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Extra Edition: Covid Booster Shots: Who Needs Them? A Program Repeat.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 PROGRAM # 9393 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Covid Booster Shots: Who Needs Them? A Program Repeat. US health authorities will begin distributing Covid vaccine booster shots in coming days as vaccine protection seems to wane over time. Who and why should get the booster shot? Is it necessary? When can you […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 PROGRAM # 9394 12:00 PM PDT Immigration Edition. After the Senate parliamentarian ruled against making immigration reform part of the budget reconciliation package, Democrats are rushing to put new plans on the table, including a proposal to move the Registry Date to 2011, to allow millions of people who arrived in the […]
Wildfires: the Hotspots.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 PROGRAM # 9392 12:00 PM PDT Wildfires: the Hotspots. California Gov. Newsom signed a $15 billion climate package, the largest such investment in state history, during a visit to the Sequoia National Park, site of a devastating wildfire. The new law will tackle catastrophic wildfires and includes investments in drought response and long-term […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 PROGRAM # 9391 12:00 PM PDT Mexico Edition. Mexican analysts comment on headline news developments in Mexico. This week, more than thirty presidents and ministers from around the continent met in Mexico City and reached agreement on issues such as creating a regional agency to regulate medicines and supply vaccines, developing a […]
Extra Edition: Tips for Talking to Youth About Suicide.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 PROGRAM # 9389 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Tips for Talking to Youth About Suicide. In this repeat program: children and youth have been particularly affected by the pandemic. Their emotional, physical and academic wellbeing has been hit after isolation and remote learning. As they go back to school and readjust to […]
Covid Booster Shots: Who Needs Them?
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 PROGRAM # 9390 12:00 PM PDT Covid Booster Shots: Who Needs Them? US health authorities will begin distributing Covid vaccine booster shots in coming days as vaccine protection seems to wane over time. Who and why should get the booster shot? Is it necessary? When can you get it? How effective is […]
Protecting Field Workers Against Toxic Smoke. Also, Rural, Young Adults Hit Hard by Covid.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 PROGRAM # 9388 12:00 PM PDT Protecting Field Workers Against Toxic Smoke. A bill sitting in California Gov. Newsom’s desk would designate farm laborers as “essential workers” and would give them access to N-95 masks, the kind of masks healthcare workers wear, to protect against wildfire smoke particles during the harvest season. […]
Extra Edition: Latinos in Community Colleges. Also, Banning Chlorpyrifos.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 PROGRAM # 9386 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Latinos in Community Colleges. A Repeat Program. As a record number of Latino students are headed to college in the fall enrollment season, many are looking into community colleges as a viable option to continue higher education. College leaders are reaching out to Latino […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 PROGRAM # 9387 12:00 PM PDT Immigration Edition. The Senate parliamentarian ruled against including immigration reform in the budget reconcilliation bill, arguing that “the policy changes of the proposal far outweigh the budgetary impact.” Democratic leaders went back to the drawing board, promising an alternative plan in the next few days. Legal […]
Emergency Order to Block Texas Abortion Ban Sought. Latino Leaders Tackle Pandemic Los Angeles Student Vaccines Mandate.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 PROGRAM # 9385 12:00 PM PDT Senate Parliamentarian Rules Against Immigration Reform Draft. The Senate Parliamentarian ruled last night that Democrats cannot include immigration reform into their budget reconciliation package because the policy change does not belong in a strictly fiscal matter. The news is a major setback to the Biden administration, […]
