The onetime $600 payment would go to those receiving the California earned income tax credit for 2020, given to people making under $30,000 a year. latimes.com/california/sto…
In addition, the agreement would provide a stimulus check to taxpayers with individual tax identification numbers who did not receive federal stimulus payments and whose income is below $75,000. latimes.com/california/sto…
The relief package provides a $600 onetime grant to households enrolled in the CalWORKS public assistance program and recipients of supplemental security income and the state’s Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants program. latimes.com/california/sto…
There are also $2.1 billion in grants for small businesses.
The grant proposal, which requires approval by the Legislature, builds on a $500-million program that has provided 21,000 small businesses with financial help since December.
The Mono Lake Kutzadika Paiute tribe has dwindled from 4,000 members to just 83 since white ranchers and gold miners began pouring into the basin in the 1850s.
Tribal leaders still face the long and expensive process of gaining federal recognition. latimes.com/environment/st…
“Stress is an understatement,” said Charlotte Lange, 67, chairwoman of the tribe that despite being unrecognized maintains a tribal organization and holds monthly meetings. “We just want a place to call home, and time is running out.” latimes.com/environment/st…
The Mono Lake Paiutes are among roughly two dozen unrecognized and landless tribes in California that have initiated petitions for federal recognition by the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The COVID-19 vaccination rate for seniors in Los Angeles County increased dramatically in the past 10 days, but disparities continue to mar the vaccine rollout, according to county health data released Friday.
Latino and Black residents receive vaccinations at a significantly lower level than whites and Asian Americans, according to county health data released Friday. latimes.com/california/sto…
Nearly 25% of Black residents age 65 and over, have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, an 18-point jump from Feb. 9, according to the data. Latino seniors receiving the shot reached 29%, an increase of 14 points from earlier this month.
Word that “divorce is imminent” circulated earlier this year, with reports that Kim had hired top attorney Laura Wasser, who handled her split from NBA player Kris Humphries in 2013 latimes.com/entertainment-…
Corporate administrators from Reddit occasionally ban forums that allow hate speech and violent threats to proliferate.
But for the most part, much of the rule-making and enforcement on Reddit happens from the bottom up and varies between subreddits. latimes.com/business/techn…
Unpaid moderators write rules for each subreddit and use tiplines, automated filters and manual oversight to help enforce them.
But volunteering as a janitor for a website that describes itself as the “front page of the internet” isn’t always pretty. latimes.com/business/techn…
The idea that renewable energy is to blame for Texas and parts of other states running out of electricity is pure fiction, energy reporter @Sammy_Roth writes.
But at the same time, “simply blaming fossil fuels for what went wrong isn’t quite right.” latimes.com/environment/ne…
Just like California’s rolling blackouts last summer resulted from a range of causes — including a climate-fueled heat wave, poor planning by state regulators and faulty market design — so, too, are the forces at work in Texas nuanced. latimes.com/environment/ne…
Texas officials didn’t require energy infrastructure to be upgraded to withstand freezing temperatures.
They allowed homes to be built that leak too much heat.
And they chose to operate their electric grid in isolation from the rest of the country. latimes.com/environment/ne…