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December 8, 2021
From street vendor to crypto artist: How digital assets offer minorities new opportunities
A Los Angeles artist who once sold flowers with his immigrant parents on street corners breaks into the world of NFTs. In doing so, he’s also found a nontraditional way to generate wealth in crypto currency.
Increasing access to food assistance and locally-grown produce in the Sacramento region could be key to improving food system, new report says
The 2021 Sacramento Region Food System Action Plan outlines recommendations for the infrastructure and funding changes needed to offer more equitable, healthy and accessible food for people living in the Sacramento region.
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December 6, 2021
Controversial math guidelines have had mixed results at San Francisco Unified
Back in 2014, San Francisco adopted one of the core ideas in the state’s proposed math framework. So far, the results aren’t completely promising.
December 6, 2021
From maggots to sex abuse, nursing homes sue California to overturn citations, fines
California nursing homes have filed more than 400 lawsuits since 2016 to appeal state citations and fines alleging poor patient care. Regulators downgraded nearly a third of sanctions involving a death.
December 6, 2021
Rep. Devin Nunes is resigning from Congress to be CEO of Trump's new media company
The California Republican and Trump ally will take the helm of the Trump Media & Technology Group next month, giving up his seat in the middle of his 10th term.
December 6, 2021
Omicron spreads uncertainty about holiday travel and dampens recovery for airlines
The rapid emergence of the omicron variant of the coronavirus has many questioning whether they should rethink their holiday travel plans.
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December 6, 2021
Is ‘right to housing’ a solution to California homelessness?
In the new episode of “Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast.” CalMatters’ Manuela Tobias and the Los Angeles Times’ Liam Dillon interview Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg on his “right to housing” proposal to reduce homelessness.
December 5, 2021
California redistricting: Four key questions
California’s independent redistricting commission reaches a key milestone by releasing its preliminary congressional and legislative maps for public comment. But many changes are likely before final districts are adopted in late December.
December 5, 2021
Thousands of farmworkers will get pay raises thanks to a lawsuit
Guest farmworkers will see pay increases in 2022 thanks to a lawsuit to stop a Trump-era wage freeze. President Trump proposed the freeze in an attempt to help farmers who lost profit and fallowed land during the pandemic shutdown in 2020.
December 5, 2021
Nevada's governor apologizes for the state's past role in Indigenous schools
Gov. Steve Sisolak apologized on behalf of his state and promised to cooperate with an investigation of the federal government's past policies and oversight of Native American boarding schools.
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Politics
In a largely symbolic move, the Senate votes to block Biden's vaccine-or-test mandate
December 8, 2021
The White House says the president will veto the bill if it reaches his desk. But GOP lawmakers pushed the measure as the political fight over vaccine mandates deepens.
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North Carolina delays 2022 primaries to give redistricting challenges more time
December 8, 2021
The midterm primaries for North Carolina's U.S. Senate seat, 14 U.S. House seats and 170 legislative seats have been moved from March until May by the state Supreme Court due to voting map lawsuits.
Politics
House OKs a bill barring imports of goods produced by forced labor of Uyghurs in China
December 8, 2021
The bipartisan vote shows support for ramping up economic sanctions against the Chinese government. It bars any goods manufactured by Uyghurs in internment camps in Xinjiang.
Law
Supreme Court signals further erosion of separation of church and state in schools
December 8, 2021
The handwriting on the wall came during a nearly two-hour argument involving a challenge brought by two Maine families to the state's unusual way of providing public education.
National
D.C. council renames the street in front of the Saudi embassy after Jamal Khashoggi
December 8, 2021
The decision marks a rebuke to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who according to U.S. intelligence approved the killing of the former Washington Post journalist and critic of Saudi policy.
America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Trial begins for ex-officer Kim Potter, who fatally shot Daunte Wright
December 8, 2021
Defense lawyers argued that Potter's use of a weapon was justified, even as they acknowledged she meant to draw her Taser, not her handgun. "She's a human being," said attorney Paul Engh.
Technology
Elizabeth Holmes spent 7 days defending herself against fraud. Will the jury buy it?
December 8, 2021
The former CEO of Theranos finished her marathon testimony on Wednesday. The high-profile case against the onetime Silicon Valley star now moves closer to jury deliberations.
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Halle Berry entered the ring ready — she's been a fighter all her life
December 8, 2021
Berry stars as a disgraced MMA fighter in Bruised — a film she also directed. It's a role that she identifies with fundamentally: "I've also been a fighter my whole life, my whole career."
Education
A Texas school district is reviewing 400 library books after a GOP lawmaker's inquiry
December 8, 2021
State Rep. Matt Krause launched an inquiry into school library books on topics like race and gender earlier this fall. A San Antonio district says it's reviewing some 400 titles that were on his list.
World
The UAE is adopting a 4.5-day workweek and a Saturday-Sunday weekend
December 8, 2021
The change will apply to federal government entities starting in January. UAE officials hope it will enhance workers' well-being and boost the country's economic competitiveness.
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