By Dan Walters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. The much-revised 2024-25 state budget that Gov. Gavin Newsom released last week contains hundreds of spending reductions and other actions to close what he says is a $44.9 billion deficit. […]
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‘Welcome to our Family Courthouse,’ Facility Dogs Declare
Courthouse dogs are a ‘game changer’ for traumatized children By Sara Tiano Specially trained facility dogs are comforting children in crisis in child protection and justice systems nationwide. Provided photo. The young girl climbed somberly into the witness box. With her accused abuser sitting mere feet away in this south Mississippi courtroom, she answered question […]
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Op-ed: College brings hope to incarcerated students
By Special to San José Spotlight A large body of research over the last few decades demonstrates education, including secondary education, can significantly reduce the likelihood of an individual who has been incarcerated reentering the criminal justice system. Individuals who enroll in postsecondary education programs are 28% less likely to be reincarcerated than those who […]
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San Jose State students stage protest and call for divestment
By B. Sakura Cannestra San Jose State University students have set up a dozen tents on a lawn in front of Clark Hall, calling for the school to acknowledge the death toll in Gaza from the Israel-Hamas war. The student encampment began Monday, which was the last day of classes at SJSU. University administrators put […]
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Calexico’s Fire Station No. 2 Cost Rises By $315K … So Far
By Richard Montenegro Brown CALEXICO — Last week’s Calexico City Council meeting brought updates on Calexico Fire Station No. 2 located on the west side of the city, where construction from the roof to the sewers is actively happening to make the crucial first-responder building inhabitable once more. “Inside they’re tearing apart everything and they […]
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SPORTS: Future Bright for Young Holtville Vikings Tennis Team
By Richard Montenegro Brown HOLTVILLE — The Holtville High boys tennis team recently wrapped up its season, finishing with a 1-9 record in Imperial Valley League play and sending one player, Alonso Cuevas, to the CIF tournament. Despite only winning one match, Vikings coach George McClure is excited about his team’s prospects for upcoming seasons, […]
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San Jose looks to raise garbage and recycling rates
By Lorraine Gabbert San Jose garbage and recycling rates are on the rise again, making it more difficult for low-income families to balance their budgets. The city is proposing a 4% rate increase or $2.05 a month for single-family service, which would bring the monthly bill to $53.45 or $641.40 annually for the 32-gallon cart. […]
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A Candlelight Vigil to Stand with Mothers in Gaza
By Richard Montenegro Brown EL CENTRO — On Saturday, May 11, during Mother’s Day weekend, Imperial Valley for Palestine hosted a candlelight vigil to mourn as a community in solidarity with the mothers in Gaza at Hope Cafe in El Centro. Being a mother is entering the largest sisterhood in existence. It transcends borders, cultures […]
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Will CA Legislature fix police, farmworker laws?
By Lynn La Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. A California Highway Patrol officer shouts at protesters to move back at UCLA in Los Angeles on May 2, 2024. Photo by Yannick Peterhans, USA Today Network via Reuters From […]
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Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal ditches promise to fund 5 years of growth for UC and Cal State
By Mikhail Zinshteyn Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. Chalk it up to California dreaming: Not even three years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom promised California’s public universities five years of annual growth in state support totalling more than $2 […]
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