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Jan 13, 2025 · Incarceration and justice reform’s ripple effects continue to be felt heavily in our society. Our prison news coverage delves into the complex issues surrounding the penal system, shedding light on the ongoing challenges and reforms that impact the lives of those behind bars and the communities they return to- including reporting by prison journalist Steve Brooks, who was selected to ...
‘It all ended in a second’: LA fires took jobs of thousands of low ...
12 hours ago · Community organizers say the losses highlight how the climate crisis harms vulnerable communities the most. Nearly 90% of house cleaners in California are Latino, and more than 80% are foreign-born, according to the UCLA Labor Center.. It’s an especially grim outlook for undocumented immigrants who often don’t qualify for federal unemployment or disaster aid that U.S. citizens are entitled to.
Long-term exposure to wildfire smoke is poorly understood — …
1 day ago · A 2023 study of smoke from fires in the wildland-urban interface — areas where urban neighborhoods bleed into the wildlands — found it contained a vast array of chemicals harmful to humans, including hydrogen chloride, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, dioxins and a range of toxic organic compounds, including known carcinogens such as benzene, as well as toluene, xylenes, styrene and ...
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‘Dog Man’ series, Spears memoir top charts of SJ library’s most borrowed books in 2024. San Jose Public Library has released lists of the books that were checked out the most by library visitors in 2024, with Britney Spears’ memoir leading among adults and a book in the “Dog Man” series by Dav Pilkey the most checked-out title among children and among all age groups.
California study finds climate of fear driving local officials to quit ...
Jan 4, 2025 · Rising threats against public officials is a national problem. Between 2013 and 2016, there were, on average, 38 federal charges involving threats to public officials per year, according to the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology and Education Center, a research center.That average sharply increased between 2017 and 2022, when an average of 62 federal charges were brought annually ...
Politics still local and personal — but only for independents, not ...
Jun 15, 2024 · The same is true for other significant political questions: Independents’ political views and perspectives on key issues also reflect the economic and social conditions they see and experience every day.. In contrast, Democrats’ and Republicans’ ideas of what problems deserve government attention and how to solve them are much less likely to be based on their own life experiences, and ...
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Jun 30, 2022 · Latest Stockton News Stockton is one of the most racially diverse large cities in America, with many untold stories on issues that matter. With support