California lawmakers on Thursday approved the first state-funded guaranteed income plan in the U.S., committing $35 million for monthly cash payments to qualifying expectant mothers and young adults who recently left foster care with no restrictions on how they spend it.
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Throughout some parts of Santa Clara County you may have come across trash and debris around state highways and on some streets abandoned vehicles left behind.
Veronica Vieyra is no stranger to the bottom falling out.
A new plan in the state budget could help save the lives of wildlife while also saving millions of dollars in damage ever year in California.
You've seen the viral videos that look more like a Disney movie.
A coyote and a badger, two unlikely friends out for a stroll in a protected pathway made specifically for wildlife.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail service will resume at the end of July, the agency said on Thursday, weeks after a disgruntled employee gunned down co-workers at a VTA light rail yard in the worst mass shooting in Bay Area history.
Both hikers and wildlife will be able to better enjoy the Santa Cruz Mountains after the Highway 17 Wildlife and Trail Crossings Project is completed.
Last week, the state Legislature included in the budget a proposal to fund the project, which will connect more than 30,000 acres in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
It’d be just another normal day, nearly 17 feet above Highway 101 in Agoura Hills.
A state senator succeeded in including $2 million for litter abatement in the 2021 state budget, which the legislature passed this week. State Sen. Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) secured the funds in the Budget Act of 2021.