MORE ON: Latinos

Those wanting to check the socioeconomic pulse of the Canal area of San Rafael need only peruse the bulletin board at The Canal Alliance, a nonprofit center serving the neighborhood’s largely low-income Spanish-speaking population. “Diabetes y Su Salud,” reads one flier about... + read more

Although they live near the trappings of a fit and healthy lifestyle, close to lush golf courses and luxury day spas, Coachella Valley residents are sicker and in poorer health than other Californians, according to a new analysis of multiple health studies. In a comparison of... + read more

BALDWIN PARK – El fin del día escolar en la clase de kindergarten de Patty Sánchez en la Escuela Primaria Geddes no es tan diferente al de otras clases de kindergarten de todo el estado. Los niños se reúnen en una alfombra mientras Sánchez sostiene un libro sobre un coyote y una tortuga y lee en... + read more

Figures suggest that huge numbers of California’s Hispanic students, the majority of whom are English-language learners, are missing a key benchmark that could affect the state’s long-term future: the ability to read fluently by third grade. + read more

Like many other grooms at the Golden Gate Fields racetrack in the east Bay Area, Miguel Rodriguez lives in the shadows of the stables. Along with his wife, Olivia, he sleeps in a bunk bed in a drafty tack room redolent of straw and manure, just around the corner from the horses he skillfully and... + read more