Carolyn Kaster
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Studies have shown that cell phone use is a serious distraction for students that affects their mental health, social-emotional development and ability to concentrate in class.
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The federal government’s annual “point-in-time” homelessness count is used by city and county governments across the country to determine funding and gauge progress in getting people off the streets. -
The plaintiffs allege the fees violate Proposition 218, a state ballot measure that holds utility fees cannot exceed the costs of providing those services. -
San Diego’s trolley is one of only a few rail systems in America that doesn’t have fare gates or turnstiles at its stations, and City Council Member Sean Elo-Rivera is rethinking this configuration as the agency faces a fiscal cliff. -
Should California pension funds invest in fossil fuels? How about Tesla and Palantir? Or companies with anti-union records? Those debates are playing out at CalPERS and CalSTRS. -
For Wednesday through Friday, forecasters expect low clouds and fog for the coast and valleys and high temperatures within a few degrees of normal. -
The state will provide 400 diapers to each newborn through participating hospitals. The program in its first year will be limited to hospitals largely serving low-income patients, and then it will expand statewide after that. -
Republican Herb Morgan is challenging Democratic incumbent Malia Cohen for oversight of California’s spending. -
Ballots are being mailed out to voters across the state and top of the ticket is the race for California governor. We’re continuing our series of conversations with the gubernatorial candidates, up next is Democrat Katie Porter. -
The increase of remote work has altered California’s labor landscape, potentially presenting challenges for workers to get certain in-state jobs and, at the same time, adjust to the state’s high cost of living. -
As part of MMIP Week, Martinez and District Attorney Summer Stephen attended the Assembly Select Committee on Native American Affairs to hear from various panels that focused on impacts to native tribes, women and youth.
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