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Veterans Affairs transforms veteran’s hesitance to seek benefits into successful outcome
by adminby adminSan Bernardino County Veterans Affairs is changing negative perceptions that may keep veterans from accessing their earned benefits. Some veterans struggle with nightmares, reactive triggers, disabilities, depression and other life-altering …
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By RYAN SABALOW If California’s politically influential labor unions get their way, the state’s freight trains would get shorter and potentially safer under a pending legislative proposal. But some Democratic lawmakers …
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Opinion
Commercial salmon season is shut down—again. Will the industry ever recover?
by adminby adminBy ALASTAIR BLAND Facing the continued collapse of Chinook salmon, officials last week shut down California’s commercial salmon fishing season for an unprecedented third year in a row. Under the decision …
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LifestyleOpinion
New program trains college students for jobs helping the homeless. Can it survive?
by adminby adminBy MARISA KENDALL and ADAM ECHELMAN With more than 187,000 people sleeping on California’s streets and in its shelters, the state’s homeless services industry is struggling to hire enough qualified workers to help them. Last year, Santa …
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By JEANNE KUANG Amid a post-2024 wave of Democratic interest in the burgeoning pro-development “abundance” movement, this seemed to be an easy year for California’s yes-in-my-backyard housing development activists. Democratic leaders …
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Politics
California Republicans want to get tougher on crime. Are Democrats shifting their way?
by adminby adminBy Jeanne Kuang Republican state Sen. Brian Jones has been trying to block sex offenders from being released from prison through California’s elderly parole program for several years. Last week, …
