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California will improve the way it handles addiction recovery if legislation authored by State Senator Dave Cortese is approved by the State Legislature here.




THOUSANDS of students may get monthly $500 payments under a proposal - and the deadline for the legislation is this week.




Democratic California State Senator Dave Cortese proposed a bill on Monday that he says will advance the way the state deals with addiction recovery treatment.




A refugee from Afghanistan was honored by a Silicon Valley lawmaker on Wednesday after his mother and brother were assassinated on Christmas Eve 2020.




Senator Dave Cortese visited Monroe Middle School’s new Wellness Center to see how a partnership between Campbell Union School District, Santa Clara County Office of Education, and School-Linked Services is bringing more access to mental health support to students and families.




Unable to persuade California voters to do away with capital punishment altogether, the movement to abolish the death penalty is quietly shifting its strategy to shrinking the nation’s largest Death Row. View the full story at this link.




Contentious plans for the Charcot Avenue Extension project in North San Jose have reached the end of the road.




Kris Hotchkiss, a college student in California, lives in a van borrowed from a close friend. A San José State U. professor and a state senator are working to help students experiencing homelessness.