San Jose’s Alum Rock School District Prepares for New School Year
Some schools are now just weeks away from reopening their doors after a year of distance learning, but many of them are still scrambling to find enough teachers and others
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‘I was looking at a nightmare:’ Spanish-speakers hard hit by COVID relied on food banks instead of government assistance
Everything came crashing down on Carmen Magallanes when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down schools. She lost her job at a company that prepared meals for schools, and her two older
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Air quality board requires Richmond, Martinez refineries to drastically cut air pollution
Air quality regulators voted Wednesday to require local refineries to significantly reduce air pollutants created in the production of gasoline, a move they acknowledged will cost money but defended because it’ll make
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Israel vows to ‘act aggressively’ against ice Ben & Jerry’s
Israel’s prime minister vowed Tuesday to “act aggressively” against the decision by Ben & Jerry’s to stop selling its ice cream in Israeli-occupied territories, as the country’s ambassador to the
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California will pay off $2 billion in unpaid utility bills to avoid shutoffs
Two years ago the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power shut off electricity at Will Hollman’s home in the San Fernando Valley, forcing the family to rely on a
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VTA Releases Revised Light-Rail Plans That Delay Reopening Past July
It has been seven weeks since a mass shooting at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority maintenance facility shut down the agency’s light-rail service, and VTA officials have not publicly
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Unlike Florida, California leaves the safety of aging high-rises largely in owners’ hands
Despite the tendency of the earth to convulse beneath them, California has sprouted some 20,000 buildings that are 14 stories tall or higher, according to international data. They’re office buildings and
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General Motors to build new mobility design center in Southern California
General Motors officially announced on Tuesday, July 13, it’s bringing its Advanced Design Center to Pasadena, where it will invest $71 million to build a new campus. The auto-making giant
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Future-proof our infrastructure with smart technology
America’s infrastructure is taking a beating — and not just from wear and tear. As Congress continues its negotiations over a bipartisan infrastructure plan, it’s hard to find an article
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Delta Variant Now Most Common COVID-19 Strain in California
The hyper-transmissible delta variant is now the most common COVID-19 strain in California, according to the California Department of Public Health. The health department says the delta variant now accounts
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