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June 12, 2023: Juneteenth Reasons to Celebrate

2023 marks the first year Juneteenth is an official state holiday, but Californians have observed the holiday for decades. Find out where the parties are.

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June 5, 2023: The California Effect and CalMatters

The New York Times Magazine spends an entire issue explaining why California matters, and CalMatters wins gold for giving the state the coverage it deserves.

Image caption: Service members stand in formation during a Memorial Day service.
May 29, 2023: Memorial Day & the Death Penalty

Let’s face some hard facts—and still be able to celebrate the beginning of the best season of the year.

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May 22, 2023: CALocal Wins Two Big Journo Awards

You probably know that The Newsletter goes out only to California Local members and subscribers. Today I am writing to bring the good news that we have just been given two big awards.

Image caption: A farmworker takes a break from picking raspberries inside a hoop-house in the Salinas Valley.
May 15, 2023: California Agriculture & Immigration

The state’s most important industry relies on workers who are not given a chance to obtain legal status.

Image caption: State Sen. Scott Wiener reminds us that for generations, California has welcomed people to be who and what they are.
May 8, 2023: Scott Wiener; Weird Comix; Water Rights

How the SF state senator was changed by California; how our great state spawned a cultural phenomenon; how many Californians are being denied life's most basic necessity.

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May 1, 2023: Happy May Day, Labour Day, and Law Day

Richard Nixon's hypocrisy; TV's favorite presidential historian's contempt; and Richard von Busack's weird job history.

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Apr 24, 2023: Taste Spring! + Alice Waters

In this episode of The Newsletter, we celebrate food. The star of this week’s show is none other than Alice Waters, the Queen of California Cuisine.

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Apr 17, 2023: Green Reading for Earth Day

Follow these people and publications to stay current with green news and information.

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Apr 10, 2023: Helping Hands

It's Global Volunteer Month, and National Volunteer week is right around the corner. Here’s some good news about people who are working to make their communities better, and how you can help them.

Image caption: As their fundamental journalistic service, legacy local news organizations, most of which are struggling, help stop the spread of disinformation.
Apr 3, 2023: Democracy & Journalism

In which we consider informed civic participation.

Image caption: The Elephant in the Room: Incivility, at both ends of the political spectrum, wreaks havoc on our democracy. We can do something about this.
Mar 27, 2023: Connection or Chaos?

Greetings from Midtown Sacramento, where this morning broke bright and cold for the second day in a row. Don’t know about you but I’m ready for the warmth of spring. And trying to feel good about the rain that’s still …

Image caption: Tiny Pajaro (center) sits across the river from Watsonville in the strawberry-rich Pajaro Valley.
Mar 20, 2023: Survival and Civic Engagement

Hello and welcome to the first “statewide” issue of The Newsletter from California Local.

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