep a local newsroom afloat these days knows what an exhausting task it is. We’re fighting a perfect economic storm: corporate buyouts and media consolidation, skyrocketing printing and distribution costs, rapidly shifting reader habits, and a legacy…...
Voter ID Laws, Redistricting Could Sideline Millions Before Midterms, Advocates Warn
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1252+ words) With the 2026 midterm elections months away, voting rights advocates warn that new voting laws and disputes over election processes could reduce participation among millions of minority, low-income, elderly, rural and first-time voters. A recent Supreme Court ruling, Calais v. Louisiana, has…...
California’s Medi-Cal Recipients Will Get Full Scope Dental Benefits for One More Year
2+ week, 2+ day ago (503+ words) Lawful permanent residents on Medi-Cal can also keep existing comprehensive dental coverage until July 2027. LOS ANGELES, Calif — California’s full-scope dental benefits for undocumented Medi-Cal recipients, which were set to expire July 1, have been extended for one full year. The extension…...
Mothers in One Bay Area City Confront Medi-Cal’s Uncertain Future
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1095+ words) REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Weeks before attending a community roundtable on the future of Medi-Cal, Juana received a call from someone claiming to be with the county government. They wanted her social security number and her children’s. When she refused to…...
‘In the Eye of the MAGA Hurricane’ – Bamby Salcedo on Defending Trans Rights in Trump’s America
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (1163+ words) Activist and founder of the Trans Latin@ Coalition, Bamby Salcedo says hard-won rights are being stripped from the trans community under the Trump Administration even as violence targeting trans people is on the rise. LOS ANGELES – Since the start of…...
From Hate to Healing: Bambi Salcedo Calls for Trans Power at CA Civil Rights Summit
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (694+ words) As the federal government moves to strip transgender rights, the California Civil Rights Department’s first-ever California Civil Rights Summit had a different message. During a fireside chat at the May 11 event titled “From Hate to Healing,” Bambi Salcedo — president and…...
Stanford Students Push University to Declare Itself a Sanctuary Campus
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (415+ words) The initiative, published on the Change.org platform, gathered 107 signatures in its first four days. It calls on the university to adopt concrete measures to protect vulnerable members of the university community. Among the demands are declaring Stanford a sanctuary…...
California Front-Runner Becerra Says State Won't 'Take a Knee' to Trump
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1198+ words) Xavier Becerra, the former state attorney general and U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary currently leading polls in the 2026 gubernatorial race, is positioning himself as the race’s most experienced anti-Trump candidate. On immigration, Becerra described the Trump administration’s Immigration and…...
Education's Disappearing Act in California's Governor's Race
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1216+ words) When Gavin Newsom ran for governor in 2018, education was front and center of his campaign. His central pledge was to create a hugely ambitious “cradle to career system of education,” beginning at birth through college and into the workplace. Yet…...
‘See Me’ -- Houston’s Young People Are Raising Their Hands About Mental Health
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (575+ words) HOUSTON — Texas ranks near the bottom among states when it comes to the prevalence of youth mental health issues and access to care. An initiative in Houston’s public schools is looking to turn that around, connecting students with counseling services…...