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California Governor Signs Law Banning Medical Debt From Credit Reports
California Gov. Gavin Newsom in San Francisco on Sept. 19. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images) Californians with medical debt will no longer have to worry about unpaid medical bills showing up on their credit reports under legislation signed Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, adding the nation’s most populous state to a growing effort to protect
En California, legisladores presionan para que inspectores de salud locales visiten instalaciones de inmigración
Brotes de covid-19, paperas y varicela. Agua contaminada, comida con moho y conductos de aire que despiden polvo negro. Estas amenazas a la salud se han documentado dentro de las instalaciones de detención de inmigrantes administradas de manera privada en California a través de demandas, auditorías federales y estatales, y quejas presentadas por los mismos
A California Medical Group Treats Only Homeless Patients — And Makes Money Doing It
LOS ANGELES — They distribute GPS devices so they can track their homeless patients. They stock their street kits with glass pipes used to smoke meth, crack, or fentanyl. They keep company credit cards on hand in case a patient needs emergency food or water, or an Uber ride to the doctor. These doctors, nurses
Heat Rules for California Workers Would Also Help Keep Schoolchildren Cool
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Proposed rules to protect California workers from extreme heat would extend to schoolchildren, requiring school districts to find ways to keep classrooms cool. If the standards are approved this month, employers in the nation’s most populous state will have to provide relief to indoor workers in sweltering warehouses, steamy kitchens, and other
University of California academic workers strike to stand up for pro-Palestinian protesters
By JANIE HAR Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Graduate students at the University of California, Santa Cruz walked off their jobs and went on strike Monday, the first campus to do so as part of a systemwide protest against a public university they say has violated the speech
How one California contractor used a digital whiteboard to streamline project schedules
Wahid Tadros knows how much goes into scheduling a construction job. Tadros is the president of Pleasanton, California-based heavy construction firm California Engineering Contractors. The firm was founded in 1972 and handles a breadth of public works projects, including railroad construction, tunnel retrofit and rehabilitation and flood control structures. It has 45 salaried employees, and
This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Fresnoland. The land of the Central Valley works hard. Here in the heart of California, in the most productive farming region in the United States, almost every square inch of land has been razed, planted, and shaped to support large-scale agriculture. The valley produces almonds, walnuts, pistachios, olives, cherries
Vulnerable California Republicans vote for Biden impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Wednesday voted to formalize an impeachment inquiry against President Biden, intensifying their investigation into unproven allegations that the president benefited from his son’s overseas business dealings.The vote is a formality, but it puts the House GOP — including vulnerable California members who face competitive reelection contests next year — on record in
Nueva ley de California ofrece protección contra facturas por viajes en ambulancia
El año pasado, el caballo de la familia pateó varias veces en el pecho a Megan, la hija de Jennifer Reisz. La estudiante universitaria cayó al suelo, incapaz de moverse ni hablar. Aunque estaba sola, su Apple Watch detectó su angustia y llamó al 911. La llevaron a un hospital en Clovis, una ciudad del
No room in the dorm? California students get creative with housing.
Le’Ana Jackson, a senior at the University of California, Riverside, is ambivalent about campus housing. Her junior year, the school didn’t tell her until a month before classes started that she and her roommate could share a $1,750-a-month, one-bedroom apartment. They couldn’t sign their lease until the second week in October, so she had to pay