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CVUSD Superintendent discusses multi-million dollar budget shortfall

The Coachella Valley Unified School District is set to tackle a projected $60 million budget shortfall tonight — as the school board meets to discuss laying off between 170 and 225 employees across its 23 campuses. The Coachella Valley Teachers Association– crying fowl– saying those cuts will “negatively impact students with the most needs.” Earlier

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Coachella Valley ranch offers to foster horses affected by Los Angeles fires, hosts donation drive

Three local businesses are teaming up to help horses and ranchers affected or displaced by the recent wildfires in Los Angeles. Those fires have devastated thousands of lives and homes, leaving many people with nothing. Tragically, many animals have also been left without shelter, food, and care. That’s why three local businesses owners decided they

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Community rallies as CVUSD faces tough decisions on staff layoffs

Teachers, school nurses, parents, students and community members filled the room at the Coachella Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) meeting Thursday night, voicing concerns over a fiscal stabilization plan that includes laying off nearly 200 staff members. Teresa Nicole, school nurse, shared her initial reaction when she learned about the proposed plan. “Shock, disbelief,” Nicole

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How ICE access to schools could impact Coachella Valley school districts

For years, Immigration and Customs Enforcement have been prohibited from arresting suspected undocumented migrants at designated “sensitive locations,” like schools, courthouses, places of worship and hospitals. But under a new wave of immigration reform under the Trump administration, that provision is being rolled back. The Department of Homeland Security announced earlier this week it would

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Governor Newsom signs $2.5 billion in wildfire relief package

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation providing $2.5 billion in relief funds to support recovery from the deadly wildfires that ravaged Pacific Palisades and Altadena. Newsom said the money will be “made available immediately” and will help cover “ongoing operations, disaster recovery, debris removal, work on logistics, traffic management, address all the myriad of issues that

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Hughes Fire: 10,278 acres, 24% contained, some evacuations lifted/reduced

With conditions improving on the fire lines and containment growing, evacuation orders and warnings were dramatically scaled back today around the Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake. While evacuation orders remained in place for areas around the immediate perimeter of the fire, other nearby neighborhoods were reduced from evacuation orders to warnings, while warnings were lifted

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Judge blocks Trump’s ‘blatantly unconstitutional’ executive order that aims to end birthright citizenship

By Tierney Sneed, CNN Seattle (CNN) — A federal judge said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship was “blatantly unconstitutional” and issued a temporary restraining order to block it. Judge John Coughenour, a Ronald Reagan appointee who sits in Seattle, granted the request by Washington Attorney General Nick Brown and three

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