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1 week ago | 
publicnewsservice.org | Suzanne Potter
Un nuevo estudio muestra que la libertad de expresión está cada vez más amenazada en los campus universitarios, tanto por la derecha como por la izquierda.
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1 week ago | 
publicnewsservice.org | Suzanne Potter
Groups championing arts education are criticizing President Donald Trump's proposed cuts to education and the arts, particularly those targeting programs promoting diversity. Veronica Alvarez, executive director of the Pasadena-based nonprofit Create CA, said arts education funding should be preserved. "The 'four C's' of 21st-century job skills: critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity, all of those skills are developed and supported by the arts," Alvarez pointed out.
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1 week ago | 
publicnewsservice.org | Suzanne Potter
As Women's Health Month winds down, experts in alcohol abuse are speaking out about an increase in binge drinking among women over the past five years. "Alcohol is actually ingested differently for women, and can affect them more quickly," said Hawes. "So women tend to have health issues more quickly than men.
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2 weeks ago | 
publicnewsservice.org | Suzanne Potter
California lawmakers are considering a bill to ease regulations on birth centers at a time when maternity wards are closing in many counties. Assembly Bill 55 would streamline the licensure process, which allows a birth center to accept Medi-Cal, making midwifery care available to low-income families.
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2 weeks ago | 
publicnewsservice.org | Suzanne Potter
Groups fighting for immigrants' rights and health care access asked lawmakers in Sacramento on Tuesday to reject proposed cuts to Medi-Cal for undocumented adults. In his updated May budget, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed freezing enrollment, charging people $100 a month for coverage and dropping dental, in-home care and long-term care benefits. Maribel Cruz, associate director of the Long Beach-based nonprofit Órale, said the consequences could be dire.
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2 weeks ago | 
publicnewsservice.org | Suzanne Potter
La Cámara de Representantes, controlada por los republicanos, está ultimando los detalles de un enorme proyecto de ley de financiación que podría someterse a votación en el pleno esta semana. Los defensores advierten que los recortes propuestos a Medicaid podrían provocar despidos o el cierre de hospitales rurales. La administración Trump busca ahorros para financiar sus recortes de impuestos, que benefician principalmente a los más adinerados. "No importa cuál sea su aseguradora médica.
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2 weeks ago | 
publicnewsservice.org | Suzanne Potter
Starting in 2021, 300 low-income families in Oakland received $500 a month in cash for 18 months. Jesus Gerena is the CEO and president of UpTogether, a nonprofit based in Concord that administered the program alongside the group Oakland Thrives. "The income guidelines are at or below the federal poverty line," said Gerena. "They had to have at least one child under the age of 18, and then the average age for participants was 38 years old.
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3 weeks ago | 
kiowacountypress.net | Suzanne Potter
(California News Service) Click play to listen to this article. Rents in Los Angeles were already high before the firestorm earlier this year, but now a coalition of housing groups is suing six landlords for price gouging. In California, it is generally illegal to raise rents more than 10 percent following an emergency declaration, but the nonprofit Strategic Actions for a Just Economy has found many units where advertised rates jumped 25 percent to almost 50 percent.
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3 weeks ago | 
publicnewsservice.org | Suzanne Potter
Today, on the 20th anniversary of Endangered Species Day, conservation advocates warn polices of President Donald Trump's administration are undermining efforts to save animals and plants important to California ecosystems. Trump's Department of the Interior wants to redefine the word "harm" to remove protection from habitat destruction in deciding which species are at risk.
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3 weeks ago | 
publicnewsservice.org | Suzanne Potter
Rents in Los Angeles were already high before the firestorm earlier this year, but now a coalition of housing groups is suing six landlords for price gouging. In California, it is generally illegal to raise rents more than 10% following an emergency declaration, but the nonprofit Strategic Actions for a Just Economy has found many units where advertised rates jumped 25% to almost 50%.
