Airline helps students travel home
By Pablo Villasenor,
April 17, 2019
Filed under Features
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities and Southwest Airlines have partnered on the “¡Lánzate!/Take Off!” Higher Education Travel Award Program geared toward supporting Hispanic college students with economic needs that are enrolled at institutions away from their hometown. T...
Yeast produces THC and CBD
By By Alexander Lawrence,
April 11, 2019
Filed under Features
UC Berkeley chemical engineers have genetically modified yeast to produce THC and CBD to further study the medical effects of marijuana without needing to grow the plant. Jay Keasling, one of the leads in the study, already holds a patent to THC and CBD producing yeast. This has the potential to d...
TikTok fined $5.7 million for illegally collecting children’s data
By Marcel Penaranda,
April 11, 2019
Filed under Features
The Federal Trade Commission recently issued a record-setting fine of $5.7 million against the China-based social media app TikTok for illegally collecting names, emails, pictures and locations of minors under the age of 13. China-based company ByteDance acquired Musical.ly in 2017, and later incorpor...
Superior Court expands public access
By Jeff Shuttleworth,
March 28, 2019
Filed under Features
As part of their commitment to improving access to justice, Alameda County Superior Court officials opened a new self-help center at the Wiley Manuel Courthouse in Oakland on Monday. The new branch joins the self-help center that's already in operation at the Hayward Hall of Justice and provides an im...
Public asked to fill out survey on sea level
By Dan McMenamin,
March 28, 2019
Filed under Features
Hayward residents can provide input on how their local government should respond to the threat of sea level rise by filling out an online survey available through the end of the month. The survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PF2TG7S is being conducted by the Hayward Area Shoreline Planning...
Female film directors go unrecognized
By Ethan Alonzo,
March 20, 2019
Filed under Features
While this year’s Oscars were full of groundbreaking moments, such as “Black Panther” winning in three categories and Director Spike Lee winning his first Oscar for his film “BlacKkKlansman,” there was still a lack of diversity when it came to nominations. More specifically, there was a distin...
Senate votes to end national emergency
By Jessica Irrera,
March 20, 2019
Filed under Features
A shocking twelve Senate Republicans voted against President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the nation’s southwestern border. However, Trump quickly used the first veto of his presidency this week to overturn the vote and continue to circumvent funding for his border wall. The...
DACA remains uncertain for Dreamers
By Priscila Solis,
March 20, 2019
Filed under Features
More than 600,000 immigrants currently living in the U.S. under temporary conditions were left out of the recent federal spending deal and dispute that caused the 35-day shutdown, prolonging a harrowing sense of uncertainty for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival recipients across the country. In S...
Venezuelan people face ongoing crisis
By Melody Martell,
March 20, 2019
Filed under Features
Venezuela’s current humanitarian crisis involves a shortage of food, water, electricity, medicine, and medical supplies. In 2017, the former Vice President of Venezuela, Tareck El Aissami, was accused by the U.S of “playing a significant role in international narcotics trafficking,” according to The N...
Dozens of wealthy parents charged in nationwide college admission scam
By Kiley Russell,
March 14, 2019
Filed under Features
A nationwide college-admissions bribery case has snared dozens of the country’s rich and famous in criminal indictments announced Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Justice. The case revolves around alleged bribes to college entrance exam officials, athletics coaches and other administrators at some of the nat...
FDA cracks down on E-Cig products
By Marcel Penaranda,
March 14, 2019
Filed under Features
The Food and Drug Administration plans to stringently regulate flavored e-cigarette products by late 2022 across the United States in an attempt to reduce the popularity of vaping and smoking among those under 18 years of age. The FDA announced a plan on Nov. 15, 2018 that would regulate the sale ...
Governor Newsom reveals new state budget
By Dylan Lazaga,
March 7, 2019
Filed under Features
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently proposed a two-hundred billion dollar budget plan, which is titled as “California for All.” In his proposal, he revealed forty million dollars of the annual budget would be spent on supporting a second year of free tuition for community college students. ...
