By Lorraine Gabbert Santa Clara County funds wellness centers for behaviorial health across numerous school districts, but money issues are forcing schools to find ways to keep them open. A $13.2 million wellness center expansion grant program, approved last June by the county, will help create 28 centers and expand 12 existing ones. While the […]
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Silicon Valley schools stuck paying for wellness centers
By Lorraine Gabbert Santa Clara County funds wellness centers for behaviorial health across numerous school districts, but money issues are forcing schools to find ways to keep them open. A $13.2 million wellness center expansion grant program, approved last June by the county, will help create 28 centers and expand 12 existing ones. While the […]
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California Republicans want to take financial aid from protesters if they were violent
By Alexei Koseff Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. As campus tensions escalate over student encampments to protest the war in Gaza — with canceled classes, violent clashes and mass arrests in recent days — Republican leaders in the […]
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36 hours at UCLA protests: From late-night violence to police clearing pro-Palestine camps
By CalMatters 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 night of violence at UCLA led the university and Los Angeles law enforcement agencies to demolish a pro-Palestine encampment where students and others had gathered for a week to protest […]
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What the demise of contentious housing law means for San Jose
By Brandon Pho A brewing battle in the California courts may lift San Jose from the mandates of a controversial law that ended exclusionary single-family zoning statewide. The prospect has local experts shrugging and questioning what effect, if any, Senate Bill 9 has had on San Jose’s housing stock. The law has underperformed in new […]
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What the demise of contentious housing law means for San Jose
By Brandon Pho A brewing battle in the California courts may lift San Jose from the mandates of a controversial law that ended exclusionary single-family zoning statewide. The prospect has local experts shrugging and questioning what effect, if any, Senate Bill 9 has had on San Jose’s housing stock. The law has underperformed in new […]
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Innercare Awarded Health Center Quality Recognition Badges
By Calexico Chronicle EL CENTRO — Athletes have the Olympics. Actors have the Academy Awards. For health centers, the ultimate honor is to be awarded a HRSA Quality Recognition Badge. Innercare was recently awarded three of these badges through the Health Resources and Services Administration. Innercare is one of nearly 1,400 community health centers in […]
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Mallon: Silicon Valley — a transit market ready for growth
By Monica Mallon Silicon Valley is the heart of innovation and the tech economy. For decades, it’s been a place where people from all over the world come to turn their brightest ideas into successful companies. Silicon Valley boasts a gross domestic product of $382.8 billion and is home to 200 of the 500 largest companies […]
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Mallon: Silicon Valley — a transit market ready for growth
By Monica Mallon Silicon Valley is the heart of innovation and the tech economy. For decades, it’s been a place where people from all over the world come to turn their brightest ideas into successful companies. Silicon Valley boasts a gross domestic product of $382.8 billion and is home to 200 of the 500 largest companies […]
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Buffalo Recording Studio Offers Young Rappers in State Custody a Place to Express Freely
In a typical mix of longing and rage reflected in the New York teens’ lyrics, one boy recently crooned: “When you went away, what a bond to break.” By Adilia Watson Photo by Malik Rainey. With its array of mics, headsets, keyboards and mixers, a dimly lit Buffalo recording studio offers welcome relief for the […]
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