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Independent watchdog’s draft report obtained by OPB argues that “whole child care” and changes in state agencies are required to stop this practice.

California fast-food workers will earn a $20 minimum wage in April. Other employers might have to raise their pay floor to recruit and retain staff.

Far-right users online have reacted to a Colorado court ruling that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to appear on that state's primary ballot. They're calling for "civil war."

In Rhode Island, safety-net clinics are under new pressures as clinicians retire or burn out. Patients report that it's harder to find care, and they're losing connections to familiar doctors.

California runs ten demonstration forests to try out forestry techniques, and the largest is the Jackson Demonstration State Forest in Mendocino County. Save Jackson Coalition wants more traditional ecological knowledge brought to bear on the forest, and less logging. Matthew Simmons, Staff Attorney at Environmental Protection Information Center, and Michael Hunter, Chairman of the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians.

Larry O'Neill, the Director of Oregon Climate Service, points out that global warming is no longer a future hypothetical, we're feeling the effects now.

Katherine Blunt covers utilities and renewable energy for the Wall Street Journal, so she knows the issues of PG&E well, and sums them up in a new book. California Burning, The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric–and What It Means for America's Power Grid traces the history, from early innovators to modern-day investors concerned primarily with getting greater returns on their stock.

Josh Gross, music player and creator, is our guide, compiling the list of musical events in the region September of 2022.

The practice dates back hundreds of years, when people started using cloth bundles to carry items to and from public baths. Eventually, it evolved into a wrapping art form.

Human, animal and artificially intelligent celebrities have New Year's resolutions, too. If you know (or can guess) what those resolutions could be, you might close out the year with an 11/11.