Tenant advocates say so-called "junk fees" have proliferated in the rental housing market as landlords seek to get around statewide limits on rent increases.
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Thousands of miles from homes, folks in the Filipino diaspora have formed regional associations to maintain cultural and Catholic roots. -
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Terence Shepherd, who left KPBS in February, said in the lawsuit that he was fired because he reported a potential Federal Communications Commission violation to his superiors. -
California’s fishing fleet is graying and shrinking. An apprenticeship aimed at reviving it showed the obstacles to sustaining locally caught fish. -
Potential uses for the fund include, but are not limited to, combining the funds with other sources to preserve "naturally occurring affordable housing properties" and establish requirements for those housing units to remain affordable long-term. -
The new state budget that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed includes $55 million for the DMV to build a data-sharing system, a program meant to bring the state in compliance with the federal REAL ID law. -
The state budget cut $5.5 million for school libraries. That money pays online fees for student research materials. -
The agreement signed Monday aims to increase revenues and balance the budget. But Republicans say it is a temporary solution to the state’s budget woes because it focuses too much on delaying spending and not enough on finding places to cut. -
For the Filipino diaspora, food is a strong tether to their homeland and their identity. But for decades, traditional fruits and vegetables from the Philippines were hard to come by. -
The high court ruled on three immigration related cases. Justices decided against immigrants in the asylum case and one involving migrants with Temporary Protected Status. They upheld birthright citizenship on Tuesday.
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