By Priscilla Brown O dollar! My dollar! What has the empire wrought in your name? Apologies to Walt Whitman for cribbing the feet from his poem. Couldn’t help myself. At some fundamental level the defense and preservation of the almighty dollar as the universal “coin of the realm” bears the blame for many of today’s […]
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4 Valley Native Among New CHP Graduating Class
By Calexico Chronicle SACRAMENTO — Four Imperial Valley natives were among the 106 new California Highway Patrol officers sworn in during a graduation ceremony at the CHP Academy in West Sacramento on Friday, May 10. The officers are part of the CHP’s multiyear recruiting campaign to fill 1,000 vacant officer positions by hiring qualified individuals […]
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Did CA Highway Patrol go too far at UCLA protest?
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. Screenshot via video by Sergio Olmos, CalMatters When California Highway Patrol officers in riot gear dispersed pro-Palestininan protests at UCLA earlier this month, it marked the first public test of […]
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California cracked down after a crash killed 13 farmworkers. Why are workers still dying on the road?
By Jeanne Kuang Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. FIREBAUGH — Adorned with Mexican flags, a cluster of crosses in the dirt on the side of a two-lane highway is the only sign of lives lost. On any given […]
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Inland Empire battles low college grad rates to gain higher tech jobs and businesses
By Deborah Brennan Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. For many Californians the Inland Empire is a view from Interstate 10 of massive warehouses and desert en route to Las Vegas or other parts of the country. To residents […]
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Newsom’s proposed spending cuts spur backlash from affected California groups
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. Just minutes after Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a revised state budget with billions of dollars in spending reductions on Friday, advocates for affected programs began showering reporters with statements of […]
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CHP isn’t supposed to aim less-lethal munitions at protesters’ heads and fire into crowds. It did at UCLA
By Sergio Olmos 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 California Highway Patrol officers in riot gear dispersed pro-Palestinian protests at UCLA on May 2, they regularly aimed or fired their less-lethal weapons at protesters in ways that appear […]
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Campbell development will add dozens of homes
By Annalise Freimarck A cranny of Campbell is slated for demolition to make way for a larger housing project, leaving some residents and businesses unsure if they will be able to stay in the West Valley city. The Campbell City Council earlier this month unanimously approved a unique housing development that includes 25 townhomes, 10 […]
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Bramson: Groundhog Day in San Jose
By Ray Bramson It’s Groundhog Day all over again with the proposed 2024 San Jose budget. Yes, it’s true that there’s a different driving narrative this time around, but the answer is still the same: slash all affordable housing funding. Apparently, drastic disinvestment in one of our most important and needed assets is the route […]
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Advocates want a say in choosing San Jose police chief
By Brandon Pho San Jose leaders could select a new police chief by September. But before they do, some advocates are urging them to speak with families who lost loved ones to police shootings. The city has mounted a monthslong public outreach effort to replace former Chief Anthony Mata. The City Manager’s Office met with a consortium […]
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