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County’s aging Men’s Central Jail \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/criminal-justice/mens-central-jail-closure-beyond-2031\">says people will have to be held there for at least five more years\u003c/a> even though the facility was supposed to close in 2021.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>A judge has convicted a man of igniting the Park Fire in 2024, the largest wildfire that year and the fourth largest in the state’s history. He’s facing up to 25 years to life in prison for what prosecutors said was him pushing a burning car into an embankment, where the fire started. \u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/government-politics/2026-07-24/lawsuits-recalled-council-members-a-self-appointed-mayor-who-is-in-charge-in-avenal\">A small Kings County community has big struggles\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Arriving in Avenal, known as the “Pistachio Capital of the World,” nothing seems out of the ordinary at first. The streets are quiet. Residents are going about their daily routines, stopping at local businesses or chatting with neighbors.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The loudest sounds come from birds perched in the trees, and large pickup trucks that roll through.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But behind its small-town charm, Avenal has become the center of one of the most unusual political disputes unfolding anywhere in California. It’s a battle over city leadership that has divided residents, drawn legal scrutiny and raised questions about how local government should function.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It all started last year when elected officials in Avenal wanted to establish their \u003ca href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/government-politics/2026-03-29/lives-at-stake-a-fire-department-divides-a-california-town\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003cu>own fire department\u003c/u>\u003c/a>. At one point, the city was paying Kings County $425,000 each year for fire services, but last year, the county informed the city that the annual fee would increase to nearly $1.1 million.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Avenal officials, feeling the pinch of rising costs for fire services, ultimately pushed the city to consider creating its own fire department.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Kings County sued the City of Avenal for alleged \u003ca href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/government-politics/2026-03-29/lives-at-stake-a-fire-department-divides-a-california-town\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brown Act violations\u003c/a> involving decisions made over the department. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Registrar of Voters also certified the election results in May. Not all residents cast a vote, but of those who did, more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/2026-05-29/in-avenal-four-of-five-city-councilmembers-ousted-in-citizen-led-recall-effort\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003cu>75% voted to oust\u003c/u>\u003c/a> Mayor Alvaro Preciado and Councilmembers Leticia Gamez, David Reynosa and Pablo Hernandez.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The officials who were recalled have contested the election results, saying the election wasn’t valid because it wasn’t ordered by the city.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kcbx.org/health-science-and-technology/2026-07-22/health-advocates-urge-stronger-oversight-of-hospital-costs-in-santa-barbara-county\">Stronger health care oversight in Santa Barbara County\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Health care advocates are calling for stronger state oversight of hospital costs in Santa Barbara County. During a virtual town hall last week hosted by Health Access California, advocates said rising hospital prices are driving up insurance premiums, deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs for patients.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The group released a report highlighting Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital as one of seven hospitals statewide — identified by California’s Office of Health Care Affordability — as unusually expensive.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to the report, nearly 48,000 Santa Barbara County residents report having difficulty paying medical bills. Health Access California argues that high hospital prices contribute to rising health care costs across the region.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When hospital prices go up, that directly impacts how much people are paying for their premiums, as well as their deductibles and other cost sharing,” said Katie Van Deynze, policy and legislative advocate for Health Access California.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The report says Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital receives payments from commercial insurers that are significantly higher than Medicare reimbursement rates for the same care.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/criminal-justice/mens-central-jail-closure-beyond-2031\">Los Angeles jail operates longer\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The team leading L.A. County’s push to close Men’s Central Jail says a full closure is not feasible in the next five years.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This is yet another delay since the county Board of Supervisors voted in July 2020 to close the jail within one year. A \u003ca href=\"https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/bos/bc/1104568_DEVELO_1.PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">two-year \u003cu>plan\u003c/u>\u003c/a> was announced in 2021, then a \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/criminal-justice/activists-frustrated-with-countys-5-year-plan-to-close-uninhabitable-mens-central-jail\">five-year plan\u003c/a> in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Jail Closure Implementation Team, also known as JCIT, told the Board of Supervisors this week that they’ve outlined a framework that will improve conditions for thousands of people in L.A. County’s justice system, but the steps they’ve identified are still not enough to safely close the jail within the five-year timeline.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Park Fire conviction two years after the blaze started\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A judge convicted a Northern California man last week \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998589/park-fire-is-now-4th-largest-in-california-history-and-growing-amid-dangerous-weather\">of starting the fire that destroyed hundreds of homes and burned for hundreds of miles\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Known as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/park-fire\">Park Fire\u003c/a>, the 2024 blaze was started by what prosecutors say was Ronnie Stout II pushing his mom’s burning car into an embankment. 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Not all residents cast a vote, but of those who did, more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/2026-05-29/in-avenal-four-of-five-city-councilmembers-ousted-in-citizen-led-recall-effort\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003cu>75% voted to oust\u003c/u>\u003c/a> Mayor Alvaro Preciado and Councilmembers Leticia Gamez, David Reynosa and Pablo Hernandez.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The officials who were recalled have contested the election results, saying the election wasn’t valid because it wasn’t ordered by the city.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kcbx.org/health-science-and-technology/2026-07-22/health-advocates-urge-stronger-oversight-of-hospital-costs-in-santa-barbara-county\">Stronger health care oversight in Santa Barbara County\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Health care advocates are calling for stronger state oversight of hospital costs in Santa Barbara County. During a virtual town hall last week hosted by Health Access California, advocates said rising hospital prices are driving up insurance premiums, deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs for patients.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The group released a report highlighting Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital as one of seven hospitals statewide — identified by California’s Office of Health Care Affordability — as unusually expensive.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to the report, nearly 48,000 Santa Barbara County residents report having difficulty paying medical bills. Health Access California argues that high hospital prices contribute to rising health care costs across the region.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When hospital prices go up, that directly impacts how much people are paying for their premiums, as well as their deductibles and other cost sharing,” said Katie Van Deynze, policy and legislative advocate for Health Access California.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The report says Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital receives payments from commercial insurers that are significantly higher than Medicare reimbursement rates for the same care.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/criminal-justice/mens-central-jail-closure-beyond-2031\">Los Angeles jail operates longer\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The team leading L.A. 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The California Public Utilities Commission \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2026/07/california-utility-heat-shutoff-rules-cpuc/\">voted to approve\u003c/a> the new standard late last week.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Parts of Southern California are under an extreme heat warning because of temperatures that could reach up to 115 degrees, which is five to 10 degrees warmer for this time of year. \u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cities look to 2028 Olympics with lessons from World Cup\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Security and transportation are being taken to the next level when the 2028 Summer Olympics come to Los Angeles. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Organizers are looking to make things smoother for public transit riders by using a second fleet of buses to take people to venues and across the region. 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Since then, with the conflict in Iran and disrupted trade routes, it’s been hovering around $4,000 an ounce, which is still about double what it was worth two years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"entry-title \">\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2026/07/telematics-car-insurance-bill/\">\u003cstrong>Proposal would allow drivers to trade personal data for potentially lower insurance rates\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A bill to allow insurance companies to monitor California drivers’ behavior in exchange for potential discounts on their premiums would change the state’s longstanding insurance law, drawing opposition from the Insurance Department as well as consumer and privacy advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab311\">Assembly Bill 311\u003c/a> would let insurance companies use telematics — technology installed in vehicles that allows them to transmit information such as location, speed, braking force, swerving and more — when setting rates for drivers who choose to allow themselves to be tracked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">California is the only state in the nation that does not allow insurers to use telematics in setting rates. State law requires insurers to prioritize safety record, miles driven and driving experience as the main factors when they set drivers’ premiums. The bill would let drivers choose to use telematics data to establish their driving records in addition to what their Department of Motor Vehicles records show. Telematics data is collected by smartphone app, systems embedded in vehicles or other connected technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters say the legislation would make streets and highways safer by encouraging better driving, while opponents worry about privacy, lack of transparency and possible bias in insurance pricing. The bill’s author, Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/tina-mckinnor-35053\">Tina McKinnor\u003c/a>, a Democrat from Inglewood, said at the committee hearing that she has lost three friends in vehicle crashes in the past several years. 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This military-grade gear \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/2026/07/california-campus-police-military-weapons/\">is supposed to be catalogued and open to public scrutiny.\u003c/a> But according to recent reporting from CalMatters’ College Journalism Network, the law meant to sunshine that information isn’t really being followed. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/california-wolves-feed-heavily-cattle-study-finds\">New research from UC Davis\u003c/a> shows California gray wolves are eating cattle more than anything else, and their presence is causing significant stress among livestock.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2 class=\"entry-title \">\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/2026/07/california-campus-police-military-weapons/\">\u003cstrong>California colleges reveal their military weapons stockpile after CalMatters investigation\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For many public colleges and universities in California, keeping their campuses safe includes owning military-grade weaponry — AR-15s, \u003ca href=\"https://article36.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/acoustic-weapons.pdf#page=2\">stun grenades\u003c/a> designed to cause temporary blindness and sonic weapons that resonate so loudly they are known in the armed forces as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.popsci.com/story/technology/heat-weapon-active-denial-system-ads-lrad-explained/#:~:text=was%20like%20the-,voice%20of%20God,-%2C%E2%80%9D%20he%20says.%20In\">voice of God.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to \u003ca id=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202120220ab481\" href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202120220ab481\">state law\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB481#:~:text=no%20reasonable%20alternative\">,\u003c/a> campus police can only own military equipment if the college believes there is no other way to uphold civilian safety. That law, which passed in 2021, also requires police to make all their equipment dealings exceedingly clear to the public. However, not every college follows every part of the law, according to an investigation by CalMatters into all 148 public campuses in the California Community Colleges, University of California, and California State University systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each campus’s state or district governing board — which gives permission for police to procure such items — has to annually re-approve a use policy, a chronicle of when the equipment has been used and an inventory. Once the report is approved and published online, campus police have 30 days to hold a conveniently located and “well-publicized” forum for the public to learn about and give feedback on the equipment, according to state law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalMatters attempted to compile the 2025 annual reports and use policies from every public higher education police department in the state that owns military equipment. Several campus police departments created reports after CalMatters’ inquiries, though the law requires the documents to be posted online as long as the equipment is usable. Not all reports or policies contained the details mandated by the 2021 law; in many cases campuses left out information, including manufacturers’ product descriptions, up-to-date inventories and equipment quantities. The University of California Board of Regents approved UC Berkeley’s annual report last September, but university police only published their equipment list on April 7, after four CalMatters inquiries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to their own reports, San Jose State University and San Francisco State University own AR-15s even though Cal State’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/systemwide-campus-safety-security/Law%20Enforcement%20Policies/Regulated_Equipment_and_Tools.pdf\">policy\u003c/a> does not authorize it. Cal State spokesperson Amy Bentley-Smith said these AR-15s are standard issue, which would exempt them from the reporting requirement, even though San Jose’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjsu.edu/police/docs/AB481%20Military%20Regulated%20Equipment%202025.docx.pdf#page=2\">report\u003c/a> classifies them as \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB481#:~:text=including%20assault%20weapons%20as%20defined%20in%20Sections%2030510%20and%2030515%20of%20the%20Penal%20Code%2C\">specialized\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-pen/part-6/title-4/division-10/chapter-2/article-1/\">firearms\u003c/a> and university police departments determine what equipment is standard issue. San Francisco’s semi automatic rifles are standard issue and won’t be listed in the annual report going forward, university spokesperson Robert King said. Campus police also must submit their yearly report to their district or state governing boards. Chico State and Cal State Northridge police said their reports are sent to the Cal State chancellor’s office, which the systemwide \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/systemwide-campus-safety-security/Law%20Enforcement%20Policies/Regulated_Equipment_and_Tools.pdf#page=9\">policy\u003c/a> requires. But Klarissa Garcia, executive assistant to the chief of police at Cal State Dominguez Hills, said her department does not submit its report to any governing body.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiple police departments said they did not hold a campus forum in 2025, including Cal Poly Humboldt and Cal State Sonoma, nor did they respond to inquiries about when the required public meeting was held. Many departments said they held meetings, but did not answer questions about how they publicized them, or said they posted announcements on social media without any record of it on their accounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But following CalMatters’ inquiries, several campuses — as well as the Cal State system — said they are hereafter committed to following the military equipment transparency law in its entirety. In addition, some are downsizing their inventory.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>New research examines what California gray wolves are eating\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/california-wolves-feed-heavily-cattle-study-finds\">New research from UC Davis\u003c/a> shows California gray wolves are eating cattle more than anything else, and their presence is causing significant stress among livestock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers examined wolf scat samples collected from members of the Lassen and Harvey packs in northeastern California. 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What about the heat, crowds, gear? \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As California state employees begin to follow Governor Gavin Newsom’s return to office mandate, some workers in Sacramento are raising alarms about the conditions they’re facing, including bed bugs. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For years, tribal casinos in California have claimed they have exclusive rights to host blackjack and other Las-Vegas style gambling. But tribes are facing yet another defeat, in the wake of a new court ruling last week.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Tips on how to enjoy the outdoors in California during the summer travel season\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yosemite National Park’s summertime crowds are \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/article/yosemite-valley-parking-full-22238123.php\">already back in full force\u003c/a>. And with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074364\">the park’s vehicle reservation system to enter the park officially scrapped for 2026\u003c/a>, visitors are reporting that finding parking and a peaceful place to soak in the iconic views on peak weekends is \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/Yosemite/s/WgwigquZ01\">already proving challenging.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So whether it’s the traffic, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1996404/yosemite-camping-national-park-reservations-delay-2025\">huge popularity\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"https://www.recreation.gov/gateways/2991\">Yosemite’s campgrounds,\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12065737\">the $100 fee for visitors from abroad\u003c/a> or the widespread uncertainty caused by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066741/a-morale-bomb-national-park-workers-face-wage-cuts-and-dubiously-legal-review-system\">the Trump administration’s attacks\u003c/a> on National Parks Service staffing last year, there are several reasons some people might be looking to other corners of California for a wilderness getaway this summer. And there are plenty of options all across the state – from other state and national parks, to regional ones, where people can enjoy the outdoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re looking \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12086426/the-ultimate-annotated-california-camping-checklist\">to travel on a budget\u003c/a>, there are a number of options, said KQED Outdoors Engagement Reporter Sarah Wright. “You can try to borrow or rent gear. The only things you truly need on a camping trip is a tent, a sleeping bag, and a sleeping pad. And those are things you can get at your local outdoors retailer and rent for the weekend. You could borrow from a friend,” she said. “You could find them on Facebook Marketplace. Beyond that, everything you wanna bring, you can bring from home. I brought my pots and pans from home, a spatula from home and the rest of it you can thrift. I went to a bunch of thrift stores in San Francisco. I found string lights. I found a headlamp. So, totally doable on a budget.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"page-title\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2026/07/09/swarms-of-bed-bugs-force-california-department-of-education-employees-to-work-remotely/\">\u003cstrong>‘Swarms’ of bed bugs force California Department of Education employees to work remotely\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Bed bugs continue to be a problem for employees at the California Department of Education (CDE) who say the building at 1430 N St. in Sacramento has been infested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I saw with my own eyes at least 50 bugs,” said Gina Garcia-Smith, an education programs consultant at CDE. Garcia-Smith said what began as an isolated incident in one area of the building has now spread to multiple floors, causing widespread anxiety about working conditions among staff, forcing them to work entirely remotely until at least July 13. It comes as state workers are beginning to return to the office following Governor Gavin Newsom’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2026/07/01/californias-state-workers-protest-as-return-to-office-mandate-takes-effect/\">mandate\u003c/a>, which has been met with intense pushback.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department isn’t under the RTO mandate and is still hybrid, coming into the office only two days a week. But a \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2026/07/08/californias-budget-deal-would-strip-control-over-the-department-of-education-from-californias-superintendent/\">recent bill\u003c/a> pushed through the legislature placing CDE under the Governor’s control could change that, potentially exposing more workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.seiu1000.org/\">Service Employees International Union Local 1000\u003c/a> (SEIU), which represents 96,000 state workers, released a statement saying exposure to bed bugs risks workers having to replace their belongings or pay out of pocket to fumigate their own homes. “California’s affordability crisis is already crushing state workers, and now unsafe worksites threaten to pile on more unexpected costs,” said Ancia Walls, SEIU Local 1000 President.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement to CapRadio, the Department of General Services (DGS), which manages the building, acknowledged the presence of bed bugs but denied there was an infestation. “When DGS was notified of the presence of bedbugs at the building, we acted immediately,” the statement said. “The building was closed to allow for a thorough inspection and implementation of industry standards by subject matter experts that help with the eradication of the bed bugs. All areas were inspected, and areas were treated as recommended by the subject matter experts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"entry-title \">\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/07/judge-blocks-bonta-california-blackjack-ban/\">\u003cstrong>Judge rejects California tribes’ latest attempt to kill blackjack at cardrooms\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">California’s dozens of private gambling halls can continue offering blackjack and other table games after a San Francisco judge ruled last week that Attorney General Rob Bonta overstepped when he tried to ban them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard Darwin ruled that Bonta’s Bureau of Gambling Control \u003ca href=\"https://www.courthousenews.com/california-busts-on-new-blackjack-regulations-for-cardrooms/\">didn’t have the legal authority\u003c/a> to issue statewide rules severely restricting the games at cardrooms. The ruling, which followed \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/06/rob-bonta-blackjack-regulations-gambling/\">Darwin’s temporary order in May\u003c/a>, is the latest defeat for the state’s casino-owning Native American tribes. They have spent years and tens of millions of dollars unsuccessfully appealing to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/digital-democracy/2025/10/california-gambling-casinos-cardrooms/\">courts\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/projects/2022-california-election-proposition-26-27-sports-betting-gambling-money-tracker/\">voters\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/digital-democracy/2024/03/gambling-california-cardrooms-tribes/\">the Legislature\u003c/a> and California regulators to put their only in-state competitors out of the blackjack business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tribes contend cardrooms have unscrupulously violated state laws prohibiting anyone but tribal casinos from offering “house-banked,” Las Vegas-style table games including blackjack, the most lucrative. Cardroom operators say the ruling once again proves their business model is legal. It also ensures taxes that cities receive from blackjack revenues will continue to support local government services and cardroom jobs.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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It’s a way to get out of a tight spot, save money and build credit. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Bay Area carpenter who was rushed to the emergency room during an immigration arrest last year \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12089337/sunnyvale-man-deported-to-mexico-sues-trump-administration\">is suing the Trump administration\u003c/a>, saying violent treatment and months of medical neglect in immigration detention left him seriously disabled.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/business-economy/2026-03-16/newer-generations-are-giving-an-old-money-saving-technique-a-modern-twist\">\u003cstrong>California’s Latino community turns to an old standby to build financial security\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>David Medina, a 24-year-old from Fresno, was feeling the pressure of the holiday season last year. 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Both organizations use the model as a way to help communities build savings and access small, no-interest loans through structured, community-based programs. Special Projects Manager at the ELF, Vianey Barraza, explains how tandas work. “You get a group of people, usually between six and 10 individuals, and they decide to lend to each other. They decide on an amount, and usually every week or every two weeks, one person will get the full loan amount, and everybody will be paying in, including the person that receives it,” Barraza said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traditionally, participants knew each other; they used to have family members, neighbors, friends, and coworkers within the tanda. Trust is essential because a person is less likely to take the money and never return. In the system operated by ELF, participants do not know each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And although this method of saving money is not widely heard of, it also is not totally new; in fact, it is a very old technique. Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda, a professor of Chicano studies at the University of California at Los Angeles, says that the origins go back centuries. “They’re not new,” Hinojosa-Ojeda said. “There’s multi-thousand year old roots of communal labor in Mexico, there’s 1000-year-old roots in Asia of communal work and communal savings and lending.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"routes-Site-routes-Post-Title-__Title__title\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12089337/sunnyvale-man-deported-to-mexico-sues-trump-administration\">\u003cstrong>Sunnyvale man deported to Mexico sues Trump administration\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A Sunnyvale carpenter who was rushed to the emergency room during an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12028303/ice-arrest-left-bay-area-man-hospitalized-struggling-breathe-attorney-says\">immigration arrest\u003c/a> last year is suing the Trump administration, saying violent treatment by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and months of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075152/a-year-after-ice-detained-south-bay-immigrant-family-trauma-lingers\">medical neglect in ICE detention\u003c/a> left him seriously disabled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ulises Peña López, who was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077703/its-inhumane-after-sunnyvale-fathers-deportation-family-trauma-lingers\">deported to Mexico\u003c/a> in October after eight months in custody, said ICE officers beat him until he lost consciousness, despite the fact that he and his wife warned them that he’d been diagnosed with a life-threatening condition. 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Today, Peña López, 32, said he’s paralyzed on the right side of his body and walks with a cane, his vision and hearing are impaired, and he can’t work to support himself or pay for the medical care he needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What I want more than anything, I can’t get back: to recover my health, to be with my wife and daughter, and to be able to work again,” he said in a recent phone interview from an aunt’s home in Michoacán, where he lives now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His U.S.-born wife, Aby Peña, who has remained in California with the couple’s now-5-year-old daughter, Emily, said she doesn’t understand how ICE officers could treat another human being as her husband was treated. “It’s just inhumane,” she said. “And it also affects children because they’re being separated, and it’s a damage that is irreversible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a federal civil rights lawsuit filed Monday, his lawyers say the arrest, on Feb. 21, 2025, led to “a cascade of harms,” including lasting trauma for Peña and their daughter, who witnessed it. By law, the complaint said, ICE “bears responsibility for the safety and well-being of individuals” it detains. Yet court records indicate the arrest triggered a heart attack and stroke. And the lawsuit said ICE and private prison contractors failed to get Peña López critical follow-up care, including an urgent neurological workup and physical therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit also alleges that staff at both facilities where he was held — Golden State Annex and California City Detention Facility, both in Kern County — denied him disability accommodations, such as glasses and hearing aids, as required by law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages to compensate Peña López and his family and to punish the government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement emailed to KQED, an unnamed Homeland Security spokesperson said ICE arrested Peña López “during targeted operations.” It said “he resisted multiple lawful commands made by ICE officers,” but it didn’t address the lawsuit’s allegations that he was beaten. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, however, tandas are becoming more modernized, drawing interest from younger generations of Latinos in the Central Valley. The \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.elfus.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>Education and Leadership Foundation\u003c/u>\u003c/a>, based in Fresno, partnered with \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.missionassetfund.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>Mission Asset Fund\u003c/u>\u003c/a>, a Bay Area nonprofit, more than three years ago to expand access to these traditional lending circles. Both organizations use the model as a way to help communities build savings and access small, no-interest loans through structured, community-based programs. Special Projects Manager at the ELF, Vianey Barraza, explains how tandas work. “You get a group of people, usually between six and 10 individuals, and they decide to lend to each other. They decide on an amount, and usually every week or every two weeks, one person will get the full loan amount, and everybody will be paying in, including the person that receives it,” Barraza said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traditionally, participants knew each other; they used to have family members, neighbors, friends, and coworkers within the tanda. Trust is essential because a person is less likely to take the money and never return. In the system operated by ELF, participants do not know each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And although this method of saving money is not widely heard of, it also is not totally new; in fact, it is a very old technique. Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda, a professor of Chicano studies at the University of California at Los Angeles, says that the origins go back centuries. “They’re not new,” Hinojosa-Ojeda said. “There’s multi-thousand year old roots of communal labor in Mexico, there’s 1000-year-old roots in Asia of communal work and communal savings and lending.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"routes-Site-routes-Post-Title-__Title__title\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12089337/sunnyvale-man-deported-to-mexico-sues-trump-administration\">\u003cstrong>Sunnyvale man deported to Mexico sues Trump administration\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A Sunnyvale carpenter who was rushed to the emergency room during an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12028303/ice-arrest-left-bay-area-man-hospitalized-struggling-breathe-attorney-says\">immigration arrest\u003c/a> last year is suing the Trump administration, saying violent treatment by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and months of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075152/a-year-after-ice-detained-south-bay-immigrant-family-trauma-lingers\">medical neglect in ICE detention\u003c/a> left him seriously disabled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ulises Peña López, who was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077703/its-inhumane-after-sunnyvale-fathers-deportation-family-trauma-lingers\">deported to Mexico\u003c/a> in October after eight months in custody, said ICE officers beat him until he lost consciousness, despite the fact that he and his wife warned them that he’d been diagnosed with a life-threatening condition. ICE denies the allegations. Today, Peña López, 32, said he’s paralyzed on the right side of his body and walks with a cane, his vision and hearing are impaired, and he can’t work to support himself or pay for the medical care he needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What I want more than anything, I can’t get back: to recover my health, to be with my wife and daughter, and to be able to work again,” he said in a recent phone interview from an aunt’s home in Michoacán, where he lives now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His U.S.-born wife, Aby Peña, who has remained in California with the couple’s now-5-year-old daughter, Emily, said she doesn’t understand how ICE officers could treat another human being as her husband was treated. “It’s just inhumane,” she said. “And it also affects children because they’re being separated, and it’s a damage that is irreversible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a federal civil rights lawsuit filed Monday, his lawyers say the arrest, on Feb. 21, 2025, led to “a cascade of harms,” including lasting trauma for Peña and their daughter, who witnessed it. By law, the complaint said, ICE “bears responsibility for the safety and well-being of individuals” it detains. Yet court records indicate the arrest triggered a heart attack and stroke. And the lawsuit said ICE and private prison contractors failed to get Peña López critical follow-up care, including an urgent neurological workup and physical therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit also alleges that staff at both facilities where he was held — Golden State Annex and California City Detention Facility, both in Kern County — denied him disability accommodations, such as glasses and hearing aids, as required by law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages to compensate Peña López and his family and to punish the government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement emailed to KQED, an unnamed Homeland Security spokesperson said ICE arrested Peña López “during targeted operations.” It said “he resisted multiple lawful commands made by ICE officers,” but it didn’t address the lawsuit’s allegations that he was beaten. At the time of the arrest, an ICE spokesman \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12028303/ice-arrest-left-bay-area-man-hospitalized-struggling-breathe-attorney-says\">told KQED\u003c/a> the allegation that officers beat Peña López was “absolutely inaccurate.” The ICE statement said, “Any claims of subprime medical care at ICE facilities is FALSE,” and reiterated boilerplate language asserting that the agency provides comprehensive care that “for many illegal aliens … is the best healthcare they have received their entire lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laura Murchie, a member of Peña López’s legal team, disputes that. She said his health worsened in detention because he did not get the medical care he needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The move comes as city leaders consider stricter rules to prevent children from accessing tobacco products.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2 class=\"routes-Site-routes-Post-Title-__Title__title\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12088910/these-advocates-say-black-english-belongs-in-preschool-classrooms\">\u003cstrong>These advocates say Black English belongs in preschool classrooms\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Whether at home or at work as a policy strategist and university lecturer, Ashley Williams said she feels relaxed sliding between Black English and standard English. She didn’t feel comfortable communicating this way growing up in South Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams said that when she was 3 or 4 years old, her grandmother would correct the way she pronounced words like “napkin” whenever she dropped the “p” sound. Her older sister and cousin also told her the way she spoke: “amongst our community wasn’t OK at the schoolhouse.” Generations of Black children grew up learning that their home language wasn’t acceptable in school or the workplace. Many internalized the belief that Black English — sometimes referred to as African American Vernacular English, or AAVE, African American language or Ebonics — is bad English, loaded with slang and grammatical errors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But with that comes a lot of shame and embarrassment because you’re being constantly corrected when you’re still in a moment when you’re just learning language,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams wants to change that. As co-founder of Black Californians United for Early Care & Education, she’s part of a movement to get preschool teachers and caregivers to \u003ca href=\"https://blackece.org/blackenglish/\">affirm Black English\u003c/a> as a way to build children’s early literacy skills and honor their cultural identity. The work is personal for Williams because she doesn’t want her 2-year-old son to experience what she went through as a child. “I don’t want my son to walk into any room and feel like his voice is not valued or his perspective can’t be heard because he’s not saying it in one way or the other,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last year and a half, the advocacy group, also known as BlackECE, has offered professional development training to spread the word about the importance of supporting Black English speakers the same way they support dual language learners, children who are learning two or more languages simultaneously. In California, most children under age 5 are dual language learners and the state’s Master Plan for Early Learning and Care, which was released by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2020, recognizes \u003ca href=\"https://californiaforallkids.chhs.ca.gov/assets/pdfs/CA%20For%20All%20Kids%20-%20Master%20Plan%20Knowledge%20Brief%20-%20DLL.pdf\">the opportunity to develop bilingualism during the early years\u003c/a>, when children’s brains are developing rapidly. It calls on educators to affirm children’s home language even as they’re learning standard English in the classroom. The 10-year road map lays out specific recommendations, such as training the workforce to support dual language learners to foster bilingualism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BlackECE, along with \u003ca href=\"https://earlyedgecalifornia.org/early-edge-policy-corner-advancing-language-justice-the-black-english-language-workgroup/\">other early childhood advocacy groups\u003c/a> and education experts, said those recommendations should also apply to children who speak Black English. “We talk about multilinguals, but we don’t include Black children who may be African-American English speakers,” said Xigrid Soto-Boykin, an early childhood language expert at Arizona State University. “We completely miss this subgroup of children that could also benefit from their language backgrounds to be sustained, but also to be leveraged for their own learning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Training educators to recognize the legitimacy of Black English is important, she said, because although elements of the language have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw0ifECyfPI\">embraced by young people\u003c/a> and popularized around the world, misperceptions persist. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0885200623000856\">Soto-Boykin co-authored a 2023 study\u003c/a> that found that white early childhood educators who were familiar with Black English or received training to support children from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds were more likely to have positive views about the language. Those with less knowledge or training were more likely to believe that it hinders students’ achievement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArtP-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kcbx.org/health-science-and-technology/2026-07-01/salinas-takes-a-breather-from-opening-new-smoke-shops\">\u003cstrong>Salinas takes a breather from opening new smoke shops\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Salinas City Council has approved a temporary moratorium on new tobacco retailer licenses as officials consider stricter rules aimed at reducing youth access to tobacco products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The urgency ordinance, adopted unanimously last week, immediately pauses the issuance of new tobacco retailer licenses for 45 days. Existing tobacco businesses may continue operating, and current license holders will still be allowed to renew their permits. City officials said the temporary freeze will give staff time to study potential long-term regulations, including buffer zones between tobacco retailers and schools or parks, and limits on the number of tobacco retailers citywide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of March 2026, Salinas had 124 licensed tobacco retailers, and the city currently has no limits on how many tobacco retailers may operate or their proximity to schools, parks, recreation centers or other places where children gather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilmember Gloria De La Rosa said one of the council’s priorities is protecting children. “These smoke shops to me, they do not belong in proximity to youth populated areas like schools, parks and recreation and centers,” De La Rosa said during Tuesday’s meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilmember Margaret D’Arrigo said data showing smoke shops and vape stores have some of the highest rates of illegal tobacco sales to minors, reinforced the need for action. Vape stores throughout California sold tobacco products to young people at double the statewide average,\u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CCDPHP/DCDIC/CTCB/CDPH%20Document%20Library/ResearchandEvaluation/FactsandFigures/STPS-Factsheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> according to a 2025 survey by the California Department of Public Health. \u003c/a>“I think that’s the number one reason to get this thing put to bed because that is not the population that we want to be providing tobacco to,” D’Arrigo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City staff are expected to return to the council in August with recommendations on possible permanent regulations. 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