Cassandra Garibay

Santa Rosa

Senior Housing Reporter at El Tímpano

Senior Housing Reporter @el_timpano Find me on Threads/Instagram: @ c.garibay_writes Reach me at [email protected] she/her.

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On the end of school, graduation, Micaville, and "confirmation of purpose"

1 month ago | us9.campaign-archive.com | Derick Lee |Emily Thomas |Mollie Simon |Cassandra Garibay

A confirmation of purpose: Road to Hire’s Commitment Day 2025 by Derick Lee ‘Tis the season when high school seniors launch their countdown to graduation. Simultaneously, many students have announced and finalized their postsecondary plans.
Prescient warnings about Helene didn’t reach people in harm’s way. Here are 5 lessons for the next hurricane.

1 month ago | ednc.org | Mollie Simon |Cassandra Garibay

This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. When Hurricane Helene plowed over the Southeast last September, it caused more inland deaths than any hurricane in recorded history. The highest per capita death toll occurred in Yancey County, a rural expanse in the rugged Black Mountains of North Carolina devastated by flash flooding and landslides.
Prescient Warnings About Helene Didn’t Reach People in Harm’s Way. Here Are 5 Lessons for the Next Hurricane.

1 month ago | propublica.org | Mollie Simon |Cassandra Garibay |Tony Schick |Monica Samayoa

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. When Hurricane Helene plowed over the Southeast last September, it caused more inland deaths than any hurricane in recorded history.
Hurricane Helene’s Unheard Warnings in Yancey County, North Carolina - ProPublica

1 month ago | gilmermirror.com | Cassandra Garibay

By Jennifer Berry Hawes, with additional reporting by Cassandra Garibay ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. In their last phone call before bed, Janicke Glynn tries to reassure her husband. He is away visiting a sick relative, and a Weather Channel forecast of Hurricane Helene’s imminent collision with the North Carolina mountains is leaving him uneasy.
Helene’s Unheard Warnings

1 month ago | propublica.org | Cassandra Garibay |Tony Schick |Monica Samayoa |Anna Clark

In their last phone call before bed, Janicke Glynn tries to reassure her husband. He is away visiting a sick relative, and a Weather Channel forecast of Hurricane Helene’s imminent collision with the North Carolina mountains is leaving him uneasy. The storm, more than 400 miles wide, is expected to strike their small community the next morning, Sept. 27. Janicke encourages him to focus on his family up in Boston. That is more important. She is fine.
Helene’s Unheard Warnings

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Cassandra Garibay

4 days agoTar Heel Traveler: Burnsville MetalworkCrafting intricate metal sculptures. WRAL's Tar Heel Traveler shows how one Yancey County artist uses fire and water for his creations. 5 days ago‘He has a knife!’ mom told sister over the phone, MN cops say. She’s found deadA bloody doorknob led to the grim discovery of a 32-year-old mother fatally stabbed in her home, Minnesota authorities say. Jason Philip Filas, the …5 days agoWhat is Medicaid Scam?
Soaring Housing Costs Make Life Even More Challenging for Oakland’s Unaccompanied Minors

Mar 28, 2025 | kqed.org | Cassandra Garibay |Ximena Loeza

Cassandra Garibay and Ximena Loeza , El TímpanoMar 28Failed to save articlePlease try againJorge poses for a portrait at a park in East Oakland on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/Catchlight/Report for America corps member)Unaccompanied minors’ journeys to the U.S. leave a lasting mark on their mental health, compounded by the economic demands on them when they arrive. Once here, they face a staggering cost of living fueled by the Bay Area’s housing crisis.
El aumento del costo de la vivienda dificulta aún más la vida de los menores no acompañados de Oakland

Feb 28, 2025 | eltimpano.org | Cassandra Garibay |Ximena Loeza

Jorge llegó a los Estados Unidos a la edad de 16 años, con una deuda de aproximadamente $9,000 con quienes lo ayudaron en su desafiante viaje desde Guatemala a California. Read the English version of this story. Al día siguiente de llegar a Oakland, encontró un trabajo limpiando techos y áticos y, con el tiempo, trabajó en la construcción.
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Feb 26, 2025 | eltimpano.org | Ximena Loeza |Lyssette Mendoza |Hiram Durán |Cassandra Garibay

Posted inHousing Jorge arrived in the United States aged 16 and roughly $9,000 in debt to those who helped him make the harrowing journey from Guatemala to California. Lea esta historia en español. The day after he arrived in Oakland, he found a job cleaning roofs and attics and eventually working in construction.
Inacción tóxica: los fondos para el plomo no se está utilizando mientras los residentes viven con graves riesgos para la salud

Feb 21, 2025 | eltimpano.org | Jasmine Aguilera |Cassandra Garibay

Este reportaje se realizó como parte de la beca StoryReach U.S. del Centro Pulitzer. la pequeña Leyla Avelar dice que quiere ser una vampira para Halloween. O de la princesa Disney Bella. Aún no lo ha decidido. Mientras tanto, se pone las joyas de princesa de plástico que le compró su abuela para ver si se decide por Bella. Su madre, Yazmín Álvarez, de 30 años, ayuda a Leyla a recogerse el pelo con una pinza para que pueda lucir sus grandes aretes rojos. Leyla no es tímida.

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On the end of school, graduation, Micaville, and "confirmation of purpose"

Prescient warnings about Helene didn’t reach people in harm’s way. Here are 5 lessons for the next hurricane.

Prescient Warnings About Helene Didn’t Reach People in Harm’s Way. Here Are 5 Lessons for the Next Hurricane.

Hurricane Helene’s Unheard Warnings in Yancey County, North Carolina - ProPublica

Helene’s Unheard Warnings