From left to right: Nirav R. Shah, MD, MPH, Senior Scholar, Stanford University’s School of Medicine; Dr. Kim Rhoads, UCSF; Dr. Daniel Turner-Lloveras; Dr....
By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor
Asian Americans across the U.S. reflected on their community’s vulnerability to racist attacks, after 21 year-old Robert Aaron Long killed...
Almost every American benefit, but once again leaves out undocumented immigrants, millions of whom have been essential workers during the national crisis.
Clockwise from top left: Dr. Olivia Kasirye, MD, MS, County Health Officer, Sacramento County Public Health; Rachel Rios, Executive Director, La Familia Counseling Center;...
By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor
On Feb. 25 evening, a man scaled the wall of the 117-year-old Higashi Honganji Buddist Temple temple in Los Angeles...
California Governor Gavin Newsom
By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor
Members of the California state Legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a $6.6 billion school re-opening plan,...
Shireen Carlson and her husband Leif
Editor’s Note: Indian American Shireen Carlson, and her husband Leif, were both recently stricken with COVID. The couple is...
Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-California)
By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributor
Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-California joined several immigration advocates Feb. 16 to push for an immediate path to legalization...
Por SUNITA SOHRABJI/editora colaboradora de EMS
El próximo Año Nuevo Lunar Chino y el domingo del Super Bowl son dos eventos que potencialmente podrían crear...
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By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor
The upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year and Super Bowl Sunday are both potential COVID...
Clockwise from top left: Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice; Cyrus Mehta, Founder and Managing Partner of Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners, PLLC;...
By SUNITA SOHRABJI/ EMS Contributing Editor
California Governor Gavin Newsom lifted the state’s Stay-At-Home orders, effective immediately Jan 25, based on projections of intensive care...
California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly
By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor
COVID hospitalization rates have slightly declined since the beginning of the year,...
From left to right: Dr. William Schaffner, Professor of Preventive Medicine in the Department of Health Policy and Professor of Medicine in the Division...
California Governor Gavin NewsomBy SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor
Hospitalizations from COVID-19 infections in California have risen dramatically in the past 14 days, even prior to...
California Governor Gavin NewsomBy SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor
California’s COVID-19 related death rates jumped by 10,000 last month — for a total of 30,000 —...
California Governor Gavin NewsomPor SUNITA SOHRABJI / Editora colaboradora de EMS
El gobernador de California, Gavin Newsom, presentó el presupuesto estatal para el período 2021-2022...
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By Sunita Sohrabji/EMS Contributing Editor
California Governor Gavin Newsom rolled out the 2021-22 state budget Jan. 8, a $227...
From left to right: Ted Lieu, United States House of Representatives, California's 33rd Congressional District; Chad Stone, Chief Economist, Center on Budget and Policy...
From left to right: Arlie Russell Hochschild, Professor Emerita, Department of Sociology, U.C. Berkeley; Mindy Romero, Founder & Director, Center for Inclusive Democracy; Davin...
Confronting rising costs, a tightening labor market, and stepped up immigration enforcement, workers here are turning to a local day labor center for help.
Oct 13 | California voters will weigh Proposition 1, an $11.25 billion housing bond funding affordable housing, homeownership, farmworker housing and veterans’ programs amid the state’s deep housing affordability crisis this November election.
