Enrollment in public preschool and transitional kindergarten increased by more than 35,000 children in the 2023-2024 school year. But potential elimination of Head Start threatens those gains ...

Both low and moderate-high-intensity exercise helped maintain cognitive function over 12 months in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) * Exercise reduces brain volume loss, including //in key ...

The National Climate Assessment, a major publication produced every four years that summarizes the impacts of climate change ...

A Lee Enterprises investigation found most states fail to protect vulnerable women and few law enforcement agencies punish the owners of the businesses, let alone go after their support networks.

I processed the world around me through reading, particularly through reading poetry,” stated Darlene Moreno. Born and raised ...

California and Arizona Tuesday joined 22 other states and the District of Columbia to sue the Trump administration to stop ...

If a proposed state-level budget cut to the California State University system passes, Cal Poly Humboldt will have to deal ...

A set of chemicals found in food packaging, plastics, and lotions and shampoos has been linked to hundreds of thousands of deaths from heart disease, according to a study published Tuesday in the ...

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The University of California, Santa Barbara’s Economic Forecast Project (EFP) is pleased to announce the 2025 Santa Barbara County Economic ...

Facing legal challenges in Oakland and nationally, the Trump administration restored the legal status of many international ...