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Local essential workers recognized for their response during the pandemic

Hispanic Heritage Month is well underway and every year around this time the contributions of LatinX community members are recognized by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. Among the selected this year are two Coachella Valley essential workers, Cesar Millan and Manuela Ramirez now join the list of recipients of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Chair

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Ex-Shadow Hills High coach pleads not guilty to sexually assaulting teen

A former Shadow Hills High School boys’ basketball coach pleaded not guilty today to charges of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. Ryan Leron Towner, 35, was arrested on June 10 stemming from a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation. The alleged conduct occurred between May and July 2018, according to the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office.

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Southern California Kaiser Permanente union members vote to authorize strike

Unions representing thousands of Kaiser Permanente health care workers in Southern California said today their members have voted to authorize a strike, which union officials say would likely “cripple” the health care giant’s operations. The United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals said 96% of 18,209 participating members working at Kaiser Permanente’s Southern

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