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Pulling back the curtains on wage-theft enforcement in MN; Trump's latest attack is on RFK, Jr; NM LGBTQ+ equality group endorses 2024 'Rock Star' candidates; Michigan's youth justice reforms: Expanded diversion, no fees.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says rebuilding Baltimore's Key Bridge will be challenging and expensive. An Alabama Democrat flips a state legislature seat and former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82.

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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

CA: Community Issues and Volunteering

Juntos Park in Los Angeles’ Glassell Park neighborhood is being renovated with funds from the Bezos Earth Fund’s Greening America’s Cities Initiative by a local non-profit community building environmental organization, Mujeres De la Tierra.(LA County Parks and Rec.)<br />
'GreenLatinos' offers $1 million in grants for green spaces in L.A.

Up to $1 million in grants are up for grabs in Los Angeles for local groups to build or expand community parks, gardens and green spaces. The Bezos …

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Santa Barbara County Fire Department's Firehawk is shown making a water drop. It can hold 1,000 gallons per trip. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Dept.)
Ahead of fire season, tips on how to protect home and family

California's wildfire death toll has ticked down in recent years, mostly because mega-fires have managed to avoid urban areas. Firefighters have …

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Gov. Gavin Newsom and Chief Service Officer Josh Fryday pose with fellows from the California College Corps. (California Volunteers/Office of the Governor)
CA college students do more than 1 million hours of paid public service

Good news on the college affordability front: A program called the California College Corps is helping more than 3,000 students serve their communitie…

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The National Medal of Honor Museum, currently under construction, will tell the history of the Medal of Honor and the courageous Americans who earned it. (Medal of Honor Foundation)
Medal of Honor recipients to be honored at Sunday's Cowboys/Giants game

More than a dozen Medal of Honor recipients will be honored at halftime of the Cowboys-Giants National Football League game this Sunday, in honor of …

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Damage seen on Maui after catastrophic, wind-driven fires swept through the area. (Brea Burkholz/Direct Relief)
CA Paradise Fire survivors help in Maui recovery

A California group formed after the firestorm that leveled the town of Paradise is stepping up to help Maui recover from its own disaster last month…

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The Echo Park Trash Club is staffed by a rotating cast of volunteers. Two similar clubs have now formed in the Silver Lake and Lincoln Heights neighborhoods of Los Angeles. (Echo Park Trash Club)
L.A. 'Trash Club' Helps Unhoused People and the Community

By Caroline Tracey for High Country News.Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the Solutions Journalism Networ…

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HOPE Collaborative in Oakland partners with Cocina del Corazon to produce healthy meals that are distributed free at community fridges and corner stores to feed the needy. (HOPE Collaborative)
Oakland Nonprofit Fills Community Fridges to Combat Hunger

Local nonprofits in the Bay Area are tackling hunger in low-income neighborhoods by stocking corner stores and "community fridges" around town with fr…

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According to the state, 4 million California students owe a total of $147 billion in student debt. A new state program aims to help new students reduce that debt through public service. (Pathdoc/Adobe Stock)
New Program to Pay CA College Students $10K for Volunteer Service

The State of California is launching a new program that will pay college students $10,000 to volunteer doing public service work for a year. …

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Según el estado, 4 millones de estudiantes de California deben un total de $147 billones en deudas estudiantiles. Un nuevo programa estatal tiene como objetivo ayudar a los nuevos estudiantes a reducir esa deuda a través del servicio público. (Pathdoc/Adobe Stock)<br /><br />
Nuevo programa para pagar $10K a universitarios de CA por servicio voluntario

El Estado de California está lanzando un nuevo programa que pagará a estudiantes universitarios 10 mil dólares para que se ofrezcan co…

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California está implementando decenas de iniciativas para hacer del estado un lugar más
California se convierte en el último estado "amigable con las personas mayores"

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California es ahora oficialmente un estado "amigable con las personas mayores" gracias a una nueva asociación entre el …

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La población occidental del abejorro se ha derrumbado desde finales de los años 90; ahora es candidata para ser incluida en la Ley de Especies en Peligro de California.
Los ciudadanos toman medidas para el Día de las Especies en Peligro de Extinción

Los Angeles, Calif. - Hay eventos planeados en todo el país en esta semana, para celebrar el 16º Día de las Especies en Peligro de …

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A local resident waves as she picks up her bag of produce from the Chinatown Health Initiative at the Los Angeles State Historic Park. (Veronica Monjara/Las Fotos)
Grant Program Seeks CA Community Improvements to Fund

LOS ANGELES -- Starting today, local governments and nonprofits across California have the opportunity to apply for grants from AARP, to fund …

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