RV community fights to stay together amid displacement from Winston Drive
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Photo by Pablo Unzueta/El Tecolote/CatchLight Local/Report for America |
Veronica Cañas, who lives with her husband and two small children, holds her one-year-old son next to their RV in San Francisco on Wednesday, July 31, 2024.
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Gavin Newsom signs new retail theft laws as voters weigh even tougher penalties
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Photo by Florence Middleton/CalMatters |
Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a press conference at a Home Depot in San Jose to sign bills that aim to curb retail theft and address voter concerns about California crime rates on Aug. 16, 2024.
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Photos: Celebrating Black hair and the joy of reading
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Photos by Ximena Natera/Berkeleyside/CatchLight Local/Report for America |
On August 10, 2024 attendees were photographed during Library Afro Revolution Day at the Tarea Hall Pittman branch Library in Berkeley. Social media star and librarian Mychal Threets hosted the event for young bookworms.
Left: Adrienne Robinson, 47 and her daughter Wynter, 7. Right: Delene Richburg with her daughters Niambi, 6 (left), and Amondi, 4 (right).
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Newsom set an ambitious goal to launch 500,000 Californians into new careers. Many are firefighters
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Photo by Jules Hotz/CalMatters |
A car burns during a training session as an apprentice lays out a fire hose at the Los Angeles County Fire Department East County Training Center in Pomona on July 8, 2024.
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CalFire prescribed burn in Groveland |
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Photo by Michaela Vatcheva/Bloomberg |
A tree burns during a CalFire prescribed burn in Groveland on July 6, 2023. The burn operation aims to reduce understory vegetation, grasses, and noxious weeds while creating an additional fuel break to enhance fire protection in Groveland.
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California hits milestones toward 100% clean energy — but has a long way to go
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Photo by Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local |
A solar farm near Kettleman City, California has made a lot of progress recently switching to clean energy sources.
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California passed a law to fix unsafe homeless shelters. Cities and counties are ignoring it
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Photo by Zoë Meyers/CalMatters |
Carolina Sanchez Garcia cooks with her daughter, Berthalinda Hernandez, 6, at their home in San Diego on Aug. 7, 2024. Sanchez Garcia, who teaches preschool, was able to move into San Diego Unified School District housing in December.
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