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Star-Studded Event Raises $2.1 Million for Safe and Secure Elections in 2020
Star-Studded Event Raises $2.1 Million for Safe and Secure Elections in 2020
‍‍RepresentUs, the nation’s leading anti-corruption group, raised $2.1 million during a virtual gala Sunday, called “United To Save The Vote,” which featured A-list talent on the big and small screens ...
31 Aug, 2020
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California Legislature's $100 Billion Economic Stimulus Plan
California Legislature's $100 Billion Economic Stimulus Plan
Working groups from both houses of the California Legislature last month proposed a $100 billion joint stimulus plan to put the state on a path toward an equitable and resilient economic recovery by r ...
28 Aug, 2020
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8 min read
Pandemic Tests an Already-Fragile College Mental Health System
Pandemic Tests an Already-Fragile College Mental Health System
This spring, as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted campus life for college students across California, UC San Diego sophomore Kayla Monnette had trouble sleeping at night. The stress of moving to onli ...
28 Aug, 2020
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8 min read
CalEPA’s Jared Blumenfeld on Grounding COVID Recovery in Climate Action
CalEPA’s Jared Blumenfeld on Grounding COVID Recovery in Climate Action
As the state of California grapples with record-breaking heat, wildfire, pandemic, and a $54 billion budget deficit, TPR spoke with California Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Jared Blumenfe ...
27 Aug, 2020
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12 min read
Five Automakers Finalize Deal with California to Clean Up Car Emissions
Five Automakers Finalize Deal with California to Clean Up Car Emissions
California’s clean air enforcers have finalized a deal with five automakers to cut greenhouse gases from cars despite the Trump administration’s rollbacks.The deal, first proposed last year, is Califo ...
20 Aug, 2020
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4 min read
It’s Time to Lift Border Crossing Restrictions
It’s Time to Lift Border Crossing Restrictions
This is an independent opinion. Want to respond? Write your own commentary! Email hoa@ivn.us. From San Ysidro to San Diego, along the border to Brownsville, and in 26 U.S. states, Mexico is our primar ...
15 Aug, 2020
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4 min read
The Heart of San Diego: How The Asian Economy Keeps Beating
The Heart of San Diego: How The Asian Economy Keeps Beating
Allen Chan is a fixture in the Convoy District. In fact, it would be difficult to tell any story about this Pan-Asian community without talking to Chan, a judicious figure who stands out among the hun ...
15 Aug, 2020
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Mayoral Candidate Barbara Bry on San Diego City’s Path to Economic Recovery
Mayoral Candidate Barbara Bry on San Diego City’s Path to Economic Recovery
After 18 months of negotiations, this week, the City of San Diego finalized the sale of the Mission Valley Stadium to San Diego State University West for mixed-use redevelopment. TPR caught up with Sa ...
14 Aug, 2020
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14 min read
Migrant Students Work in Fields During COVID School Closures | CalMatters
Migrant Students Work in Fields During COVID School Closures | CalMatters
Sisters Maria and Jennifer Salvador start their days before the sun. The Southern California teenagers report to work at an Oxnard strawberry farm with one goal: To harvest as many bright red strawber ...
14 Aug, 2020
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8 min read
Today’s Grapes of Wrath Descendants: The Insecure Future is Now
Today’s Grapes of Wrath Descendants: The Insecure Future is Now
This is an independent opinion. Want to respond? Write your own commentary! Email hoa@ivn.us. John Steinbeck’s 1939 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and film by the same name, “The Grapes of Wrath,” is co ...
13 Aug, 2020
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4 min read