Proposition 68 on the June 5 ballot promises to modernize California’s parks and water systems in unprecedented ways. The measure, which requires only a simple majority vote to pass, would...
Parents and students from West Contra Costa Unified School District gathered at the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts earlier this month to discuss how to improve the safety,...
Breaking his silence on the million-dollar effort to oust him, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky warned that the recall on the June 5 ballot in Santa Clara...
You two are the first of your family to be brought up here. First-generation Americans. Fil-Ams or whatever they choose to call it. I never thought of the pressure of making...
The murder of 22-year-old Stephon Clark by Sacramento police has put another spotlight on the reality Black youth can face when encountering local law enforcement...
When Juliana Gonzalez explains to her neighbors what a watershed is, she’ll often crumple up a ball of paper and flatten it out with a little ridge running across the...
Warning that the country is heading down a white nationalist, nativist path, four immigrant rights advocates issued a call to action just hours before the U.S. Senate rejected all four...
Schools should be doing something to show appreciation, or even just acknowledge the evolution of black history — but at Bakersfield High School, nothing like that happened last month. ...
California wage earners welcoming a new child to the family or caring for a seriously ill relative this year can expect increased support from the state’s Paid Family Leave Program....
Hundreds of women descended upon downtown Bakersfield Saturday, marching, chanting and sharing inspirational stories of female empowerment during Kern County’s first Women’s March....
The main goal of the Into Action Social Justice was to encourage people to act and prepare folks to leave the event ready to commit to a social justice cause....
Daisy Tafoya was a victim of cartel violence. The 20-year-old Mexican national had been drugged, threatened, and held captive after witnessing a murder, her family members said....
Locally and statewide, these new laws affect hourly workers, the prohibition on marijuana, and various fees and penalties....
While California leads the country in implementing environmental policy — innovating the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions through cap-and-trade — local air districts have as a result lost power over...
The California Endowment commends Governor Jerry Brown and the legislature for enacting AB 1008, also known as the “Ban the Box” law....
