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College of the Desert will receive the 2021 Equity Champion of Higher Education Award for its high proportion of Latinx students who earn “Associate Degrees for Transfer” relative to overall campus rates. The recognition among all California community colleges was bestowed by the Campaign for College Opportunity, which works to increase access to higher education
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Gov. Gavin Newsom visited West Los Angeles VA Medical Center today to again encourage people get vaccinated against COVID-19 — with first, second, or booster doses — while warning that “winter is coming” and raising fears of another surge in infections. You can watch the complete news conference below: The governor, who has faced questions
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Stacker compiled a list of the best colleges in California using rankings from Niche.
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A Cathedral City man charged with a trio of attacks on women in Southern California dating back to January 2020 has pled not guilty. Authorities say Robert Daniel Yucas, 51, is responsible for brutal attacks on women in Aliso Viejo where he allegedly choked them into unconsciousness and assaulted them in the bushes off a
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The city of San Diego is honoring a Palm Springs teacher who was named a 2022 California State Teacher of the Year. On Tuesday, the San Diego City Council voted to proclaim October 26 as “Nichi Aviña Day” in the city of San Diego. Nichi Aviña is a teacher at Cielo Vista Charter School in Palm
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At 10:21 a.m. Thursday, schools across the Coachella Valley took part in the Great Shakeout to prepare for earthquakes. Desert Sands Unified School District and Coachella Valley Unified School District held the drill with an alarm to simulate an earthquake happening. From there students and staff dropped, covered, and held on for about a minute.
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Stacker compiled a list of the best places to retire in California from Niche.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s popular In-N-Out hamburger chain is in trouble with yet another San Francisco Bay Area county over its failure to verify the vaccination cards of people choosing to dine-in with their double-doubles, shakes and fries. A spokesperson for Contra Costa County’s environmental health division said that the department received repeated complaints
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California surpasses 70,000 coronavirus deaths, most among U.S. states, but state rate of new cases is country’s lowest.
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By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California public schools and colleges must stock their restrooms with free menstrual products under a bill signed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The move comes as women’s rights advocates push nationwide for affordable access to pads, tampons and other items. California’s latest effort builds on a 2017 law
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By ADAM BEAMAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians could have higher cellphone bills after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two laws on Friday aimed at giving the state more money to build high-speed internet connections in unserved areas. Check Out: Kids in eastern Coachella Valley are among those bearing the academic brunt of the pandemic
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By JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Along with English, science, math and other graduation requirements, California high school students will have to take a course in ethnic studies to get a diploma starting in 2029-30. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Friday that makes California among the first in the nation to
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By DON THOMPSON SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom ended mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug crimes in the nation’s most populous state on Tuesday, giving judges more discretion to impose alternative sentences. The mandatory sentencing law Newsom signed Tuesday grew out of what Democratic Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco called a
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During an appearance at Rowley Gym in Gardena, Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed a package of bills into law aimed at cracking down on misconduct by law enforcement officers while also setting standards and restrictions on certain uses of force. Most notably among the new laws was Senate Bill 2, which creates a process for
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By ADAM BEAM SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed seven new laws on Wednesday aimed at addressing the state’s homelessness crisis, pleading with a skeptical public to have patience as the nation’s wealthiest and most populous state struggles to keep people off the streets. Among California’s myriad problems — including wildfires, historic
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will strike the word “alien” from its state laws, getting rid of what Gov. Gavin Newsom called “an offensive term for a human being” that has “fueled a divisive and hurtful narrative.” Newsom on Friday signed a law that removes the word from various sections of the
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By DON THOMPSON SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California on Wednesday became the first state to bar mega-retailers from firing warehouse workers for missing quotas that interfere with bathroom and rest breaks under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that grew from Amazon’s drive to speed goods to consumers more quickly. The measure also
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A scholarship fund has been established in the name of Coachella Valley native and fallen Marine Corporal Hunter Lopez. Lopez was among 13 U.S. servicepeople who were killed in the bombing at the Kabul, Afghanistan airport last month. He was laid to rest last weekend after three days of local ceremonies and events to honor
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Celebrate World Rhino Day! In honor of the designation, The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens is celebrating World Rhino Day by announcing an official date for its long-anticipated opening of the new Rhino Savanna habitat. The grand opening will be held Friday, November 12, 2021. The new four-acre habitat will welcome Jaali and Nia, two African
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The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is now confirming that investigators with the Specialized Investigations Division are now joining the search to locate Lauren Cho. The Morongo Basin Station detectives and Search and Rescue members have been trying to locate the missing High Desert woman since July. Lauren Cho, also known as “El,” mysteriously disappeared
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