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Some have faced opposition from teachers unions and community members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The South Bay Union School District is \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/education/2025/05/29/south-bay-union-school-district-to-close-central-elementary-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>preparing to close schools amid declining enrollment\u003c/u>\u003c/a>. The district plans to send layoff notices to more than \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://sbusd.community.diligentoneplatform.com/document/8c7877d5-b5ee-4ae2-a1f0-962d74b409a6/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>50 teachers\u003c/u>\u003c/a> and \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://sbusd.community.diligentoneplatform.com/document/27457678-b230-4ad0-bf15-33432130855e/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>other staff\u003c/u>\u003c/a> this month. But during the school board meeting last week, the board unanimously approved a pay increase for board members \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://sbusd.community.diligentoneplatform.com/document/d1cfbe85-900f-416d-8f32-763b88ff5f93/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>from $275.63 to $1,200\u003c/u>\u003c/a> a month. Board member Jose Lopez Eguino said it could allow more parents to represent South Bay’s community on the school board. “Most of the families in our district are struggling to make ends meet,” he said. “There’s no way a parent is going to be able to be here and represent the community. That’s why school boards are usually old, rich, white people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2025, the California School Boards Association surveyed school board members about their demographics. More than 60% of respondents \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://csba.org/-/media/CSBA/Files/About/Fast-Facts-Demographic-Infographic_2025.ashx?la=en&rev=4e87c99f0eb343c5944b2e37ba7ed069\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>identified as white\u003c/u>\u003c/a>. Meanwhile, \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/dqcensus/EnrEthGrd.aspx?cds=00&agglevel=state&year=2024-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>more than half of California’s students\u003c/u>\u003c/a> are Latino, and 20% are white.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArtP-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kvcrnews.org/local-news/2026-03-09/second-death-linked-to-adelanto-ice-facility-reported-in-two-weeks\">\u003cstrong>Advocates seek answers after man released from Adelanto ICE facility dies\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A man who was recently released from custody at the ICE Processing Center in Adelanto has died. Immigrant rights advocates said it’s the second death connected to the facility in two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice said 44-year-old Irvin Cruz-Nape was arrested by federal agents last September and later detained at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center near Victorville. Advocates shared Cruz-Nape was released on bond in late February and died on March 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esmeralda Santos, an organizer with the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice, said Cruz-Nape’s family told advocates he experienced chest pains and symptoms consistent with a heart attack while in custody and was denied medical treatment. “Irvin lived in Montclair for 20 years and has four children here,” Santos said. “His family wants answers to understand exactly what happened while he was detained inside Adelanto.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cruz-Nape’s death comes after another recent death connected to the Adelanto facility. In late February,\u003cb> \u003c/b>48-year-old Alberto Gutierrez Reyes \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://laist.com/brief/news/westlake-man-dies-at-adelanto-detention-facility-after-asking-for-medical-help-councilmember-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died \u003c/a>after being transferred from the detention center to a Victorville hospital for chest pain and shortness of breath, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. His family and immigrant rights advocates said Gutierrez Reyes had repeatedly asked for medical care while detained. ICE officials\u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/criminal-illegal-alien-passes-away-california-hospital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> shared \u003c/a>he was evaluated by medical staff before being transported to the hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Adelanto ICE Processing Center has faced years of scrutiny from immigrant rights groups, attorneys and federal lawmakers over detainee treatment, access to medical care and conditions inside the privately operated facility. Members of Congress have also pushed for greater oversight of immigration detention facilities, including Adelanto, arguing that lawmakers must be able to conduct unannounced visits to monitor conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"Page-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/kevin-kiley-independent-republican-party-california-district-cf984d5b264563dc2d43aacbf4da7cc1\">\u003cstrong>California GOP lawmaker will serve out rest of term as an independent\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Rep. Kevin Kiley of California said Monday that he’s dropping \u003cspan class=\"LinkEnhancement\">\u003ca class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-redistricting-kiley-johnson-newsom-3c5f0430acdc08de3fff8b8e4fd45891\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">his Republican Party affiliation\u003c/a>\u003c/span> and will serve as an independent, a change he said will take place immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I will remain caucusing with Republicans for administrative purposes. But in terms of the way I approach my role here, I am independent and as I have been throughout my time here. I’ll be an independent voice fighting for our district,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two-term congressman \u003cspan class=\"LinkEnhancement\">\u003ca class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https://apnews.com/article/race-call-kiley-wins-california-u-s-house-district-933b5f23081e43d38451fd5e33b15811\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">faces a tough reelection battle following\u003c/a>\u003c/span> the redrawing of the state’s congressional boundaries under \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/proposition-50\">Proposition 50\u003c/a>. On Friday, he announced he would be running in the Democratic-leaning 6th congressional district without listing a party affiliation next to his name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kiley had looked at an array of options after his district’s boundaries were dramatically changed last year. In recent weeks, he was studying whether to run against fellow Republican Tom McClintock in a Republican stronghold or to take his chance in a Democratic-leading district focused in the Sacramento area. He opted for the latter.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cb>Here are the morning’s top stories on Tuesday, March 10, 2026\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">School boards across California are\u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/education/2026/03/06/school-boards-throughout-san-diego-county-are-giving-themselves-pay-raises\"> giving their members raises\u003c/a>, which might sound strange at a time when teachers here are striking for better pay. It’s thanks to a new law that gives board members their first opportunity for a major pay increase in 40 years.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A man who was recently released from custody at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center \u003ca href=\"https://www.kvcrnews.org/local-news/2026-03-09/second-death-linked-to-adelanto-ice-facility-reported-in-two-weeks\">has died.\u003c/a> Immigrant rights advocates say this is the second death connected to the facility in two weeks. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Northern California Congressman Kevin Kiley says he will not only run as a no party preference candidate in the upcoming mid-term elections, but will \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/kevin-kiley-independent-republican-party-california-district-cf984d5b264563dc2d43aacbf4da7cc1\">also be an independent\u003c/a> the remainder of his current term.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/education/2026/03/06/school-boards-throughout-san-diego-county-are-giving-themselves-pay-raises\">\u003cstrong>School boards can now give themselves pay raises\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California allows school board members to get monthly compensation for their service. \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab1390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>A new state\u003c/u>\u003c/a> law updates how much they can get paid for the first time since 1984.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Previously, they \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab1390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>could earn no more than $60 to $1,500 a month\u003c/u>\u003c/a>, depending on the size of the school district. Now, board members in small districts can get up to $600, and in large districts they can get up to $4,500.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Assemblymember José Luis Solache, a Democrat from Los Angeles County, wrote the bill. “In many districts, the level of compensation makes it harder for individuals who are supporting themselves and their families to consider serving on school board,” he told the Assembly’s education committee last year. He was 23 when he was elected to his local school board and got paid $400 a month, he said. “This is why young people can’t get as involved and engaged,” Luis Solache said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>School boards throughout San Diego County have given themselves raises since the law went into effect in January. Some have faced opposition from teachers unions and community members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The South Bay Union School District is \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/education/2025/05/29/south-bay-union-school-district-to-close-central-elementary-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>preparing to close schools amid declining enrollment\u003c/u>\u003c/a>. The district plans to send layoff notices to more than \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://sbusd.community.diligentoneplatform.com/document/8c7877d5-b5ee-4ae2-a1f0-962d74b409a6/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>50 teachers\u003c/u>\u003c/a> and \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://sbusd.community.diligentoneplatform.com/document/27457678-b230-4ad0-bf15-33432130855e/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>other staff\u003c/u>\u003c/a> this month. But during the school board meeting last week, the board unanimously approved a pay increase for board members \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://sbusd.community.diligentoneplatform.com/document/d1cfbe85-900f-416d-8f32-763b88ff5f93/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>from $275.63 to $1,200\u003c/u>\u003c/a> a month. Board member Jose Lopez Eguino said it could allow more parents to represent South Bay’s community on the school board. “Most of the families in our district are struggling to make ends meet,” he said. “There’s no way a parent is going to be able to be here and represent the community. That’s why school boards are usually old, rich, white people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2025, the California School Boards Association surveyed school board members about their demographics. More than 60% of respondents \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://csba.org/-/media/CSBA/Files/About/Fast-Facts-Demographic-Infographic_2025.ashx?la=en&rev=4e87c99f0eb343c5944b2e37ba7ed069\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>identified as white\u003c/u>\u003c/a>. Meanwhile, \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/dqcensus/EnrEthGrd.aspx?cds=00&agglevel=state&year=2024-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>more than half of California’s students\u003c/u>\u003c/a> are Latino, and 20% are white.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArtP-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kvcrnews.org/local-news/2026-03-09/second-death-linked-to-adelanto-ice-facility-reported-in-two-weeks\">\u003cstrong>Advocates seek answers after man released from Adelanto ICE facility dies\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A man who was recently released from custody at the ICE Processing Center in Adelanto has died. Immigrant rights advocates said it’s the second death connected to the facility in two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice said 44-year-old Irvin Cruz-Nape was arrested by federal agents last September and later detained at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center near Victorville. Advocates shared Cruz-Nape was released on bond in late February and died on March 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esmeralda Santos, an organizer with the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice, said Cruz-Nape’s family told advocates he experienced chest pains and symptoms consistent with a heart attack while in custody and was denied medical treatment. “Irvin lived in Montclair for 20 years and has four children here,” Santos said. “His family wants answers to understand exactly what happened while he was detained inside Adelanto.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cruz-Nape’s death comes after another recent death connected to the Adelanto facility. In late February,\u003cb> \u003c/b>48-year-old Alberto Gutierrez Reyes \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://laist.com/brief/news/westlake-man-dies-at-adelanto-detention-facility-after-asking-for-medical-help-councilmember-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died \u003c/a>after being transferred from the detention center to a Victorville hospital for chest pain and shortness of breath, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. His family and immigrant rights advocates said Gutierrez Reyes had repeatedly asked for medical care while detained. ICE officials\u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/criminal-illegal-alien-passes-away-california-hospital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> shared \u003c/a>he was evaluated by medical staff before being transported to the hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Adelanto ICE Processing Center has faced years of scrutiny from immigrant rights groups, attorneys and federal lawmakers over detainee treatment, access to medical care and conditions inside the privately operated facility. Members of Congress have also pushed for greater oversight of immigration detention facilities, including Adelanto, arguing that lawmakers must be able to conduct unannounced visits to monitor conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"Page-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/kevin-kiley-independent-republican-party-california-district-cf984d5b264563dc2d43aacbf4da7cc1\">\u003cstrong>California GOP lawmaker will serve out rest of term as an independent\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Rep. Kevin Kiley of California said Monday that he’s dropping \u003cspan class=\"LinkEnhancement\">\u003ca class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-redistricting-kiley-johnson-newsom-3c5f0430acdc08de3fff8b8e4fd45891\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">his Republican Party affiliation\u003c/a>\u003c/span> and will serve as an independent, a change he said will take place immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I will remain caucusing with Republicans for administrative purposes. But in terms of the way I approach my role here, I am independent and as I have been throughout my time here. I’ll be an independent voice fighting for our district,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two-term congressman \u003cspan class=\"LinkEnhancement\">\u003ca class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https://apnews.com/article/race-call-kiley-wins-california-u-s-house-district-933b5f23081e43d38451fd5e33b15811\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">faces a tough reelection battle following\u003c/a>\u003c/span> the redrawing of the state’s congressional boundaries under \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/proposition-50\">Proposition 50\u003c/a>. On Friday, he announced he would be running in the Democratic-leaning 6th congressional district without listing a party affiliation next to his name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kiley had looked at an array of options after his district’s boundaries were dramatically changed last year. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cb>Here are the morning’s top stories on Monday, March 9, 2026\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Over the past year, we’ve watched the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown unfold violently in places like Minneapolis and Chicago. But even in Northern California, immigration arrests have more than doubled. And one of them, early last year, left a Silicon Valley carpenter gravely disabled. His family – like thousands of others – \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075152/a-year-after-ice-detained-south-bay-immigrant-family-trauma-lingers\">is now coping with trauma,\u003c/a> upheaval and financial strain. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">California’s state superintendent of schools is joining calls for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075670/california-officials-demand-ice-return-family-to-us-after-arrest-and-deportation\">return of a 6-year-old deaf student\u003c/a> from the Bay Area, who was deported to Colombia last week without his hearing aids.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Longtime San Diego Republican Congressman Darrel Issa says he \u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/politics/2026/03/06/desmond-files-to-run-in-congressional-district-held-by-issa\">will not seek re-election.\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2 class=\"routes-Site-routes-Post-Title-__Title__title\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075152/a-year-after-ice-detained-south-bay-immigrant-family-trauma-lingers\">\u003cstrong>A year after ICE detained South Bay immigrant, family trauma lingers\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sitting on the sofa in her \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sunnyvale\">Sunnyvale\u003c/a> apartment, Aby Peña blew a kiss into her pink cellphone as she said goodbye to her husband, Ulises Peña López, 2,000 miles away in Uruapan, Mexico. It wasn’t their first call of the day, and it wouldn’t be their last. They’ve talked often since Ulises, 31, was deported in October. It’s been a year since the couple woke up together in this apartment and began what they thought would be a mundane morning of family errands. Ulises, a carpenter, went downstairs to warm up the car, while Aby got their then-3-year-old daughter Emily ready.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An hour later, Ulises would be \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12028303/ice-arrest-left-bay-area-man-hospitalized-struggling-breathe-attorney-says\">in the emergency room\u003c/a> at El Camino Health in Mountain View, barely conscious, with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers stationed near his bed. His lawyers would later tell a court that ICE agents had beaten Ulises so severely he suffered a heart attack and a stroke, allegations the agency has denied. Meanwhile, Aby would be on the phone with the local Rapid Response Network, frantically trying to locate her husband while soothing her wailing daughter, who had watched from the window as the agents forced her father from the car at gunpoint, wrestled him into handcuffs and drove away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What happened that February day, in the early weeks of President Donald Trump’s second term, prefigured the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/10/13/nx-s1-5566785/ice-dhs-immigration-tactics-more-violent\">often-violent immigration arrests\u003c/a> that have unfolded across the country over the past year. And the lasting trauma, upheaval and financial strain for this one Bay Area family is an early example of how Trump’s campaign of mass deportation has upended life for countless American children and families in the months that followed. Nearly 400,000 people were arrested by ICE last year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/trump-2-immigration-1st-year\">more than four times\u003c/a> the number in 2024. Public attention has focused on the crackdown in cities like Los Angeles and Minneapolis, where federal agents have killed at least two people and observers have documented their use of aggressive tactics. But even in Northern California, where a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061294/federal-immigration-agents-in-the-bay-what-we-know-and-dont-know\">planned Border Patrol\u003c/a> surge was called off at the last minute last fall, immigration arrests have more than doubled. Ulises’ detention was just one of them. “Today, the right side of my body is paralyzed. I’ve lost vision and hearing and sensation,” Ulises said by phone from Mexico. “Before that day, I was a normal person working in construction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the help of pro bono lawyers, Ulises has appealed his deportation and the family has filed personal injury claims against ICE. KQED reviewed legal filings in those cases, as well as government documents, and interviewed Ulises, Aby, their lawyers and outside experts about what the last year has been like for the family and how it illustrates \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/12/25/nx-s1-5645006/how-trumps-mass-deportation-efforts-have-affected-families-this-year#:~:text=Transcript-,The%20centerpiece%20of%20the%20Trump%20administration's%20second%20term%20has%20been,Good%20morning.\">what is now unfolding\u003c/a> for tens of thousands of other families across the country. Under previous administrations, ICE sometimes violated the civil rights of immigrants — and its own policies — said Elena Hodges, an immigration attorney with Pangea Legal Services who’s part of the team representing Ulises. But now the intensity is escalating, she said. “This level of violence is becoming more common and is increasingly embraced as just the routine course of operations,” she said. “High-profile harms to people, where they end up in the hospital, their car window is smashed … that tracks with a new level of political acceptance and encouragement that we’re seeing from the Trump administration.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past year, the administration has \u003ca href=\"https://www.epi.org/policywatch/trump-administration-closes-three-dhs-offices-focused-on-civil-rights-and-oversight/\">dismantled\u003c/a> many of the internal watchdog offices at the Department of Homeland Security, enabling agents to act with impunity, said Doris Meissner, a senior fellow at the non-partisan Migration Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. “So we are seeing them be more aggressive and less likely to be called to account,” Meissner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"routes-Site-routes-Post-Title-__Title__title\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075670/california-officials-demand-ice-return-family-to-us-after-arrest-and-deportation\">\u003cstrong>California officials demand ICE return family to US after arrest and deportation\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> officials and immigration attorneys are calling on the U.S. government to return a Bay Area mother and her two young children, one of whom has severe disabilities, after they were detained in San Francisco and deported last week. Lesly Rodriguez Gutierrez, 28, and her two sons, who are 4 and 6 years old, were arrested on Tuesday as she attended a routine asylum check-in appointment in the city, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr26/yr26rel11.asp\">state Superintendent Tony Thurmond\u003c/a> said during a news conference on Friday. He said at the time of their detention, the 6-year-old, who is deaf, did not have his hearing aids and remains without access to necessary medical devices. “We are calling for the immediate return of this young man and his family,” Thurmond said. “This is a student who needs access to medical devices, hearing aids, and he needs to be in a program where he can receive support and care — not in some detention center, not in some cell living in squalor and poor conditions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nikolas De Bremaeker, an attorney with Centro Legal De La Raza, said that in the days since their arrest, advocates have been trying to locate the family and have been misled about their whereabouts by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. “We were told at every point that the family was at a different location, and even up to last night when I spoke with ICE, they told me a different location than where they actually were,” he told reporters. “This is no way for a democracy to work. This is a complete obstruction of access to council.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>De Bremaeker said he was able to speak with Rodriguez Gutierrez and confirm that she and her sons were deported to Colombia. Gutierrez migrated to the U.S from Colombia four years ago. She had no criminal record, according to De Bremaeker. De Bremaeker said that when they were arrested, another family member was located outside of the ICE office on 478 Tehama St. in San Francisco with the medical equipment that Rodriguez Gutierrez’s son needed, but was prevented from delivering it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s inhumane, it’s illegal, and it’s unconstitutional for this to happen,” he said Friday, adding that sign language in Colombia is different from the American Sign Language that the young student had been learning here. The child attends the California School for the Deaf in Fremont, and had been home sick on Tuesday. “It’s incredibly cruel to rip a child, as they are thriving and not only using the assistive devices that they need … out of this incredibly brave and strong progress that he has made,” De Bremaeker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/politics/2026/03/06/desmond-files-to-run-in-congressional-district-held-by-issa\">\u003cstrong>Issa to retire, endorses Desmond to succeed him in 48th Congressional District\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Alpine) announced late Friday he will retire at the end of this term. “This decision has been on my mind for a while and I didn’t make it lightly,” Issa said in a statement. “Today I’m announcing my enthusiastic endorsement of Supervisor Jim Desmond for Congress – to represent California’s new 48th district.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier on Friday, San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond withdrew as a candidate from the race for the 49th Congressional District seat. The district is currently held by Democrat Mike Levin, Instead, Desmond began the filing process to run in the 48th District. That seat is currently held by Issa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These last minute changes come following the November passage of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/proposition-50\">Proposition 50,\u003c/a> which redrew California’s congressional district boundaries to be more favorable toward Democratic candidates.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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His family – like thousands of others – \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075152/a-year-after-ice-detained-south-bay-immigrant-family-trauma-lingers\">is now coping with trauma,\u003c/a> upheaval and financial strain. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">California’s state superintendent of schools is joining calls for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075670/california-officials-demand-ice-return-family-to-us-after-arrest-and-deportation\">return of a 6-year-old deaf student\u003c/a> from the Bay Area, who was deported to Colombia last week without his hearing aids.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Longtime San Diego Republican Congressman Darrel Issa says he \u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/politics/2026/03/06/desmond-files-to-run-in-congressional-district-held-by-issa\">will not seek re-election.\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2 class=\"routes-Site-routes-Post-Title-__Title__title\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075152/a-year-after-ice-detained-south-bay-immigrant-family-trauma-lingers\">\u003cstrong>A year after ICE detained South Bay immigrant, family trauma lingers\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sitting on the sofa in her \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sunnyvale\">Sunnyvale\u003c/a> apartment, Aby Peña blew a kiss into her pink cellphone as she said goodbye to her husband, Ulises Peña López, 2,000 miles away in Uruapan, Mexico. It wasn’t their first call of the day, and it wouldn’t be their last. They’ve talked often since Ulises, 31, was deported in October. It’s been a year since the couple woke up together in this apartment and began what they thought would be a mundane morning of family errands. Ulises, a carpenter, went downstairs to warm up the car, while Aby got their then-3-year-old daughter Emily ready.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An hour later, Ulises would be \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12028303/ice-arrest-left-bay-area-man-hospitalized-struggling-breathe-attorney-says\">in the emergency room\u003c/a> at El Camino Health in Mountain View, barely conscious, with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers stationed near his bed. His lawyers would later tell a court that ICE agents had beaten Ulises so severely he suffered a heart attack and a stroke, allegations the agency has denied. Meanwhile, Aby would be on the phone with the local Rapid Response Network, frantically trying to locate her husband while soothing her wailing daughter, who had watched from the window as the agents forced her father from the car at gunpoint, wrestled him into handcuffs and drove away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What happened that February day, in the early weeks of President Donald Trump’s second term, prefigured the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/10/13/nx-s1-5566785/ice-dhs-immigration-tactics-more-violent\">often-violent immigration arrests\u003c/a> that have unfolded across the country over the past year. And the lasting trauma, upheaval and financial strain for this one Bay Area family is an early example of how Trump’s campaign of mass deportation has upended life for countless American children and families in the months that followed. Nearly 400,000 people were arrested by ICE last year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/trump-2-immigration-1st-year\">more than four times\u003c/a> the number in 2024. Public attention has focused on the crackdown in cities like Los Angeles and Minneapolis, where federal agents have killed at least two people and observers have documented their use of aggressive tactics. But even in Northern California, where a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061294/federal-immigration-agents-in-the-bay-what-we-know-and-dont-know\">planned Border Patrol\u003c/a> surge was called off at the last minute last fall, immigration arrests have more than doubled. Ulises’ detention was just one of them. “Today, the right side of my body is paralyzed. I’ve lost vision and hearing and sensation,” Ulises said by phone from Mexico. “Before that day, I was a normal person working in construction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the help of pro bono lawyers, Ulises has appealed his deportation and the family has filed personal injury claims against ICE. KQED reviewed legal filings in those cases, as well as government documents, and interviewed Ulises, Aby, their lawyers and outside experts about what the last year has been like for the family and how it illustrates \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/12/25/nx-s1-5645006/how-trumps-mass-deportation-efforts-have-affected-families-this-year#:~:text=Transcript-,The%20centerpiece%20of%20the%20Trump%20administration's%20second%20term%20has%20been,Good%20morning.\">what is now unfolding\u003c/a> for tens of thousands of other families across the country. Under previous administrations, ICE sometimes violated the civil rights of immigrants — and its own policies — said Elena Hodges, an immigration attorney with Pangea Legal Services who’s part of the team representing Ulises. But now the intensity is escalating, she said. “This level of violence is becoming more common and is increasingly embraced as just the routine course of operations,” she said. “High-profile harms to people, where they end up in the hospital, their car window is smashed … that tracks with a new level of political acceptance and encouragement that we’re seeing from the Trump administration.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Beyond the destruction of homes and loss of lives, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/eaton-fire\">Eaton Fire\u003c/a> that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071233/a-year-after-the-la-fires-a-journalist-looks-back-on-the-stories-from-his-neighborhood\">ravaged Los Angeles\u003c/a> in the beginning of 2025 was merciless when it came to Altadena’s celebrated green spaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than one year later, local advocates are scrambling to save the trees and plants that are still standing and restore what was lost.\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altadena only has three public parks. The smallest, the Altadena Triangle Park, sits in the heart of the burn zone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before it burned down, Amigos de los Rios, a nonprofit dedicated to creating and preserving Altadena’s green space, used to stand across the street — along with a gas station, a church, and the town’s fabled Bunny Museum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Triangle Park survived, thanks in part to an oasis of lush, shady, native plant and tree life planted by Amigos de los Rios about seven years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Altadena is so beautiful, like the biodiversity is off the charts,” said Claire Robinson, the nonprofit’s founder and managing director. “It had 49% tree canopy in certain areas, which is off the charts for Los Angeles County.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074611\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/250225-REGREENING-ALTADENA-03-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12074611\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/250225-REGREENING-ALTADENA-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/250225-REGREENING-ALTADENA-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/250225-REGREENING-ALTADENA-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/250225-REGREENING-ALTADENA-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students from Cal State Northridge’s Urban Forestry program, and local volunteers, are gathering regularly in Altadena to hold tree giveaways and develop smarter replanting strategies with an emphasis on native species. CSUN recently partnered with the L.A. Conservation Corps to expand its efforts. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some Altadena neighborhoods had such thick canopies of trees that it made streets feel as if you were cocooned in a forest community, not in a community just 14 miles from downtown Los Angeles. Robinson said the fire changed all of that, consuming more than two-thirds of Altadena’s tree life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So now, we’re down 30% of what we had, and it’s become fever-pitch important,” Robinson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need the trees for the heat protection, we need the trees for the protection they provided for the fire, we need them for the sense of history and place. I’m determined that we save every last tree we can.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire also destroyed Robinson’s home, just a short walk from the park. But none of that has slowed the group’s efforts on the ground. In recent months, Amigos de los Rios has adopted and is actively rehabilitating over 3,500 damaged trees across some four hundred Altadena properties. Plenty of other local advocates are also fighting to preserve surviving trees and restore those lost in the fire. 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The house, however, did not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson has welcomed thousands of people to the property over the years. Some people come to learn about native plants, or to pick up new gardening strategies. Others simply enjoy the property’s serene, park-like setting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the fire, Wilson co-founded a nonprofit called Altadena Green and organized an intervention aimed at stopping the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from removing native trees that were considered “in the way” – or misidentified as dead or dying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We went to meetings at 6:30 in the morning,” Wilson said. “They made it really challenging for us to intervene. But we didn’t stop, and then ultimately we created a following where hundreds of people were ready to march.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Kids were going to draw [pictures of] their trees and march with posters of their trees,” she said. “I told [U.S. Army Corps of Engineers] that this is where we’re at, so what are we going to do? 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This small, agricultural town on Fresno County’s west side is now going to be part of a district that stretches more than 100 miles to the north. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Former state assemblymember Ian Calderon is dropping out of the governor’s race and throwing his support behind Democratic Congressmember Eric Swalwell.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArtP-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/government-politics/2026-02-27/a-tiny-california-farm-town-will-join-a-house-district-that-touches-silicon-valley\">\u003cstrong>A tiny California farm town will join a House district that touches Silicon Valley\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A new law, Proposition 50, is reshaping California’s political boundaries, and one rural town in the Central Valley is feeling the impact. Prop 50, which was overwhelmingly approved by California voters last fall, redrew congressional district lines across the state. The move came as Democratic leaders sought to counter political efforts in Texas to redraw congressional maps in favor of Republicans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California’s rural San Joaquin Valley, one of the communities that has landed in a newly configured district is Coalinga. This agricultural town of 17,000 in western Fresno County will now be part of Congressional District 18. The district covers a region that stretches over 100 miles northwest to Gilroy, Salinas, and even San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The town, which is tucked in the western hills of the Valley, is surrounded by oil fields and farmland. It’s the kind of place where people grow up, leave, and then return. It’s also a place where everybody knows everybody. Robert Pimentel, the chancellor of the West Hills Community College District, has lived that life. He calls Coalinga, “a little jewel out here on the west side.” He says Coalinga used to be powered by prisons, a state hospital, and oil fields. Slowly, that’s been changing – just as political representation has. Before Prop 50, Coalinga belonged to Congressional District 13 and was represented by Democratic Congressman Adam Gray. Now under District 18, the town will be represented by Democratic Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren if she is reelected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this politically conservative town, that shift has sparked mixed reactions. In 2024, most voters here supported President Donald Trump. Theresa Dancses says she sees the change as being part of a “tit-for-tat” over redistricting going on nationally, and she worries about losing Republican representation in the process. Her biggest concern? Agriculture. “I think that’ll be overlooked big time, because we already don’t get enough water,” Dancses says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Debbie Hill, a Coalinga resident and lifelong Republican, says Democratic leaders don’t reflect her values. “I’m a Republican all my life,” Hill says. “I vote Republican, and so I want a Republican, not a Democrat woman, because I don’t even like having a Democrat governor.” She worries that lawmakers may not fully understand communities like Coalinga, or even know where the town is located.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Congresswoman Lofgren says she recognizes that the Valley is different, which presents its challenges but also some opportunities. Her current district already blends agriculture with Silicon Valley tech, giving her experience navigating both the ag world and the tech world. “That’s been fun,” Lofgren told KVPR. “But what I’ve learned is you don’t go in and tell people what to think. You go in and listen to what they have, to tell you what they need and how you can help them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Calderon drops out of gubernatorial race\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Former State \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12073866/californias-first-millennial-lawmaker-ian-calderon-makes-his-case-for-governor\">Assemblymember Ian Calderon\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/03/glut-of-democrats-governor/\">has dropped out of the California gubernatorial race\u003c/a>. He’s throwing his support behind Democratic Congressmember Eric Swalwell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ultimately, every candidate has to make a clear-eyed assessment about whether they can assemble the resources necessary to run a competitive statewide campaign,” Calderon said in a statement. “In a race of this scale, a message only matters if you have the resources to ensure Californians can actually see and hear it.” This comes after California Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks wrote \u003ca href=\"https://cadem.org/open-letter-to-the-democratic-candidates-for-governor/\">an open letter\u003c/a> this week, calling on Democratic candidates who were not polling well to drop out of the race, to avoid the possibility that two Republicans could advance to a runoff in the fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon has been polling in the low-single digits and said he doesn’t have the resources to make his case to Californians. The 40-year-old father of four said he’s backing Swalwell because he, too represents a new generation of leadership focused on making the state more affordable.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cb>Here are the morning’s top stories on Thursday, March 5, 2026\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What makes a winning candidate for governor of California? Well, with the exceptions of movie stars Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger, every governor for more than 80 years has had experience in statewide office. Gavin Newsom was lieutenant governor. Pete Wilson was a U.S. Senator. Pat Brown and Jerry Brown were both attorney general. This year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075156/californias-governors-race-is-breaking-an-80-year-political-mold\">the leading candidates are taking a different path.\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the City of Pomona, local officials are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kvcrnews.org/local-news/2026-03-04/pomona-officials-demand-release-of-detained-man-over-medical-concerns\">demanding the release\u003c/a> of a man without legal documentation held at the Adelanto Processing Center. They’re concerned about his health and the lack of adequate medical care.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">San Diego County\u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/politics/2026/03/04/san-diego-county-to-sue-dhs-for-access-to-inspect-otay-mesa-detention-center\"> is suing the Department of Homeland Security\u003c/a> for blocking access to the Otay Mesa Detention Center.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2 class=\"routes-Site-routes-Post-Title-__Title__title\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075156/californias-governors-race-is-breaking-an-80-year-political-mold\">\u003cstrong>California’s governor’s race is breaking an 80-year political mold\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For more than 80 years, the best launching pad for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074679/new-poll-finds-race-for-california-governor-remains-deadlocked\">aspiring governors\u003c/a> of California has been a statewide office. With the Hollywood-sized exceptions of Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger, every winning gubernatorial candidate in California since 1942 held an office elected by voters statewide. By first serving as attorney general, lieutenant governor or U.S. senator, politicians from Pat Brown to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gavin-newsom\">Gavin Newsom \u003c/a>built resumes and rolodexes that would help them win the state’s top job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in this year’s wide-open \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101912790/how-prop-50-and-governors-race-are-shaping-early-midterm-projections\">governor’s race\u003c/a>, the Democratic frontrunners are forging a new path. The top-polling Democrats (Republicans face little prospect of winning a general election in this reliably blue state) are Rep. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/eric-swalwell\">Eric Swalwell\u003c/a>, former Rep. Katie Porter and investor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/tom-steyer\">Tom Steyer\u003c/a> — none of whom has ever won a statewide election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, former Attorney General \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074132/xavier-becerra-on-why-his-upbringing-and-career-give-him-an-edge-over-other-gubernatorial-candidates\">Xavier Becerra\u003c/a>, former state Controller \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKYq2riTwYk\">Betty Yee\u003c/a> and Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond have lagged in the polls — and other statewide officeholders have either quit the race or decided against running. “I think the stepping stone process has changed,” said Steve Maviglio, a Democratic strategist. “There are a lot of people that are in a hurry to get to higher ranks in the political circles, and they bypass the usual [process of] building on their experience and building up their support because they can go directly to the voters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of spending years building experience on state issues and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069984/who-will-labor-support-in-the-race-for-california-governor\">cultivating relationships\u003c/a> with powerful interest groups in Sacramento, Swalwell and Porter established their reputations in the House of Representatives as outspoken critics of President Donald Trump — and then sought higher office: Swalwell briefly ran for president in 2020, and Porter lost her bid for the U.S. Senate in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swalwell and Porter’s ability to build name identification with voters beyond the boundaries of their congressional districts is in part a product of the nationalization of political media, said Danielle Vinson, a professor of politics and international affairs at Furman University and author of “Congress and the Media.” For most of the last century, members of Congress — particularly those outside of House leadership — weren’t interested in attention from national outlets and tended to focus on local press, Vinson said. “Ten years ago, Nancy Mace is going to have to work a whole lot harder to get people in South Carolina to know who she is, Katie Porter is going to have to work a whole lot harder, Swalwell would have to work a whole lot harder to get that statewide attention,” Vinson said. “But now they’ve already made a name for themselves in the national press — and the reality is most people these days are getting their news either from social media or national media.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArtP-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kvcrnews.org/local-news/2026-03-04/pomona-officials-demand-release-of-detained-man-over-medical-concerns\">\u003cstrong>Pomona officials demand release of detained man over medical concerns\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Pomona City Council is demanding the release of an undocumented man currently held at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, citing concerns about his health and access to medical care while in federal custody. Ramiro Santiago Pacheco Martinez, 53, was \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.kvcrnews.org/local-news/2026-01-23/faith-leaders-workers-center-call-for-release-of-another-detained-pomona-day-laborer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrested \u003c/a>by Border Patrol agents last November while waiting for a bus in Pomona to pick up medication for his diabetes, according to family members and advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His daughter, Jax Santana, said her father has been detained for about three months and suffers from multiple medical conditions, including high blood pressure and a serious heart condition that requires consistent medical treatment. She said he has suffered three heart attacks in recent years and has a pacemaker that may need to be replaced. He relies on regular medication to manage his health conditions. Santana alleges that after her father was transferred to the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, he did not consistently receive his medication.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the detention has also taken an emotional and financial toll on her family, since Pacheco Martinez was one of the household’s main providers. The uncertainty surrounding his condition forced her to withdraw from classes, while she tried to advocate for his release. “The only thing on my mind was, ‘Is my dad going to be released? Is my dad going to be okay? Will I get to see my dad?’” Santana said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Pomona City Council passed a resolution Monday calling on federal authorities to release Pacheco Martinez from detention. Pomona Mayor Tim Sandoval said the action reflects the values of the community and was driven in part by advocacy from local residents and immigrant rights groups. “When we have an opportunity to say ‘Free Ramiro,’ it speaks to the values of this community,” Sandoval said. City officials say Pacheco Martinez has lived in the United States for nearly two decades and does not have a criminal record.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/politics/2026/03/04/san-diego-county-to-sue-dhs-for-access-to-inspect-otay-mesa-detention-center\">\u003cstrong>San Diego County to sue DHS for access to inspect Otay Mesa Detention Center\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The San Diego County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday announced it’s suing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for access to inspect the Otay Mesa Detention Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, federal and county officials were \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/politics/2026/02/20/ice-agents-deny-san-diego-county-supervisors-access-to-the-otay-mesa-immigrant-detention-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">turned away from the Otay Mesa Detention Center\u003c/a> when they tried to inspect the facility. In a statement, a DHS spokesperson said the county did not follow proper procedures for an inspection and was turned away. “These procedures and protocols exist for the safety of detainees, staff, and visitors,” the spokesperson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Board Chair Terra Lawson-Remer disputed the claim and provided an email from CoreCivic, the operator of the Otay Mesa Detention Center, stating that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had approved the visit. “This is not about politics. This is about public health and the rule of law,” she said. “California law gives local public health officers the authority to inspect privately run immigration detention facilities operating in our communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Diego is the first county in the state to exercise that right. Lawson-Remer said this was uncharted territory.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swalwell and Porter’s ability to build name identification with voters beyond the boundaries of their congressional districts is in part a product of the nationalization of political media, said Danielle Vinson, a professor of politics and international affairs at Furman University and author of “Congress and the Media.” For most of the last century, members of Congress — particularly those outside of House leadership — weren’t interested in attention from national outlets and tended to focus on local press, Vinson said. “Ten years ago, Nancy Mace is going to have to work a whole lot harder to get people in South Carolina to know who she is, Katie Porter is going to have to work a whole lot harder, Swalwell would have to work a whole lot harder to get that statewide attention,” Vinson said. “But now they’ve already made a name for themselves in the national press — and the reality is most people these days are getting their news either from social media or national media.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArtP-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kvcrnews.org/local-news/2026-03-04/pomona-officials-demand-release-of-detained-man-over-medical-concerns\">\u003cstrong>Pomona officials demand release of detained man over medical concerns\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Pomona City Council is demanding the release of an undocumented man currently held at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, citing concerns about his health and access to medical care while in federal custody. Ramiro Santiago Pacheco Martinez, 53, was \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.kvcrnews.org/local-news/2026-01-23/faith-leaders-workers-center-call-for-release-of-another-detained-pomona-day-laborer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrested \u003c/a>by Border Patrol agents last November while waiting for a bus in Pomona to pick up medication for his diabetes, according to family members and advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His daughter, Jax Santana, said her father has been detained for about three months and suffers from multiple medical conditions, including high blood pressure and a serious heart condition that requires consistent medical treatment. She said he has suffered three heart attacks in recent years and has a pacemaker that may need to be replaced. He relies on regular medication to manage his health conditions. Santana alleges that after her father was transferred to the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, he did not consistently receive his medication.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the detention has also taken an emotional and financial toll on her family, since Pacheco Martinez was one of the household’s main providers. The uncertainty surrounding his condition forced her to withdraw from classes, while she tried to advocate for his release. “The only thing on my mind was, ‘Is my dad going to be released? Is my dad going to be okay? Will I get to see my dad?’” Santana said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Pomona City Council passed a resolution Monday calling on federal authorities to release Pacheco Martinez from detention. Pomona Mayor Tim Sandoval said the action reflects the values of the community and was driven in part by advocacy from local residents and immigrant rights groups. “When we have an opportunity to say ‘Free Ramiro,’ it speaks to the values of this community,” Sandoval said. City officials say Pacheco Martinez has lived in the United States for nearly two decades and does not have a criminal record.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/politics/2026/03/04/san-diego-county-to-sue-dhs-for-access-to-inspect-otay-mesa-detention-center\">\u003cstrong>San Diego County to sue DHS for access to inspect Otay Mesa Detention Center\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The San Diego County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday announced it’s suing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for access to inspect the Otay Mesa Detention Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, federal and county officials were \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/politics/2026/02/20/ice-agents-deny-san-diego-county-supervisors-access-to-the-otay-mesa-immigrant-detention-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">turned away from the Otay Mesa Detention Center\u003c/a> when they tried to inspect the facility. In a statement, a DHS spokesperson said the county did not follow proper procedures for an inspection and was turned away. “These procedures and protocols exist for the safety of detainees, staff, and visitors,” the spokesperson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Board Chair Terra Lawson-Remer disputed the claim and provided an email from CoreCivic, the operator of the Otay Mesa Detention Center, stating that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had approved the visit. “This is not about politics. This is about public health and the rule of law,” she said. “California law gives local public health officers the authority to inspect privately run immigration detention facilities operating in our communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The facility’s capacity is more than 1,300 people. But it \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/02/otay-mesa-inspection-lawmakers-denied/\">has regularly exceeded capacity.\u003c/a> ICE data show that the number of detainees exceeded 1,600 for several days in September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeane Wong was there on a recent Sunday. She helped start the vigil. “We try to connect with the hostages to let them know they are not alone, and they will never be alone, and we won’t stop fighting until they are all free,” Wong said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wong calls the people inside the detention center “hostages” because many have been taken – from their cars, schools and churches – and held without due process. Often, their family and friends can’t find them for days, and the conditions inside are harsh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates play music through megaphones and often communicate, in different languages. That turned the vigils into an informal channel of communications. Arturo Gonzalez attends the vigil every Sunday and patrols San Diego on the look out for federal immigration agents. “Is there anybody who wants to let their families know that they’re here,” he yells through the megaphone. Someone inside shouted a name and eventually, they were able to find her family, who had no idea where she was.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzalez said detainees soon started throwing messages over the wall. They were written notes attached to items like lotion and shampoo bottles. Often the messages would simply be their A Numbers – that’s short for Alien Numbers – or the identification assigned to people who aren’t U.S. citizens. With those numbers, organizers can add money to the detainees commissary and phone accounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since this was \u003ca href=\"https://lataco.com/captive-lotion-bottle-note\">first reported in LA Taco\u003c/a>, Jeane Wong said the notes have stopped coming over the fence. A detention facility employee told them detainees aren’t going to be allowed out for rec time during the vigil. But, they have started to text with detainees who they’ve identified through an app.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/03/03/nx-s1-5732788/kristi-noem-judiciary-hearing-homeland-security\">\u003cstrong>Senators press Kristi Noem on immigration enforcement \u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testified before members of the Senate on Tuesday amid a pause in funding to her agency and increased bipartisan scrutiny of her leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/26/congress/noem-to-testify-to-senate-judiciary-00747610\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called for the hearing\u003c/a> just days after Customs and Border Patrol officers shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis in January. Pretti was the second U.S. citizen killed by federal immigration officers in the city after Renee Macklin Good’s death at the hands of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer earlier that month. Noem drew bipartisan scrutiny for labeling Good and Pretti as “domestic terrorists” shortly after their deaths.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff of California were among those who questioned Noem. Senator Padilla focused much of his questioning on the condition of immigration detention facilities, particularly one in California City, which he recently visited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The nation has watched the violent manner in which many immigrants and citizens alike have been taken into custody by your officers and your agents. In addition to that, 32 people died while in ICE custody last year, and at least eight more have died in the first seven weeks of this year. The numbers are a big increase from prior years. Secretary Noem, yes or no, do you care enough about the human rights of the men, women, and children in your custody to improve the conditions as required by the courts,” Padilla asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yes, absolutely. We adhere to our federal detention standards, which are higher than virtually all state and local detention standards. We provide medical care to all of our detainees. Three nutritious meals a day. We take care of them. We keep families together,” Noem responded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have to tell you, I believe my own eyes,” Padilla retorted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut brought three U.S. citizens to the hearing. They had either been assaulted or detained by federal agents. One was Javier Ramirez, who was arrested by ICE officers at his job in Southern California last summer and was held for four days. He spoke about his experience following the hearing. “Since everything happened, I don’t feel safe in my own country now. 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It’s traumatizing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/brief/news/cambodian-genocide-survivor-released-from-ice-custody-after-court-order\">\u003cstrong>Genocide survivor in Southern California freed from ICE custody\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>ICE has released Cambodian Genocide survivor \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://laist.com/news/cambodian-genocide-survivor-detained-by-ice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>Sithy Yi\u003c/u>\u003c/a> from immigration detention following an order by a federal judge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yi, who fled the genocide and came to the U.S. with her family in 1981, was detained by ICE at a routine immigration check-in in Santa Ana on Jan. 8 and held at the Adelanto Detention Facility for almost two months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to a lawsuit arguing that she was being held unconstitutionally, U.S. District Judge Cynthia Valenzuela \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.1002641/gov.uscourts.cacd.1002641.10.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>issued an order Friday\u003c/u>\u003c/a> requiring ICE to “immediately release” Yi. The order also prevents the agency from deporting Yi without providing an opportunity to be heard by a neutral arbiter and bans ICE from transferring her outside the court’s jurisdiction. \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://laist.com/news/cambodian-genocide-survivor-detained-by-ice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>The ruling\u003c/u>\u003c/a> says the government did not oppose Yi’s request for the court to order her released. Her attorney had alleged ICE failed to follow procedural requirements such as showing she violated any conditions of her release or proving that she would likely be deported in the “reasonably foreseeable future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yi was released Monday and has returned to her family, according to her attorney. 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But, they have started to text with detainees who they’ve identified through an app.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/03/03/nx-s1-5732788/kristi-noem-judiciary-hearing-homeland-security\">\u003cstrong>Senators press Kristi Noem on immigration enforcement \u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testified before members of the Senate on Tuesday amid a pause in funding to her agency and increased bipartisan scrutiny of her leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/26/congress/noem-to-testify-to-senate-judiciary-00747610\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called for the hearing\u003c/a> just days after Customs and Border Patrol officers shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis in January. Pretti was the second U.S. citizen killed by federal immigration officers in the city after Renee Macklin Good’s death at the hands of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer earlier that month. Noem drew bipartisan scrutiny for labeling Good and Pretti as “domestic terrorists” shortly after their deaths.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff of California were among those who questioned Noem. Senator Padilla focused much of his questioning on the condition of immigration detention facilities, particularly one in California City, which he recently visited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The nation has watched the violent manner in which many immigrants and citizens alike have been taken into custody by your officers and your agents. In addition to that, 32 people died while in ICE custody last year, and at least eight more have died in the first seven weeks of this year. The numbers are a big increase from prior years. Secretary Noem, yes or no, do you care enough about the human rights of the men, women, and children in your custody to improve the conditions as required by the courts,” Padilla asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yes, absolutely. We adhere to our federal detention standards, which are higher than virtually all state and local detention standards. We provide medical care to all of our detainees. Three nutritious meals a day. We take care of them. We keep families together,” Noem responded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have to tell you, I believe my own eyes,” Padilla retorted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut brought three U.S. citizens to the hearing. They had either been assaulted or detained by federal agents. One was Javier Ramirez, who was arrested by ICE officers at his job in Southern California last summer and was held for four days. He spoke about his experience following the hearing. “Since everything happened, I don’t feel safe in my own country now. 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It’s traumatizing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/brief/news/cambodian-genocide-survivor-released-from-ice-custody-after-court-order\">\u003cstrong>Genocide survivor in Southern California freed from ICE custody\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>ICE has released Cambodian Genocide survivor \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://laist.com/news/cambodian-genocide-survivor-detained-by-ice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>Sithy Yi\u003c/u>\u003c/a> from immigration detention following an order by a federal judge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yi, who fled the genocide and came to the U.S. with her family in 1981, was detained by ICE at a routine immigration check-in in Santa Ana on Jan. 8 and held at the Adelanto Detention Facility for almost two months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to a lawsuit arguing that she was being held unconstitutionally, U.S. District Judge Cynthia Valenzuela \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.1002641/gov.uscourts.cacd.1002641.10.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>issued an order Friday\u003c/u>\u003c/a> requiring ICE to “immediately release” Yi. 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He was born in Iran, but he and his family fled in 1981.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As a way to tackle California’s notoriously high rents and home prices, state lawmakers have set their sights on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075043/its-expensive-to-build-housing-california-lawmakers-say-factory-built-is-the-future\">bringing down the cost of construction.\u003c/a> One idea: building it in factories. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The US Supreme Court has \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-transgender-students-california-cca311ae39d267f31c1392a0bcf780cd\">blocked a California law\u003c/a> that banned school employees from outing transgender students.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>LA councilmember, a native Iranian, provides unique perspective on war with Iran\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/03/03/nx-s1-5732968/iran-us-trump-war\">intensifying conflict in Iran\u003c/a> is leaving many Iranian Americans conflicted. On one hand, they’re celebrating the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/02/28/1123499337/iran-israel-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-killed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.\u003c/a> But there’s also concern about the safety of friends and family who are still in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles City Councilmember Adrin Nazarian was born in Iran before he and his family fled the country in 1981. He says he’s conflicted. “Obviously, it’s critically important and vital that this regime in Iran goes. Obviously it has its supporters in Iran, but anyone who is abroad, there’s a reason for their displacement similar to my family’s,” Nazarian said. “But at what human cost the military actions come is what concerns me. The way this was carried out raises more questions than it does provide solutions. Whether it’s endangering U.S. personnel lives and not really demonstrating what the end game of this is. ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To that point, Nazarian says the coming days and months will be vital in ensuring a potential regime change. “My fear is, if it’s not done appropriately, who’s gonna step in? Is there gonna be someone even more conservative, more hard-lined than Ali Khamenei? The void is now going to create a situation where we don’t know exactly where Iran is going to go,” he said. ” And what concerns me is that at the end of the day, it’s innocent individuals that are paying the price while international forces and the regime itself of Iran, current regime are playing this dance with one another. It’s the everyday Iranians that are suffering most.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"routes-Site-routes-Post-Title-__Title__title\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075043/its-expensive-to-build-housing-california-lawmakers-say-factory-built-is-the-future\">\u003cstrong>It’s expensive to build housing. CA lawmakers say factory-built is the future\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As the cost of living continues to pinch Californians, state lawmakers have a new focus: bringing down the cost of housing construction to get more homes built quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their solution, so far, is to industrialize the building process by facilitating prefab, modular and manufactured housing. Earlier this year, a group of California lawmakers \u003ca href=\"https://committees.assembly.ca.gov/selectcommitteeonhousingconstructioninnovation/hearings/all-hearings\">held a series of hearings\u003c/a> as part of the Select Committee on Housing Construction Innovation to understand what barriers stand in the way of scaling up factory-built construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It comes after lawmakers last year passed a series of bills that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12046558/california-lawmakers-approve-major-overhaul-of-landmark-environmental-law\">streamlined environmental reviews\u003c/a> for housing developments and transformed the way \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12042670/controversial-housing-near-transit-bill-advances-to-next-stop-in-legislature\">housing is built near transit\u003c/a>. “A key piece of making housing more affordable is bringing down the cost of construction,” Committee Chair and Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Berkeley, said in a statement to KQED. “Factory-built housing is not a silver bullet, but it can be part of the solution to our housing crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/PathwaystoScaleInnovativeConstruction2026.pdf\">report, published Monday\u003c/a>, from UC Berkeley’s Terner Center for Housing Innovation, found factory-built housing, also known as prefab and manufactured housing, could cut costs by up to 20% and slash building timelines in half — a key innovation needed to ramp up construction and meet the state’s goal of building \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/05/14/governor-newsom-unveils-proposal-to-cut-red-tape-and-fast-track-housing-and-development/\">2.5 million homes by 2030\u003c/a>. However, these projects face big hurdles in securing financing and overcoming a patchwork of regulatory approvals that can vary by jurisdiction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the committee’s Construction Innovation hearings, state lawmakers now plan to introduce their own package of bills aiming to streamline the process. Those efforts will dovetail with legislation at the federal level, where lawmakers are also trying to solve the nation’s growing housing affordability crisis, caused in part by a construction slump. Federal legislators are currently working on \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48732\">two \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48849\">separate\u003c/a> bill packages taking aim at red tape and outdated safety standards, which lawmakers on both sides of the aisle argue have prevented factories from churning out housing for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"Page-headline\">\u003cstrong>Supreme Court blocks law against schools outing transgender students to their parents in California\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for California schools to tell parents if their children identify as transgender without getting the student’s approval, granting an emergency appeal from a conservative legal group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The order blocks for now a \u003cspan class=\"LinkEnhancement\">\u003ca class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https://apnews.com/article/gender-identity-schools-california-law-af387bef5c25c14f51d1cf05a7e422eb\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">state law\u003c/a>\u003c/span> that bans automatic parental notification requirements if students change their pronouns or gender expression at school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The split decision comes after religious parents and educators challenged California school policies aimed at preventing schools from outing students to their families. Two sets of Catholic parents represented by the Thomas More Society say it caused schools to mislead them and secretly facilitate the children’s social transition despite their objections. California, on the other hand, argued that students have the right to privacy about their gender expression, especially if they fear rejection from their families. The state said that school policies and state law are aimed at striking a balance with parents’ rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The high court majority, though, sided with the parents and reinstated a lower-court order blocking the law and school policies while the case continues to play out. “The parents who assert a free exercise claim have sincere religious beliefs about sex and gender, and they feel a religious obligation to raise their children in accordance with those beliefs. California’s policies violate those beliefs,” and burden the free exercise of religion, the majority wrote in an unsigned order.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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But if next year’s requirements are similar, there could be \u003ca href=\"https://www.kazu.org/kazu-news/2026-02-27/dozens-would-lose-housing-in-monterey-and-san-benito-counties-if-federal-homelessness-funding-changes-take-shape\">huge ramifications\u003c/a> across California. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rallies were held \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/03/01/nx-s1-5731430/iranians-in-los-angeles-react-to-the-strikes-on-iran\">across the state this weekend\u003c/a> following the US-Israeli airstrikes in Iran.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The LAUSD board \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/lausd-board-places-superintendent-alberto-carvalho-on-leave-fbi-search\">has voted unanimously\u003c/a> to place Superintendent Alberto Carvalho on paid administrative leave. The decision comes days after FBI agents searched Carvalho’s home in San Pedro.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArtP-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kazu.org/kazu-news/2026-02-27/dozens-would-lose-housing-in-monterey-and-san-benito-counties-if-federal-homelessness-funding-changes-take-shape\">\u003cstrong>Dozens would lose housing on Central Coast if federal homelessness funding changes take shape\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Last fall, the Trump administration tried to drastically reduce the amount of federal grant money counties could use for permanent supportive housing. These programs integrate long-term housing with voluntary, flexible support services like addiction treatment and case management to provide people with stability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The administration’s efforts for the current funding cycle were struck down in court. But if this year’s requirements are similar, about 50 people in Monterey and San Benito counties would likely lose their housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a Sunday evening in late January, Tim Heavin is on the mic at KHDC, a small radio station in Salinas. Heeding a listener’s request, he plays a Charlie Puth song. Then he queues up an original, “Heir to Everything.” “This one’s hot right now, so I’ll play this one,” he says. Heavin is a musician and DJ by night, but he also has a rare perspective on homelessness. He experienced it, then got out of it, and now spends most of his time as a community health worker and advocate for unhoused people. But he says that never would have happened if it weren’t for the Helping Hands Program in Hollister. “If I didn’t get in that program, and if I would’ve stayed homeless, who knows where I’d be?” he said while sitting on a bench at a park near KHDC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November 2025, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a Notice of Funding Opportunity—known as a NOFO in the grant writing sphere. The NOFO was for a program called Continuum of Care, the single biggest source of federal homelessness prevention funding. But this NOFO required counties to use less than 30% of the grant for permanent housing programs—like the one that helped lift Heavin out of homelessness. “We were shocked by the 30% cap on permanent housing,” said Katrina McKenzie, the Executive Director of the Coalition of Homeless Services Providers for Monterey and San Benito counties. “That was really a gut punch to our Continuum of Care.” In 2024, CHSP spent about two-thirds of its HUD grant on permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A judge forced HUD to reinstate the previous grant criteria for the 2025 NOFO. But McKenzie with CHSP is bracing for a similar effort this year. “That 2025 NOFO that dropped in November was the precursor of what the future’s gonna look like,” she said. “I strongly believe that, for the majority of wild and crazy things in that NOFO, that is what’s going to drop in July of 2026.” If that happens, dozens of people in the region could fall back into homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Protests, celebrations held following military strikes in Iran\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Many Iranian Americans across California celebrated this weekend following the US-Israeli military strikes in Iran that killed the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Los Angeles, thousands of people took to the streets downtown and in Westwood. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/03/01/nx-s1-5731430/iranians-in-los-angeles-react-to-the-strikes-on-iran\">People waved American flags and Israeli flags\u003c/a> and carried signs that said, thank you, Trump. But some Iranian Americans had mixed feelings about the attack. Mehdi Yahyanejad is a pro-democracy activist in LA. He says since the mass protests in January in Iran and the brutal crackdown that followed, when the Iranian regime killed thousands, maybe tens of thousands of people, Iranians have been wanting something to happen, some retaliation for the killing. But then came news reports that a girls’ school in Iran was hit during the attack, killing more than 100 people. Yahyanejad says if that keeps happening, we might not see so many celebrations. “What’s important next is to make sure the collateral damage is minimal,” he said. “Otherwise, the people’s attitude can change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amir Parstabar runs a marketing agency in Los Angeles. He left Iran when he was 15. Like so many Iranians, since the January protests, he’s constantly on his phone trying to get news from Iran. His wife’s good friend from high school lost a son in the protests. He was 18. The family says he was shot in the chest by security forces. And Parstabar says Iranians became hopeless after the crackdown. “They just don’t see a future. They say, we have nothing to lose,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The greater Los Angeles area is home to one of the largest, if not the largest Iranian populations outside of Iran itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other parts of the state, there were celebrations, but also protests against the latest US military action. That includes in San Francisco. Yasmine Mortazavi, an Iranian American and member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, said she learned of the strikes after waking up Saturday morning. “I’m still in a bit of shock,” she told KQED. “I’m not surprised. This is what I would expect from a U.S.-Israeli action like this.” Mortazavi said her immediate family members were recently in Iran and that she has extended family there as well. She has not heard from her immediate family since the strikes but said friends are evacuating. She acknowledged that Iranian Americans hold a range of political views, including some who support U.S. intervention, but said she believes the future of Iran should be determined by its people.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/lausd-board-places-superintendent-alberto-carvalho-on-leave-fbi-search\">\u003cstrong>LAUSD board places superintendent on leave following federal searches\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Los Angeles Unified School Board voted unanimously Friday to place Superintendent Alberto Carvalho on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FBI searched Carvalho’s home and district offices Wednesday. A DOJ spokesperson said the agency had a court-authorized warrant but declined to provide additional details. The FBI \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/lausd-superintendent-search-warrant/?_gl=1*jxukcv*_gcl_au*MTE0MTk3MjUxNS4xNzY1MjE5NDEz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>told LAist media partner CBS LA\u003c/u>\u003c/a> that the underlying affidavit remained under court-ordered seal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board also appointed current Chief of School Operations Andres Chait as acting superintendent after the seven-hour closed meeting Thursday and Friday. “I know that this is a very challenging time,” said Board President Scott Schmerelson in a brief public statement after the decision was announced. “I want you to know that the board believes in you, supports you and knows that you will continue to do your very best to support the students and families of the district.” Schmerelson clarified in an email to LAist that he was referring to Chait. The seven-member board exited the meeting room without taking questions. 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But McKenzie with CHSP is bracing for a similar effort this year. “That 2025 NOFO that dropped in November was the precursor of what the future’s gonna look like,” she said. “I strongly believe that, for the majority of wild and crazy things in that NOFO, that is what’s going to drop in July of 2026.” If that happens, dozens of people in the region could fall back into homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Protests, celebrations held following military strikes in Iran\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Many Iranian Americans across California celebrated this weekend following the US-Israeli military strikes in Iran that killed the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Los Angeles, thousands of people took to the streets downtown and in Westwood. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/03/01/nx-s1-5731430/iranians-in-los-angeles-react-to-the-strikes-on-iran\">People waved American flags and Israeli flags\u003c/a> and carried signs that said, thank you, Trump. 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The family says he was shot in the chest by security forces. And Parstabar says Iranians became hopeless after the crackdown. “They just don’t see a future. They say, we have nothing to lose,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The greater Los Angeles area is home to one of the largest, if not the largest Iranian populations outside of Iran itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other parts of the state, there were celebrations, but also protests against the latest US military action. That includes in San Francisco. Yasmine Mortazavi, an Iranian American and member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, said she learned of the strikes after waking up Saturday morning. “I’m still in a bit of shock,” she told KQED. “I’m not surprised. This is what I would expect from a U.S.-Israeli action like this.” Mortazavi said her immediate family members were recently in Iran and that she has extended family there as well. 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But state worker unions hope \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2026/02/23/union-backed-bill-would-require-telework-options-for-california-state-workers/\">a new bill will protect their ability to telework\u003c/a> indefinitely.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In Humboldt County, low wages are leading to high rates of poverty and \u003ca href=\"https://www.ijpr.org/food-and-agriculture/2026-02-26/far-northern-california-uses-food-assistance-more-than-rest-of-state\">greater enrollment in the state food program CalFresh.\u003c/a> \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Along the coast of San Mateo County, elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Park could be experiencing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2000206/officials-confirm-small-bird-flu-outbreak-in-elephant-seals-at-ano-nuevo-state-park\">a “small outbreak” of bird flu\u003c/a>, according to scientists.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2 class=\"page-title\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2026/02/23/union-backed-bill-would-require-telework-options-for-california-state-workers/\">\u003cstrong>Union-backed bill would require telework options for California state workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On any given day before the pandemic, hundreds of workers would walk the sidewalks circling the State Capitol in Sacramento on their lunch breaks. But it isn’t as busy in the downtown Capitol corridor as it used to be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A big part of that is state workers are still working remotely a few days a week. Sacramento County is home to California’s largest concentration of state employees – just under 90,000 workers. Gina Garcia-Smith is one of them. She is a former school teacher and now works as a program consultant for the California Department of Education located in downtown Sacramento. Garcia-Smith said the option to work from home has allowed her more flexibility, especially after becoming a new parent. “I’m able to do my job remotely for three days out of the week, that really has improved my quality of life and the amount of time I’m able to spend with my daughter,” Garcia-Smith said. “I’m not, you know, stuck in traffic. I’m able to be present.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered most state employees to return to the office four days a week starting July 1, 2026, up from a required twice per week. The mandate received pushback from state workers, including Garcia-Smith, who said the ability to telework is a big draw for state jobs. “If we really want to attract and retain quality state workers, it’s really important to be able to provide some incentive because clearly pay is not the incentive that’s being provided,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia-Smith’s union, SEIU Local 1000 is backing a \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1729\">bill\u003c/a> this year that would require state agencies to continue offering telework. Other unions representing state workers also support the measure, including CAPS UAW Local 1115, AFSCME 2620, CASE, and PECG. Democratic Assemblymember Alex Lee of Milpitas authored the legislation. His district encompasses Silicon Valley where private-sector telework is typical. Lee argued state workers should continue to benefit from that same opportunity. “This has allowed for people to move further away from Sacramento in places that are more affordable, close to their family networks, instead of all being concentrated in one area. And this has a lot of great potential benefits for the workers themselves,” Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 2025 State Auditor \u003ca href=\"https://www.auditor.ca.gov/reports/2024-118/\">report\u003c/a> estimated that continued telework for state employees would save California around $225 million a year in real estate and facility costs. Supporters of remote work argue the state should consider that projected savings especially \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2026/01/09/california-faces-a-bleak-budget-year-but-not-as-gloomy-as-some-expected/\">as it faces a bleak budget outlook\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArtP-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.ijpr.org/food-and-agriculture/2026-02-26/far-northern-california-uses-food-assistance-more-than-rest-of-state\">\u003cstrong>Far Northern California uses food assistance more than rest of state\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp class=\"ArtP-subheadline\">Almost a quarter of adults in Humboldt County are enrolled in CalFresh. This puts the county at the 9th highest enrollment in California, up from 19th in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 14% of \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/california.department.of.social.services/viz/CFdashboard-PUBLIC/Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California residents\u003c/a> use \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://benefitscal.com/Help/program/calfresh/HCPDE?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CalFresh, the state’s version of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program\u003c/a>. But usage in the far northern portion of the state is much higher, according to \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://ucdavis.app.box.com/s/eplylnar0l5ipuo1133faf8bqk70wzok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a report\u003c/a> from the \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.ucdavis.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of California, Davis\u003c/a>. In Del Norte County, total participation is 24.8%, in Humboldt County, it’s 22.4%, Siskiyou County is 22.3%, and it’s 20.2% in Trinity County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report noted that higher participation in CalFresh often aligns with other indicators of economic insecurity, including poverty and unemployment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://ucdavis.app.box.com/s/txzfnjf75xlnbmx20h3g9u6f9dmxh1uq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analysis from UC Davis\u003c/a>, using data from 2014 to 2024, found workers in Humboldt County earn less than those in the rest of California. Median household income in Humboldt County rose about $17,000 over 10 years, adjusted for inflation, while it increased by about $38,000 statewide. That means income grew by about 43% in Humboldt County compared to almost 62% statewide. Despite an unemployment rate typically below the state average, more than 6% of people in Humboldt work full-time, year round and still live in poverty. That share has almost doubled since 2014, while decreasing statewide.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"routes-Site-routes-Post-Title-__Title__title\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2000206/officials-confirm-small-bird-flu-outbreak-in-elephant-seals-at-ano-nuevo-state-park\">\u003cstrong>Officials confirm small bird flu ‘outbreak’ in elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Park\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Scientists have confirmed that seven weaned northern elephant seal pups at Año Nuevo State Park tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza, known as H5N1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The confirmation, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory, marks \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a>’s first confirmed detection of the virus in a marine mammal. Researchers estimate that about 30 seals, mostly recently weaned pups, plus one adult male, have died so far. Additional samples are still being processed, and officials say the outbreak appears to have been caught early.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Field teams already monitoring the colony noticed a slight uptick in dead seals late last week and observed animals showing neurological symptoms, including tremors, weakness and seizure-like activity. During a post-mortem exam on one known female weaned pup, veterinarians found signs that the disease moved quickly. “The animal was in excellent nutritional condition,” said Megan Moriarty, a wildlife veterinarian at UC Santa Cruz. “That means she likely died quickly from a disease process that happened rapidly, as opposed to something more chronic.” Moriarty said the seal showed significant damage to the brain and lungs — findings consistent with the neurological symptoms researchers had observed in the seals out in the field.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cb>Here are the morning’s top stories on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sacramento County is home to California’s largest community of state workers, around 90,000 people. Governor Gavin Newsom says he wants them to come back into the office starting this summer — many still work remotely part time following the pandemic. But state worker unions hope \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2026/02/23/union-backed-bill-would-require-telework-options-for-california-state-workers/\">a new bill will protect their ability to telework\u003c/a> indefinitely.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In Humboldt County, low wages are leading to high rates of poverty and \u003ca href=\"https://www.ijpr.org/food-and-agriculture/2026-02-26/far-northern-california-uses-food-assistance-more-than-rest-of-state\">greater enrollment in the state food program CalFresh.\u003c/a> \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Along the coast of San Mateo County, elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Park could be experiencing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2000206/officials-confirm-small-bird-flu-outbreak-in-elephant-seals-at-ano-nuevo-state-park\">a “small outbreak” of bird flu\u003c/a>, according to scientists.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2 class=\"page-title\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2026/02/23/union-backed-bill-would-require-telework-options-for-california-state-workers/\">\u003cstrong>Union-backed bill would require telework options for California state workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On any given day before the pandemic, hundreds of workers would walk the sidewalks circling the State Capitol in Sacramento on their lunch breaks. But it isn’t as busy in the downtown Capitol corridor as it used to be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A big part of that is state workers are still working remotely a few days a week. Sacramento County is home to California’s largest concentration of state employees – just under 90,000 workers. Gina Garcia-Smith is one of them. She is a former school teacher and now works as a program consultant for the California Department of Education located in downtown Sacramento. Garcia-Smith said the option to work from home has allowed her more flexibility, especially after becoming a new parent. “I’m able to do my job remotely for three days out of the week, that really has improved my quality of life and the amount of time I’m able to spend with my daughter,” Garcia-Smith said. “I’m not, you know, stuck in traffic. I’m able to be present.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered most state employees to return to the office four days a week starting July 1, 2026, up from a required twice per week. The mandate received pushback from state workers, including Garcia-Smith, who said the ability to telework is a big draw for state jobs. “If we really want to attract and retain quality state workers, it’s really important to be able to provide some incentive because clearly pay is not the incentive that’s being provided,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia-Smith’s union, SEIU Local 1000 is backing a \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1729\">bill\u003c/a> this year that would require state agencies to continue offering telework. Other unions representing state workers also support the measure, including CAPS UAW Local 1115, AFSCME 2620, CASE, and PECG. Democratic Assemblymember Alex Lee of Milpitas authored the legislation. His district encompasses Silicon Valley where private-sector telework is typical. Lee argued state workers should continue to benefit from that same opportunity. “This has allowed for people to move further away from Sacramento in places that are more affordable, close to their family networks, instead of all being concentrated in one area. And this has a lot of great potential benefits for the workers themselves,” Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 2025 State Auditor \u003ca href=\"https://www.auditor.ca.gov/reports/2024-118/\">report\u003c/a> estimated that continued telework for state employees would save California around $225 million a year in real estate and facility costs. Supporters of remote work argue the state should consider that projected savings especially \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2026/01/09/california-faces-a-bleak-budget-year-but-not-as-gloomy-as-some-expected/\">as it faces a bleak budget outlook\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArtP-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.ijpr.org/food-and-agriculture/2026-02-26/far-northern-california-uses-food-assistance-more-than-rest-of-state\">\u003cstrong>Far Northern California uses food assistance more than rest of state\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp class=\"ArtP-subheadline\">Almost a quarter of adults in Humboldt County are enrolled in CalFresh. This puts the county at the 9th highest enrollment in California, up from 19th in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 14% of \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/california.department.of.social.services/viz/CFdashboard-PUBLIC/Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California residents\u003c/a> use \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://benefitscal.com/Help/program/calfresh/HCPDE?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CalFresh, the state’s version of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program\u003c/a>. But usage in the far northern portion of the state is much higher, according to \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://ucdavis.app.box.com/s/eplylnar0l5ipuo1133faf8bqk70wzok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a report\u003c/a> from the \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.ucdavis.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of California, Davis\u003c/a>. In Del Norte County, total participation is 24.8%, in Humboldt County, it’s 22.4%, Siskiyou County is 22.3%, and it’s 20.2% in Trinity County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report noted that higher participation in CalFresh often aligns with other indicators of economic insecurity, including poverty and unemployment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://ucdavis.app.box.com/s/txzfnjf75xlnbmx20h3g9u6f9dmxh1uq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analysis from UC Davis\u003c/a>, using data from 2014 to 2024, found workers in Humboldt County earn less than those in the rest of California. Median household income in Humboldt County rose about $17,000 over 10 years, adjusted for inflation, while it increased by about $38,000 statewide. That means income grew by about 43% in Humboldt County compared to almost 62% statewide. Despite an unemployment rate typically below the state average, more than 6% of people in Humboldt work full-time, year round and still live in poverty. That share has almost doubled since 2014, while decreasing statewide.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"routes-Site-routes-Post-Title-__Title__title\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2000206/officials-confirm-small-bird-flu-outbreak-in-elephant-seals-at-ano-nuevo-state-park\">\u003cstrong>Officials confirm small bird flu ‘outbreak’ in elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Park\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Scientists have confirmed that seven weaned northern elephant seal pups at Año Nuevo State Park tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza, known as H5N1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The confirmation, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory, marks \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a>’s first confirmed detection of the virus in a marine mammal. Researchers estimate that about 30 seals, mostly recently weaned pups, plus one adult male, have died so far. Additional samples are still being processed, and officials say the outbreak appears to have been caught early.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Field teams already monitoring the colony noticed a slight uptick in dead seals late last week and observed animals showing neurological symptoms, including tremors, weakness and seizure-like activity. During a post-mortem exam on one known female weaned pup, veterinarians found signs that the disease moved quickly. “The animal was in excellent nutritional condition,” said Megan Moriarty, a wildlife veterinarian at UC Santa Cruz. “That means she likely died quickly from a disease process that happened rapidly, as opposed to something more chronic.” Moriarty said the seal showed significant damage to the brain and lungs — findings consistent with the neurological symptoms researchers had observed in the seals out in the field.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cb>Here are the morning’s top stories on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In light of violent immigration enforcement in major cities like Chicago, LA and Minneapolis, immigrants around the country are wondering: could this happen in my community? \u003ca href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/government/2026-02-24/in-the-absence-of-major-ice-operations-in-fresno-fear-and-misinformation-have-taken-their-place\">In the Central Valley,\u003c/a> waiting for an answer to that question has given way to fear and misinformation.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The LA Unified School Board is meeting behind closed doors Thursday where they’re expected to discuss the status of Superintendent Alberto Carvalho. This comes a day after \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/fbi-raid-lausd-superintendent-alberto-carvalho\">federal investigators raided his home\u003c/a> and office at the district’s headquarters.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">An agent who is reportedly with the Department of Homeland Security is set to appear in court in Riverside Friday. He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon among other felonies. But \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074658/riverside-county-case-highlights-accountability-for-federal-immigration-agents\">holding him accountable might be difficult.\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArtP-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/government/2026-02-24/in-the-absence-of-major-ice-operations-in-fresno-fear-and-misinformation-have-taken-their-place\">\u003cstrong>In the absence of major ICE operations in Fresno, fear and misinformation have taken their place\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On a Friday night in late January, around 100 members of Fresno’s Southeast Asian community gathered in a banquet hall. They were there to discuss immigration concerns in light of aggressive and at-times-violent immigration enforcement recently carried out in Minneapolis and other cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had representatives from our Khmer community, our Lao community, our Mien community, and our Hmong community,” said May Gnia Her, who was in the front row of the gathering at The Fresno Center, a non-profit organization that serves members of Southeast Asian and other diaspora in the Fresno area. Her is the executive director of a different non-profit: Stone Soup Fresno, which runs a preschool and other services for both kids and adults.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her is Hmong – an indigenous ethnic group from Southeast Asia and China – and she explains\u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/community/2025-12-18/weve-come-such-a-long-way-the-valleys-hmong-community-at-50-from-ashes-of-war-to-seeds-of-hope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u003cu>that the Hmong-American story is unique\u003c/u>\u003c/a>. Many Hmong people fled to the U.S. as refugees beginning in the 1970s. During the Vietnam War, countless Hmong people had risked their lives fighting alongside the U.S. in a parallel “Secret War” in neighboring Laos. As a result, tens of thousands of Hmong people died, and hundreds of thousands were no longer welcome in their communities. “We were left with no homeland,” Her said. “We were left with no villages, no place to go back.” Today, decades later, many who came to the U.S. as refugees have become naturalized U.S. citizens, and younger generations of Hmong-Americans who were born here were granted birthright citizenship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, many say they’re afraid of being detained and even deported under a federal immigration crackdown by the second Trump administration. Local law enforcement agencies don’t have solid answers for the community, either. When asked whether federal immigration officials have ramped up their presence in the Valley, representatives of the Fresno Police Department and the Fresno and Madera County sheriff’s offices couldn’t say – though they did all confirm they don’t cooperate directly with ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the absence of information about whether the landscape is changing, some locals have taken it upon themselves to be immigration vigilantes, flooding social media with photos and videos purporting to show ICE agents in the community. And although a few of these videos likely did capture ICE agents, many were other local law enforcement operations. For instance, the Merced County Sheriff’s Office in mid-January confirmed that\u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/streetnews.merced/posts/pfbid0VWcSR8SEtMDZRJsUssDQyb4fnewj7kiL9oKgMiz7EqWz4fmzbv5N7Rw5AZpQQwspl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u003cu>a set of videos claiming to shed light on ICE operations\u003c/u>\u003c/a> in fact captured a\u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://themercedfocus.org/sheriff-says-arrest-operation-in-merced-was-not-ice-as-social-media-rumors-circulate/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u003cu>massive law enforcement operation being carried out by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation\u003c/u>\u003c/a> and a handful of other law enforcement agencies. Misinformation in times like these can backfire, said Gregorio Matiaz, an immigration program manager with the non-profit Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueño that provides services to the local indigenous Mexican community. “It’s causing more uncertainty and fear amongst the community,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/fbi-raid-lausd-superintendent-alberto-carvalho\">\u003cstrong>FBI raids LAUSD superintendent’s home and office\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Federal agents searched Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters and the San Pedro home of Superintendent Alberto Carvalho on Wednesday morning, the Department of Justice confirmed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reason for the searches is unknown. A DOJ spokesperson said the agency has a court-authorized warrant but declined to provide additional details. \u003ca href=\"https://www.wlrn.org/education/2026-02-25/fbi-raids-alberto-carvalho-miami-dade-los-angeles?_gl=1*1aeiqvt*_gcl_au*MTg0ODU5OTIzNC4xNzY5NjE0ODMzLjk0NTY2MTIwMC4xNzcwMDQxMzY0LjE3NzAwNDEzNjU.\">A home in Broward County was also searched\u003c/a> as part of an investigation related to Carvalho, the FBI’s Miami office confirmed. \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-02-25/fbi-raid-lausd-search-warrants\">Multiple media reports\u003c/a> have found that the house is linked to Debra Kerr, a former consultant for the tech start-up AllHere. That company secured a contract with LA Unified to develop an AI chatbot for the district. It ultimately failed to deliver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within three months of its debut, AllHere, furloughed the bulk of its staff; its CEO \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-11-19/founder-of-company-that-created-lausd-chatbot-charted-with-fraud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">was later charged with fraud\u003c/a>. The district defended the process it used to debut that chatbot, which cost $3 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education is scheduled to meet behind closed doors on Thursday to discuss the future of Superintendent Carvalho in the wake of the FBI raids.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"routes-Site-routes-Post-Title-__Title__title\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074658/riverside-county-case-highlights-accountability-for-federal-immigration-agents\">\u003cstrong>Riverside County case highlights accountability for federal immigration agents\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>This story, \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kvcrnews.org/local-news/2026-02-23/alleged-federal-immigration-agents-arrest-after-pointing-gun-at-riverside-county-teen-considered-extraordinary-legal-expert-says\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>originally published by KVCR\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>, contains language that may be inappropriate for young or sensitive readers.\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/riverside-county\">Riverside County\u003c/a> prosecutors charged a man claiming to be a federal immigration officer with assault after he pulled a gun on a 17-year-old last November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gerardo Rodriguez, 46, was arrested after the incident by Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies at his home near Temecula’s wine country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The case is moving through the courts as national scrutiny grows over how difficult it is to hold federal agents accountable. Experts claim legal actions in the last decade have curtailed people’s ability to sue, while the teenager’s attorney remains optimistic about holding Rodriguez accountable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In-home surveillance video obtained by independent news outlet \u003ca href=\"https://lataco.com/gerardo-rodriguez-ice-arrested\">\u003cem>L.A. Taco\u003c/em>\u003c/a> shows Rodriguez walking in the middle of the block on Daybrook Terrace in Temecula, pointing his gun at an incoming pickup truck. “Stop, stop, slow down,” Rodriguez yells to the truck’s driver on video. “Freeze, police! Put the car in fucking park.” Deputies said Rodriguez wore a badge around his neck and identified himself as law enforcement. On video, Rodriguez is seen commanding the truck’s driver to get out of the car and sit on the curb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department arrested Rodriguez at his home after investigators obtained a search warrant and collected evidence related to the incident. Rodriguez was arraigned in December, according to records obtained by KVCR, where he was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, child endangerment and false imprisonment. Rodriguez pleaded not guilty, and his private attorney, Michael Scaffidi, did not return calls requesting comment. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the case is still under investigation. The agency would not confirm or deny that Rodriguez was employed by the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees both ICE and Border Protection. ICE officials have told multiple media outlets that Rodriguez was not employed by their agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kevin Johnson is the dean of the UC Davis School of Law, who considers Rodriguez’s situation an “extraordinary case.” “It’s really rare for a state prosecutor’s office or a county prosecutor’s office to bring these kinds of charges against a federal law enforcement officer,” Johnson said. “And I assume at some point, there’ll be efforts to dismiss it before there’s any plea.” Johnson, an expert on immigration law, said that state court cases involving federal agents are often moved to federal court to be resolved. He added that in many cases, the federal government attempts to intervene to defend its employees.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cb>Here are the morning’s top stories on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In light of violent immigration enforcement in major cities like Chicago, LA and Minneapolis, immigrants around the country are wondering: could this happen in my community? \u003ca href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/government/2026-02-24/in-the-absence-of-major-ice-operations-in-fresno-fear-and-misinformation-have-taken-their-place\">In the Central Valley,\u003c/a> waiting for an answer to that question has given way to fear and misinformation.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The LA Unified School Board is meeting behind closed doors Thursday where they’re expected to discuss the status of Superintendent Alberto Carvalho. This comes a day after \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/fbi-raid-lausd-superintendent-alberto-carvalho\">federal investigators raided his home\u003c/a> and office at the district’s headquarters.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">An agent who is reportedly with the Department of Homeland Security is set to appear in court in Riverside Friday. He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon among other felonies. But \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074658/riverside-county-case-highlights-accountability-for-federal-immigration-agents\">holding him accountable might be difficult.\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArtP-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/government/2026-02-24/in-the-absence-of-major-ice-operations-in-fresno-fear-and-misinformation-have-taken-their-place\">\u003cstrong>In the absence of major ICE operations in Fresno, fear and misinformation have taken their place\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On a Friday night in late January, around 100 members of Fresno’s Southeast Asian community gathered in a banquet hall. They were there to discuss immigration concerns in light of aggressive and at-times-violent immigration enforcement recently carried out in Minneapolis and other cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had representatives from our Khmer community, our Lao community, our Mien community, and our Hmong community,” said May Gnia Her, who was in the front row of the gathering at The Fresno Center, a non-profit organization that serves members of Southeast Asian and other diaspora in the Fresno area. Her is the executive director of a different non-profit: Stone Soup Fresno, which runs a preschool and other services for both kids and adults.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her is Hmong – an indigenous ethnic group from Southeast Asia and China – and she explains\u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/community/2025-12-18/weve-come-such-a-long-way-the-valleys-hmong-community-at-50-from-ashes-of-war-to-seeds-of-hope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u003cu>that the Hmong-American story is unique\u003c/u>\u003c/a>. Many Hmong people fled to the U.S. as refugees beginning in the 1970s. During the Vietnam War, countless Hmong people had risked their lives fighting alongside the U.S. in a parallel “Secret War” in neighboring Laos. As a result, tens of thousands of Hmong people died, and hundreds of thousands were no longer welcome in their communities. “We were left with no homeland,” Her said. “We were left with no villages, no place to go back.” Today, decades later, many who came to the U.S. as refugees have become naturalized U.S. citizens, and younger generations of Hmong-Americans who were born here were granted birthright citizenship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, many say they’re afraid of being detained and even deported under a federal immigration crackdown by the second Trump administration. Local law enforcement agencies don’t have solid answers for the community, either. When asked whether federal immigration officials have ramped up their presence in the Valley, representatives of the Fresno Police Department and the Fresno and Madera County sheriff’s offices couldn’t say – though they did all confirm they don’t cooperate directly with ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the absence of information about whether the landscape is changing, some locals have taken it upon themselves to be immigration vigilantes, flooding social media with photos and videos purporting to show ICE agents in the community. And although a few of these videos likely did capture ICE agents, many were other local law enforcement operations. For instance, the Merced County Sheriff’s Office in mid-January confirmed that\u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/streetnews.merced/posts/pfbid0VWcSR8SEtMDZRJsUssDQyb4fnewj7kiL9oKgMiz7EqWz4fmzbv5N7Rw5AZpQQwspl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u003cu>a set of videos claiming to shed light on ICE operations\u003c/u>\u003c/a> in fact captured a\u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://themercedfocus.org/sheriff-says-arrest-operation-in-merced-was-not-ice-as-social-media-rumors-circulate/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u003cu>massive law enforcement operation being carried out by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation\u003c/u>\u003c/a> and a handful of other law enforcement agencies. Misinformation in times like these can backfire, said Gregorio Matiaz, an immigration program manager with the non-profit Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueño that provides services to the local indigenous Mexican community. “It’s causing more uncertainty and fear amongst the community,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/fbi-raid-lausd-superintendent-alberto-carvalho\">\u003cstrong>FBI raids LAUSD superintendent’s home and office\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Federal agents searched Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters and the San Pedro home of Superintendent Alberto Carvalho on Wednesday morning, the Department of Justice confirmed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reason for the searches is unknown. A DOJ spokesperson said the agency has a court-authorized warrant but declined to provide additional details. \u003ca href=\"https://www.wlrn.org/education/2026-02-25/fbi-raids-alberto-carvalho-miami-dade-los-angeles?_gl=1*1aeiqvt*_gcl_au*MTg0ODU5OTIzNC4xNzY5NjE0ODMzLjk0NTY2MTIwMC4xNzcwMDQxMzY0LjE3NzAwNDEzNjU.\">A home in Broward County was also searched\u003c/a> as part of an investigation related to Carvalho, the FBI’s Miami office confirmed. \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-02-25/fbi-raid-lausd-search-warrants\">Multiple media reports\u003c/a> have found that the house is linked to Debra Kerr, a former consultant for the tech start-up AllHere. That company secured a contract with LA Unified to develop an AI chatbot for the district. It ultimately failed to deliver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within three months of its debut, AllHere, furloughed the bulk of its staff; its CEO \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-11-19/founder-of-company-that-created-lausd-chatbot-charted-with-fraud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">was later charged with fraud\u003c/a>. The district defended the process it used to debut that chatbot, which cost $3 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education is scheduled to meet behind closed doors on Thursday to discuss the future of Superintendent Carvalho in the wake of the FBI raids.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"routes-Site-routes-Post-Title-__Title__title\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074658/riverside-county-case-highlights-accountability-for-federal-immigration-agents\">\u003cstrong>Riverside County case highlights accountability for federal immigration agents\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>This story, \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kvcrnews.org/local-news/2026-02-23/alleged-federal-immigration-agents-arrest-after-pointing-gun-at-riverside-county-teen-considered-extraordinary-legal-expert-says\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>originally published by KVCR\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>, contains language that may be inappropriate for young or sensitive readers.\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/riverside-county\">Riverside County\u003c/a> prosecutors charged a man claiming to be a federal immigration officer with assault after he pulled a gun on a 17-year-old last November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gerardo Rodriguez, 46, was arrested after the incident by Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies at his home near Temecula’s wine country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The case is moving through the courts as national scrutiny grows over how difficult it is to hold federal agents accountable. Experts claim legal actions in the last decade have curtailed people’s ability to sue, while the teenager’s attorney remains optimistic about holding Rodriguez accountable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In-home surveillance video obtained by independent news outlet \u003ca href=\"https://lataco.com/gerardo-rodriguez-ice-arrested\">\u003cem>L.A. Taco\u003c/em>\u003c/a> shows Rodriguez walking in the middle of the block on Daybrook Terrace in Temecula, pointing his gun at an incoming pickup truck. “Stop, stop, slow down,” Rodriguez yells to the truck’s driver on video. “Freeze, police! Put the car in fucking park.” Deputies said Rodriguez wore a badge around his neck and identified himself as law enforcement. On video, Rodriguez is seen commanding the truck’s driver to get out of the car and sit on the curb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department arrested Rodriguez at his home after investigators obtained a search warrant and collected evidence related to the incident. Rodriguez was arraigned in December, according to records obtained by KVCR, where he was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, child endangerment and false imprisonment. Rodriguez pleaded not guilty, and his private attorney, Michael Scaffidi, did not return calls requesting comment. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the case is still under investigation. The agency would not confirm or deny that Rodriguez was employed by the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees both ICE and Border Protection. ICE officials have told multiple media outlets that Rodriguez was not employed by their agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cb>Here are the morning’s top stories on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hundreds of thousands of California families rely on federal housing assistance programs to make rent- you might know it as Section 8 vouchers. Based on their income, they’ll pay a certain percentage of the rent and the government pays the rest. Recipients include seniors, veterans, people with disabilities and children. But the Trump administration is expected to introduce new rules to these programs in the coming months. Some lawmakers argue that could make assistance harder to access. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">California’s \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/early-childhood-education-pre-k/california-legislature-newsom-transitional-kindergarten-budget-research\">investing billions of dollars\u003c/a> into a new grade for 4-year-olds called transitional kindergarten. But the state hasn’t set aside any money to evaluate it.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Wednesday, the city of Escondido in San Diego County will discuss \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/immigration-firing-range-ice-escondido-2b5eac653df205e1d208f877f15d792a\">a controversial contract\u003c/a> that its police department has with the Department of Homeland Security. The contract allows federal agents to use a local gun range for 20 days a year.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>As Trump administration looks to restrict Section 8 programs, CA lawmaker looks to protect these renters\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Department of Housing and Urban Development \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/02/19/nx-s1-5525859/hud-ban-undocumented-immigrants-families-housing-children\">wants to ban families with any member who is undocumented\u003c/a> from living in federally subsidized housing. \u003ca href=\"https://www.hud.gov/sites/default/files/PA/documents/HUD-QC-NPRM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A proposed rule\u003c/a> also would require local housing authorities to report any tenant not eligible for rental aid to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Undocumented immigrants \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R46462\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>do not get federal rental aid\u003c/u>\u003c/a>, but they can live with family members who do, including many U.S.-born children. This is the latest effort by the Trump administration to reshape how Section 8 vouchers are distributed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of the budget package, the president \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/06/04/nx-s1-5422410/housing-rent-assistance-time-limits-work-requirements-hud\">directed the Department of Housing and Urban Development\u003c/a> to limit the amount of time people can get federal rental subsidies and add work requirements as a condition of funding. Several housing experts told NPR a time limit alone could be considered an implied work requirement. But last year, Housing Secretary Scott Turner and three other Cabinet members wrote a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/opinion/trump-welfare-medicaid-requirements.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>New York Times opinion piece\u003c/u>\u003c/a> calling on Congress to expand work requirements across safety net programs. They said an increasing share of public benefits are not going to the “truly needy,” but to able-bodied adults who don’t work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, a bill introduced this month would provide protections for these Section 8 renters. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab2128\">AB 2128\u003c/a> was authored by Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva. “AB 2128 will prohibit housing authorities and other housing providers in California that use HUD subsidies or vouchers from imposing work requirements and time limits on tenants if the federal government does, in fact, move forward with new work requirements,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"LongFormPage-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/early-childhood-education-pre-k/california-legislature-newsom-transitional-kindergarten-budget-research\">\u003cstrong>California invested billions into a new grade for 4-year-olds — without a plan to evaluate it\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers set out a plan to create the largest universal preschool program in the country for 4-year-olds, through a massive ramp-up of an elementary grade known as transitional kindergarten, or TK. At a \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06TKLOg9Smw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>news conference\u003c/u>\u003c/a>, Newsom \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/early-childhood-education-pre-k/newsom-proposes-making-transitional-kindergarten-available-to-all-4-year-olds\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">called it\u003c/a> “a commitment that all 4-year-olds will get high quality instructional education,” and said that the investment could close learning gaps. “People aren’t left behind, as often as they start behind,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state set a deadline that every district offer transitional kindergarten to all eligible 4-year-olds by fall 2025, and in the intervening years, schools have enrolled more than 175,000 children in TK. They’ve also had \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/california-transitional-kindergarten-teacher-credential-classroom-visit\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">to hire new teachers\u003c/a> and \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/early-childhood-education-pre-k/california-transitional-kindergarten-tk-classroom-space-facilities-bonds\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">modify classrooms\u003c/a> so that kids have enough space and quick access to \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/california-public-school-system-preschool-transitional-kindergarten-undertaking\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">smaller-sized bathrooms\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LAist spoke to more than a half dozen early childhood researchers who say a key piece has been missing in the state’s implementation: California itself hasn’t evaluated the program as it’s expanded, nor does it have plans to going forward. This, despite studies showing how critical the early years are for a child’s learning, and research from another state’s public preschool program that found students tested lower on state assessments and had more behavioral problems compared to those who weren’t in that program. “ It is a huge mistake to not evaluate the implementation of TK and whether or not the classrooms are providing developmentally appropriate practice,” said Jade Jenkins, associate professor of education at the University of California, Irvine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The criticism comes as California has invested \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>$1.2 billion to expand TK\u003c/u>\u003c/a>, and is paying about \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1076\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>$3.9 billion this year\u003c/u>\u003c/a> to administer the new grade level. “ We need to know whether this investment is actually lifting kids. We know it’s a huge economic windfall for parents, and that’s a great boost for families. But is it lifting kids without government research?” said Bruce Fuller, a professor emeritus of education and public policy at UC Berkeley. A spokesperson for the California Department of Education said money for research has not been allocated in the state budget, and the department would “welcome a legislative appropriation” to “study the impacts of TK on students and families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/immigration-firing-range-ice-escondido-2b5eac653df205e1d208f877f15d792a\">\u003cstrong>Escondido to meet over ICE contract\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers training at a local gun range largely went unnoticed by residents of one Southern California city for more than a decade, until \u003cspan class=\"LinkEnhancement\">\u003ca class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https://apnews.com/article/census-bureau-immigration-trump-us-population-7130f180e3d8c03185932e3e6f9974e8\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown\u003c/a>\u003c/span> and the recent fatal shootings of U.S. citizens by federal agents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The arrangement in Escondido, a city of about 150,000 people north of San Diego, has sparked weeks of demonstrations. That contract was \u003ca href=\"https://lataco.com/escondido-dhs-firing-range-contract\">first reported by LA Taco.\u003c/a> Residents are demanding that the city stop allowing ICE agents to train at the local police department range, reflecting growing discontent across the country with the administration’s immigration actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Escondido’s City Council is scheduled to discuss the contract with ICE at a meeting Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike many California cities, Escondido had an especially close alliance with ICE in the past that allowed immigration officers to work at police headquarters and coordinate on vehicle stops. That partnership ended after California passed a law in 2017 limiting such collaboration with immigration officials. Protesters in Escondido said they were unaware of the contract allowing ICE to train at the gun range in the city’s hillsides until advocates found the agreement online. They said they fear word of the deal will make immigrants afraid to report crimes to local police, weakening public safety in a city where Latinos make up about half the population.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cb>Here are the morning’s top stories on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hundreds of thousands of California families rely on federal housing assistance programs to make rent- you might know it as Section 8 vouchers. Based on their income, they’ll pay a certain percentage of the rent and the government pays the rest. Recipients include seniors, veterans, people with disabilities and children. But the Trump administration is expected to introduce new rules to these programs in the coming months. Some lawmakers argue that could make assistance harder to access. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">California’s \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/early-childhood-education-pre-k/california-legislature-newsom-transitional-kindergarten-budget-research\">investing billions of dollars\u003c/a> into a new grade for 4-year-olds called transitional kindergarten. But the state hasn’t set aside any money to evaluate it.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Wednesday, the city of Escondido in San Diego County will discuss \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/immigration-firing-range-ice-escondido-2b5eac653df205e1d208f877f15d792a\">a controversial contract\u003c/a> that its police department has with the Department of Homeland Security. The contract allows federal agents to use a local gun range for 20 days a year.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>As Trump administration looks to restrict Section 8 programs, CA lawmaker looks to protect these renters\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Department of Housing and Urban Development \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/02/19/nx-s1-5525859/hud-ban-undocumented-immigrants-families-housing-children\">wants to ban families with any member who is undocumented\u003c/a> from living in federally subsidized housing. \u003ca href=\"https://www.hud.gov/sites/default/files/PA/documents/HUD-QC-NPRM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A proposed rule\u003c/a> also would require local housing authorities to report any tenant not eligible for rental aid to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Undocumented immigrants \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R46462\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>do not get federal rental aid\u003c/u>\u003c/a>, but they can live with family members who do, including many U.S.-born children. This is the latest effort by the Trump administration to reshape how Section 8 vouchers are distributed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of the budget package, the president \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/06/04/nx-s1-5422410/housing-rent-assistance-time-limits-work-requirements-hud\">directed the Department of Housing and Urban Development\u003c/a> to limit the amount of time people can get federal rental subsidies and add work requirements as a condition of funding. Several housing experts told NPR a time limit alone could be considered an implied work requirement. But last year, Housing Secretary Scott Turner and three other Cabinet members wrote a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/opinion/trump-welfare-medicaid-requirements.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>New York Times opinion piece\u003c/u>\u003c/a> calling on Congress to expand work requirements across safety net programs. They said an increasing share of public benefits are not going to the “truly needy,” but to able-bodied adults who don’t work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, a bill introduced this month would provide protections for these Section 8 renters. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab2128\">AB 2128\u003c/a> was authored by Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva. “AB 2128 will prohibit housing authorities and other housing providers in California that use HUD subsidies or vouchers from imposing work requirements and time limits on tenants if the federal government does, in fact, move forward with new work requirements,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"LongFormPage-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/early-childhood-education-pre-k/california-legislature-newsom-transitional-kindergarten-budget-research\">\u003cstrong>California invested billions into a new grade for 4-year-olds — without a plan to evaluate it\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers set out a plan to create the largest universal preschool program in the country for 4-year-olds, through a massive ramp-up of an elementary grade known as transitional kindergarten, or TK. At a \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06TKLOg9Smw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>news conference\u003c/u>\u003c/a>, Newsom \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/early-childhood-education-pre-k/newsom-proposes-making-transitional-kindergarten-available-to-all-4-year-olds\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">called it\u003c/a> “a commitment that all 4-year-olds will get high quality instructional education,” and said that the investment could close learning gaps. “People aren’t left behind, as often as they start behind,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cb>Here are the morning’s top stories on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since last summer, when the Trump administration ramped up deportation efforts, \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/politics/santa-ana-immigration-court-observers-changing-deportation-policy\">a group of volunteer observers\u003c/a> has kept a constant presence at the Santa Ana Immigration Court.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A four-week strike by thousands of Kaiser Permanente health care workers in California and Hawaii \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074265/widespread-kaiser-strike-to-end-after-4-weeks-with-no-deal-yet\">is ending Tuesday morning,\u003c/a> even though no contract deal has been reached.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cities on the US-Mexico border remain on high alert following \u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/border-immigration/2026/02/23/tijuana-was-calm-monday-after-sundays-violence-in-response-to-killing-of-cartel-leader\">a weekend of violence,\u003c/a> in response to the killing of a cartel leader.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/politics/santa-ana-immigration-court-observers-changing-deportation-policy\">\u003cstrong>At Santa Ana Immigration Court, church members keep a watch on changing deportation policy\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There’s nothing grand about Santa Ana Immigration Court. Tucked in the corner of an office park between two county health agencies, you’d hardly know it was there. Which is why a group of volunteer court observers shows up on a daily basis — to keep tabs on immigration policies that seem to change by the week, and to channel resources to people facing deportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People feel comforted by just seeing us there, especially that we are people of faith,” said Jennifer Coria, who coordinates the immigration court observer program for the group Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice, or \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.cluejustice.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">CLUE\u003c/a>. Observers come from churches and other religious entities across Orange County and L.A. 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