California inasequible: Tom Steyer habla sobre políticas de vivienda, salud e inmigración
Tom Steyer. Foto: Gage Skidmore
El candidato demócrata a la gubernatura de California, Tom Steyer, afirmó que los votantes del estado enfrentan una elección entre los “intereses corporativos” y un cambio estructural profundo durante una entrevi...
It’s costing California more than expected to provide immigrant health care. Is coverage at risk?
California is spending more than it expected on Medi-Cal and Republican lawmakers are pointing to coverage expansions that benefited immigrant households.
The California health care program that covers almost 15 million people is costing more m...
Steve Hilton presenta una visión conservadora para California en foro de medios étnicos
Steve Hilton. Foto: Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0)
El candidato republicano a la gubernatura de California, Steve Hilton, presentó una visión conservadora para el estado durante un foro virtual organizado por American Community Media, argumentand...
I judged Gavin Newsom’s podcast before listening. Then I realized I was part of the problem
The California governor’s new podcast, where he broke with Democrats on trans rights, triggered a media firestorm and evoked a variety of opinions from Californians.
When I saw the headlines about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new podcast, “This is Gavi...
Perspectivas y Experiencias de los Latinos sobre el Idioma Español
Si bien la mayoría de los latinos en EE.UU. hablan español, no todos lo hacen. El 24 por ciento de todos los adultos latinos dicen que solo pueden mantener un poco o nada una conversación en español.
Más de la mitad de los latinos en EE.UU. que...
Raising awareness: Dangers of pesticides to the health of farmworkers
In United States, the exact number of workers injured each year by pesticides is unknown, because there is no national surveillance system for acute pesticide illness reporting and no surveillance system for tracking chronic illness related to pesticide exposure.
The United States uses about 1.1 billion pounds of pesticides each year. Pesticides are toxic materials – they are developed and used to destroy or prevent growth or infestations of unwanted insects, plants, and other pests in agricultural, commercial, industrial, and household settings.
The oil and natural gas industry pays wages significantly higher than the national average and can provide tremendous career opportunities for women and minorities, said Jack Gerard, API president and CEO.
There’s a great opportunity in the oil, natural gas, and petrochemical industries for Latinos, but that segment of the population need to step up and apply for those jobs that could pay them family-sustaining wages and more, officials within the industry said.
Park supervisors are working with local fire agencies to remove weeds as needed on parklands, and park staff are creating and maintaining a defensible space around park structures to allow firefighters to more safely defend them in the event of a wildfire.
Following the transition into fire season by CAL FIRE, the East Bay Regional Park District is also transitioning and preparing for wildland fire season effective May 15, 2017 in its 120,000 acres of parklands in the counties of Contra Costa and Alameda.