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Nearly a week after flash floods devastated parts of Nepal and Tibet, rescuers are still searching for people trapped in hydropower plants. But first they have to find the plants.

The California Legislature passed a bill that would force disclosure of information about emergency calls at immigrant detention centers. A Democratic lawmaker put it forward after reading news stories in CalMatters.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with award-winning author Marlon James about his new book, The Disappearers, the story of a brutal attack on a group of gay men in Jamaica and its aftermath.

A program called the Veggie Chop Shop enlists volunteers to gather extra produce from farmers markets that would otherwise go to waste. Then, they cook meals for people facing food insecurity.

While wildfire victims tend to be wealthier than those of other natural disasters, damage in fire zones disproportionately lands on low-income households, according to a working paper released Tuesday by a UC San Diego researcher and his colleagues.

This California desert region was touted as the ‘Saudi Arabia of lithium.’ Years later, projects are behind schedule and workers are waiting for jobs.

The two candidates represent two common approaches to addressing homelessness. Incumbent Dan White supports the "Treatment First" approach, while his opponent Elias Velazquez is a proponent of the "Housing First" approach.

California police and firefighters will be able to retire earlier and earn more generous pensions under a bill lawmakers sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom. It’s potentially expensive and government agencies are urging him to veto it.

A casi dos años del inicio de su mandato la presidenta mexicana Claudia Sheinbaum presentó el martes su balance de gestión, marcada en el último año por las presiones de Donald Trump en materia de seguridad y comercio y la controversia generada por las acusaciones de narcotráfico en Estados Unidos contra un gobernador oficialista y otros nueve funcionarios.

With just a few weeks to spare, the House approved legislation extending funding through mid-December.