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Fresno has a homelessness problem. So why are its leaders rejecting state-funded housing?
1 month ago

Fresno has a homelessness problem. So why are its leaders rejecting state-funded housing?

LA Times  

Dez Martinez greeted the homeless dwellers of Santa Clara Street on a recent October afternoon with open arms and a warm smile. “We’re hurting, we’re suffering, and we’re losing all hope.” City officials, conversely, champion the camping ban, saying public spaces have been cleared of trash and more homeless people are being connected with treatment and shelter beds. Still, some …

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Scientists Develop Novel Food Supplement to Protect Bees from Pesticides
2 months ago

Scientists Develop Novel Food Supplement to Protect Bees from Pesticides

The Hindu  

Scientists in Colombia have developed a food supplement that protects bees from pesticides, keeping the insects safe from neurological damage caused by agricultural chemicals. The supplement, created with flavonoids, allows bees to cope with neurotoxins commonly used in agriculture and avoid having their motor system and memory harmed by the chemicals.

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White House announces first California marine sanctuary managed by Indigenous peoples
2 months, 1 week ago

White House announces first California marine sanctuary managed by Indigenous peoples

LA Times  

The Biden administration, members of Congress and Native tribes commemorated the designation of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary on Monday — the first such preserve in California to be managed in cooperation with Indigenous peoples. The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, which has territory overlapping with the sanctuary and is the only federally recognized Chumash tribe, has been …

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He reported a possible H5N1 outbreak in dairy cows. It took officials weeks to respond
5 months, 1 week ago

He reported a possible H5N1 outbreak in dairy cows. It took officials weeks to respond

LA Times  

The virus has — so far — caused only minimal illness among humans, yet has spread rapidly among birds, sea mammals and other species with devastating effect. “I think that once everybody decided it wasn’t going to kill people and pasteurized milk and herds could get over it, then all that was left was to take these stopgap measures — …

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She sang for ‘El Chapo.’ Now the cartel kingpin’s lawyer wants to be a ranchera star
6 months ago

She sang for ‘El Chapo.’ Now the cartel kingpin’s lawyer wants to be a ranchera star

LA Times  

Mariel Colón had just finished law school and was waiting for the results of the bar exam when she replied to a Craigslist ad looking for a Spanish-speaking paralegal to help with translation on a major case. Only later did she learn that she’d be working on one of the biggest trials of the decade, helping defend the notorious Sinaloa …

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This Cal State immigration clinic provides free legal advice. It might come to a ‘full stop’
9 months, 1 week ago

This Cal State immigration clinic provides free legal advice. It might come to a ‘full stop’

LA Times  

Adolfo Romero Ramirez has completed his most recent three DACA applications with help from the legal services program at Cal State Fresno. If the CSU program’s budget is cut by 75% as proposed, the number of staff provided by four legal service organizations would need to be significantly reduced, said Barbara Pinto, managing attorney for Oakland-based Immigrant Legal Defense, which …

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Lizbeth Ovalle scores 2 more goals, Mexico reaches Women’s Gold Cup semis with 3-2 win over Paraguay
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Lizbeth Ovalle scores 2 more goals, Mexico reaches Women’s Gold Cup semis with 3-2 win over Paraguay

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Lizbeth Ovalle scored two goals and Mexico advanced to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup with a 3-2 victory over Paraguay on Sunday. Mexico conceded its first two goals of the Gold Cup, but still hung on with the backing of an unsurprisingly supportive crowd of 13,229 in the U.S. city that’s considered the second …

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CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup: US falls to Mexico for the second time ever, losing 2-0
9 months, 3 weeks ago

CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup: US falls to Mexico for the second time ever, losing 2-0

The Hindu  

Mexico beat the United States for the second time ever, getting goals from Lizbeth Ovalle and Mayra Pelayo for a 2-0 victory Monday night in the CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup. The U.S. entered the game 40-1-1 against its rival, with its only previous loss a 2-1 decision during Women’s World Cup qualifying in 2010. It was the first loss for …

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US falls to Mexico for the second time ever, losing 2-0 in the Women’s Gold Cup
9 months, 3 weeks ago

US falls to Mexico for the second time ever, losing 2-0 in the Women’s Gold Cup

Associated Press  

CARSON, Calif. — Mexico beat the United States for the second time ever, getting goals from Lizbeth Ovalle and Mayra Pelayo for a 2-0 victory Monday night in the CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup. It was the first loss for the U.S. under interim coach Twila Kilgore, who took over after the team’s dramatic exit from the Women’s World Cup last …

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U.S. women’s soccer loses to Mexico for first time in nearly 14 years in Gold Cup shocker
9 months, 4 weeks ago

U.S. women’s soccer loses to Mexico for first time in nearly 14 years in Gold Cup shocker

LA Times  

U.S. forward Lynn Williams, left, and Mexico defender Greta Espinoza, right, battle for the ball during Mexico’s 2-0 win in a CONCACAF W Gold Cup group-play match at Dignity Health Sports Park on Monday night. Goals by Lizbeth Ovalle and Mayra Pelayo lifted Mexico to a stunning 2-0 win over the U.S. women’s national team Monday in the final group-play …

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Commentary: The fossil fuel industry wants you to think Latinos are against EVs. That’s not what I found
1 year, 2 months ago

Commentary: The fossil fuel industry wants you to think Latinos are against EVs. That’s not what I found

LA Times  

Argelia León stands near an oil pumpjack in Coalinga. She’s the face of the oil industry’s Levanta Tu Voz program, which is aimed at Latinos and seeks to sow doubt about the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy and electrification. José Lopez, a mechanic at Ralph’s Triangle Service, works on a vehicle at the auto repair shop and smog …

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How Kevin McCarthy’s Bakersfield is reacting to Trump’s indictment
1 year, 8 months ago

How Kevin McCarthy’s Bakersfield is reacting to Trump’s indictment

LA Times  

Greg Perrone, president of the Greater Bakersfield Republicans Assembly, sees former President Trump’s indictment Thursday as the left’s attempt to disqualify him from the 2024 election. “And he’s not the first president to have done it.” But Margaret Govea, a 60-year-old director of a university student health program who lives in Bakersfield just outside McCarthy’s district, said she thought the …

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Allensworth, a onetime Black utopia, could rise again from the Central Valley dust
1 year, 10 months ago

Allensworth, a onetime Black utopia, could rise again from the Central Valley dust

LA Times  

“Food grows where water flows” is a common phrase in California’s Central Valley, but it hits particularly close to home in Allensworth — the state’s first town founded, funded and governed by Black Americans. “Martin Luther King wasn’t the only dreamer,” said Sasha Briscoe, a resident of Bakersfield and president of Friends of Allensworth, which organizes events and assists with …

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‘There is nothing alive on that tree’: Inside a giant sequoia grove scorched by the KNP Complex fire
3 years ago

‘There is nothing alive on that tree’: Inside a giant sequoia grove scorched by the KNP Complex fire

LA Times  

It looked like a bomb had gone off in the vast stand of giant sequoias on a mountain ridge in the southern Sierra. “That is one of the hardest things that I’ve ever had to look at in my entire 30-year career with the Forest Service.” The Redwood Mountain Grove at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks was devastated by …

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A California town refused to help its neighbors with water. So the state stepped in
3 years, 1 month ago

A California town refused to help its neighbors with water. So the state stepped in

LA Times  

At one of the last houses on a gravel road that dead-ends at a locked canal, Monica Santillan used a plastic milk jug to water her canna lilies. Exeter’s refusal to aid Tooleville may have given hope to the more than 1 million Californians who live in communities without clean, affordable drinking water, which by law in California is a …

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