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UC Santa Cruz Academic Workers Strike in Support of Pro-Palestinian Protesters
Graduate students went on strike as of 8 a.m. Monday.

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California Congressman Calls for Greater Tribal Involvement in Offshore Wind Farms
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California's Budget Decisions Influenced by Politics, Not Data
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Tough-on-Crime Ballot Measure Claims to Tackle Housing Crisis, Experts Doubtful
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Suspected Gunman Hospitalized After San José Police Shooting
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San Diego Aims to Help Wage-Theft Victims Recover Money Owed
After Months-Long Coma, This Latino Immigrant Worker Is Still Fighting Mysterious Long COVID Symptoms
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Newsom Says California Water Tunnel Will Cost $20 Billion. Officials and Experts Say It's Worth It
Californians Urged to Avoid Raw Milk Amid Bird Flu Outbreak on Dairy Farms
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Too Short Is Playing a Free Show Tuesday at the Lake
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The ‘Mad Max’ Saga Treads (Hard-to-Find) Water With Frustrating ‘Furiosa’
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The Return of East Oakland’s Menudo King
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Housing Affordability

California Wants Cities to Plan For More Housing. Cities Say the Rules Are Unclear

The state has set strict standards for how cities have to plan for more housing. A new audit seeks to make sure those standards are clear enough for cities to actually follow.
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Displacing People for 'Progress' — the Origins of BART

Back in the '60s, BART was just a plan in the making. And located through its path were communities of mostly lower-income people of color. But thanks to a legal tool known as eminent domain, many in that community were forced to sell their homes or face eviction.

San Francisco Homelessness Up 7% Despite Decline in Street Camping

The one-night snapshot in San Francisco found that the number of people sleeping in tents and on sidewalks has decreased while the number of unhoused people increased.

California Forever Says 12 Start-Ups Will Open Workplaces in Its New City

California Forever promises to add 15,000 jobs to Solano County if voters approve its plan to build a new city from scratch in November. Twelve companies have pledged their support for the plan and to build factories and offices there.

Immigration

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After Months-Long Coma, This Latino Immigrant Worker Is Still Fighting Mysterious Long COVID Symptoms

Construction worker Osbaldo Varilla-Aguilar is still fighting mysterious symptoms after emerging from a 3-month coma and going blind in his left eye. His experience is just one example of the devastating impact that COVID continues to have on Latinx communities in San Francisco.
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'Political Football:' Future Uncertain for Program Reuniting Migrant Families

The little-known Central American Minors program has started, stopped and started again under successive presidential administrations.

Half Moon Bay Farmworker Housing Gains Approval After Push by Newsom

The governor urged the planning commission to approve the 40-unit project, a little over a year after a mass shooting on two farms revealed deplorable conditions for farmworkers.

Key California Ag Giant and United Farm Workers Clash Amid Union-Drive Efforts

In California, a conflict has emerged between the Wonderful Co. and the United Farm Workers over worker organization under a new labor law. Since its enactment, four groups of farm laborers, including those from Wonderful Nurseries in Wasco, have sought to unionize.

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Wind turbines seen in the ocean.

California Congressman Calls for Greater Tribal Involvement in Offshore Wind Farms

A California congressman says tribes should be more involved in the decision-making process for the development of the first offshore wind farms along the West Coast.
Women wearing dark clothing and holding signs stand together outside.

California's Budget Decisions Influenced by Politics, Not Data

State lawmakers often don’t know how well a program works before deciding whether to cut or increase spending. Instead, they hear from advocates, interest groups and sometimes the public. Key budget hearings ramp up this week.

Tough-on-Crime Ballot Measure Claims to Tackle Housing Crisis, Experts Doubtful

Backers of the California ballot measure emphasize housing issues in their campaign to roll back Proposition 47. But would the measure actually help people get housed?
strike signs leaned against a large sign saying "University of California, Santa Cruz"

UC Santa Cruz Academic Workers Strike in Support of Pro-Palestinian Protesters

Graduate students went on strike as of 8 a.m. Monday.
A police car with San Jose Police written on the back.

Suspected Gunman Hospitalized After San José Police Shooting

San José police shot a man who was suspected of firing a gun in the city’s East Side neighborhood Sunday afternoon, according to police.

San Diego Aims to Help Wage-Theft Victims Recover Money Owed

San Diego County's Workplace Justice Fund distributes up to $3,000 to local workers who are owed wages but were never paid. The county then takes on the debt collection on workers' behalf.

Sonoma School District Cuts Bilingual Liaison. Immigrant Families Are Fighting Back

Latino families in Santa Rosa's Oak Grove Union School District heavily depend on a bilingual liaison, but budget cuts eliminated the position. Since then, parents have held weekly protests against the decision.

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