Stories by Issue
Beyond Kern
Gavin Newsom unveils revised $97.5 billion California budget surplus
Governor Gavin Newsom unveils a revised State Budget with a surplus of $97.5 billion. This is the biggest surplus that both California and the nation have had.
Governor Newsom proposes plan to strengthen abortion access and protections
Currently the U.S. Supreme Court appears to be prepared to overturn Roe v. Wade and other states throughout the country are attempting to pass laws to restrict access to reproductive health care and ban abortions.
California COVID-19 Rent Relief Program distributes more than $3 billion to California low-income renters
On Monday, during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo in Compton, Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Secretary Lourdes Castro Ramírez announced that the California COVID-19 Rent Relief Program has distributed $3.1 billion of rent and utility assistance to over 275,000 households throughout the state to keep families housed.
Have you experienced fewer mosquito bites? The release of these genetically modified mosquitos could be why
On March 7, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the approval of genetically modified mosquitos in Fresno and Tulare counties as part of an experimental use permit (EUP).
Governor Newsom swears in Justice Patricia Guerrero to California Supreme Court, the first Latina to serve on State’s highest court
Justice Patricia Guerrero was sworn into the California Supreme Court on Monday by Governor Gave Newsom.
Pfizer discusses the possibility of an additional COVID-19 vaccine dose
Pfizer is currently working on getting a fourth dose approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); additionally, the company is working on a vaccine that protects against all coronavirus variants.