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. State education officials are intervening to force San Francisco’s school system to clean up its financial mess: a chronic budget deficit that could make it insolvent. Last week, two fiscal […]
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Imperial Valley Native Leslie Fernandez Puts Focus on Women’s Health
By Calexico Chronicle EL CENTRO, Calif. — Innercare Family Nurse Practitioner Leslie Fernandez feels extremely comfortable working in a medical facility, having spent many childhood afternoons doing her homework in an ophthalmologist’s office waiting for her mother to finish her work shift. These days, the 38-year-old Fernandez makes it a point to assure her patients […]
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Santa Clara considers bond to tackle millions in infrastructure upgrades
By B. Sakura Cannestra Santa Clara has more than half a billion dollars in needed infrastructure improvements and officials hope residents will pay to get those projects done. The city is considering a bond measure for the November ballot to help tackle a more than $624 million infrastructure deficit. Santa Clara officials may have a […]
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Need Help in Minnesota’s Foster Care System? Starting Today, There’s Someone to Listen
By Alex Perez Misty Coonce, Minnesota’s ombudsperson for foster youth. Provided photo. Two years after its inception, Minnesota’s first Office of The Foster Youth Ombudsperson officially opened today, welcoming the thousands of young people in the state’s child welfare system. A team of four full-time staffers vows to seriously consider and investigate any claims of […]
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Former Santa Clara County sheriff candidate guilty of perjury
By Brandon Pho A former Santa Clara County sheriff candidate has been convicted for lying about her credentials during her campaign. A jury verdict has found Anh Colton — the 51-year-old former candidate from Cupertino who came in last place in the 2022 sheriff primary election — guilty of perjury. State law requires that sheriff […]
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Californians will see lower electricity rates and a new fee that won’t vary with power use
By Ben Christopher Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. State utility regulators decided today to let California’s largest power providers stick their customers with a new monthly flat fee in exchange for a reduction in the overall price of […]
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Silver Taube: Tasers have no place on Foothill or De Anza campuses
By Ruth Silver Taube The police chief at Foothill-De Anza Community College District is proposing to arm campus police with Tasers. Tasers put faculty, staff, workers and students at risk. These weapons have caused serious physical injury and death, the manufacturer warnings make Tasers too risky to use and De Anza and Foothill cannot afford […]
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Creative Young Minds Come Together at Durazo Arts Center
By Richard Montenegro Brown CALEXICO — Jinx Rivera smiled proudly as she stood next to her stunning creative interpretation of The Bride of Frankenstein, done completely in blue and gray hues with small cylindrical Lego pieces. She is one of the 78 artists who submitted their work for display at the “Creative Young Minds” exhibit […]
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Los Gatos residents vote for school parcel tax bump
By Annalise Freimarck A West Valley school district is on its way to boosting teacher salaries. Voters in the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District stepped up to support Measure A, a parcel tax, with roughly 67.5% of the vote as of 5 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters. The […]
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Will CA tax limit measure stay on the ballot?
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. Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero, right, speaks next to Associate Justice Carol A. Corrigan at the California Supreme Court in San Francisco, on May 8, 2024. The court heard arguments about […]
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