A handful of participants in the CalWORKs program that helps families pull out of poverty, were applauded recently at a “Champions” celebration in Escondido. The event highlighted the hard work and ...

Joy Perrin had been living in a van with her two children for several months when she walked into a welfare office in 2018. She had left an abusive partner and had failed her first semester at Laney ...

Joy Perrin had been living in a van with her two children for several months when she walked into a welfare office in 2018. She had left an abusive partner and had failed her first semester at Laney ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Five South Bay families are being awarded for their determination and resilience. On Monday, Santa Clara County Supervisors recognized families from the CalWORKs program, who ...

Raising twins as a working single mother became a bigger challenge for Gente Tesfai when she suffered a knee injury that required major surgery, leaving her unable to return to work. That’s when she ...

Day 1 for the 28 first-term members of the Assembly and 10 members of the Senate who were sworn into office Monday gave them a taste of just how dysfunctional the Legislature has become. Gov. Arnold ...

The centerpiece of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s state budget proposals is the wholesale elimination of the CalWORKS program, the state’s welfare-to-work program begun in 1997. Over 1.4 ...

UNCOVERED THEAY W THIEVES TARGETED THE EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT STEALING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BY SKIMMING BENEFIT CARDS NOW, THEY’RE TARGETING ANOTHER STATE AGENCY THIS TIME STEALING THE MONEY ...

Public health officials say the outbreaks of measles and whooping cough over the past year put a spotlight on the need to ensure as many children as possible get their immunizations. That effort is ...

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