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Eric Caine formerly taught in the Humanities Department at Merced College. He was an original Community Columnist at the Modesto Bee, and wrote for The Bee for over twelve years.

Irrigation District Presses Claim for Attorneys’ Fees against Board Member

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November 10, 2024

Vote Here sign Stanislaus County Registrar's Office Modesto, CA 1 November 24

“But let me tell you, this gender thing is history.”

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November 2, 2024

Nature

Learn 100 Common Valley Birds: Species Numbers 70 and 71

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October 28, 2024

Austin Grant, Freedom Park, Modesto CA, 2024

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Rules of Thumb for Local Elections in the San Joaquin Valley

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October 19, 2024

Adam Gray and John Duarte, Modesto, September 2022

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Congressman Duarte can run, but he Can’t Hide

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October 16, 2024

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Illegal Immigration in the San Joaquin Valley

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October 13, 2024

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San Joaquin Valley Election: Your Vote and Mine

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October 6, 2024

Lynelle Loeb Solomon with homeless in Roosevelt Park, Modest, CA 2023

History

Why Homeless People Don’t Want Help, Part III: A Long and Winding Road to Nowhere

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September 24, 2024

Homeless man near 9th Street Bridge, Modesto, Ca

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Why Homeless People don’t Want Help: Part II

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September 18, 2024

History

Why Homeless People don’t Want Help: Part I

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September 12, 2024

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Liberal Berkeley’s Toughened Stance on Homeless Camps Is a Bellwether

The progressive stronghold in California plans to target large encampments, relying on a Supreme Court decision handed down by a conservative majority.

www.nytimes.com

How a Trump administration could affect California’s housing crisis

CalMatters spoke to state housing experts to gauge the possible effect of a second Trump administration on California?s housing crisis.

calmatters.org

Bird flu jumped from cows to people. Now advocates want more farmworkers tested

Bird flu jumped from cows to California farmworkers this month. Virus symptoms are mild and it has not spread from humans to other people.

calmatters.org

California officials reject more SpaceX rocket launches, with some citing Musk’s X posts

SpaceX’s plans to launch more rockets from California’s coast were rejected by a state commission this week, with some officials citing Elon Musk’s political posts on X.

www.latimes.com

What happens to homeless people after encampment sweeps? That’s on cities, Gavin Newsom says

Gov. Gavin Newsom deflected questions about where homeless Californians are supposed to go if their encampments get swept.

calmatters.org

“I won’t let them drink the water”: The California towns where clean drinking water is out of reach

Drinking water contamination is a chronic, insidious threat in CA rural communities. Some have been waiting for clean water for years.

calmatters.org

Gray wolf population growing fast in California: up sixfold in the past five years

Recovery of iconic predator considered a wildlife success story by some, but a headache by ranchers

www.mercurynews.com

They delivered 5,600 babies. They blame California rules for putting them out of business

Best Start birth center in San Diego closed after delivering 5,600 babies. Many midwives say CA makes it difficult for them to stay in business.

calmatters.org

Google agreed to pay millions for California news. Journalists call it a bad deal

Journalists and industry experts are blasting a deal announced this week between the state of California and Google.

apnews.com

As San Francisco cracks down on homeless encampments, a question rises: Where will people go?

With shelters near capacity, Mayor London Breed is ramping up a program to offer homeless people who aren’t from San Francisco transportation and relocation services to other cities.

www.latimes.com

Hot, inland California cities face the steepest water cuts with new conservation mandate

Suppliers serving a third of Californians won?t need to cut water use, while Central Valley and desert cities face the most cuts.

calmatters.org

Housing shortage has led South Bay farmworkers to live in desperate conditions; a new bill aims to help change that

Some local farm workers face overcrowded conditions or homelessness, but a new California bill seeks to pave the way for more farmworker housing in Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties.