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California could open its first national park in almost a decade under a recently revived plan to commemorate labor leader César Chávez and the saga of farmworkers.
PASS AREA, CA — The first major federal gun safety legislation in decades was headed to President Joe Biden's desk on Friday with the support of the congressional lawmaker who represents the Pass Area.
IMPERIAL, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) – Congressman Raul Ruiz (D-CA) looks to help Imperial County farmworkers by getting the Farm Workforce Modernization Act passed.
WASHINGTON — El congresista por el Distrito 36, Raúl Ruiz, convocó una mesa redonda nacional de trabajadores agrícolas con destacados defensores.
On Saturday, June 18th, NBC Palm Springs had an exclusive first look at a documentary on the life of local boxing trainer, Joel Diaz. The documentary is titled “Joel Diaz: A Hard Knock-Life” and was directed by Jorge Newman and Eduardo Salazar of Newman Studios.
BEAUMONT, CA — The Pass Area's congressional representative is requesting an immediate response from the CEO of Union Pacific Railroad about the June 15 train incident in Beaumont that turned the city into a giant parking lot. The city is also pushing for answers.
Despite a financial commitment of tens of millions of dollars from several government agencies, progress toward moving residents out of Oasis Mobile Home Park in Thermal — where contaminated water, trash build-up and sewage issues have long been the norm — has stalled due to a lack of affordable housing in the eastern Coachella Valley.
The U.S. Senate passed a bill Thursday fulfilling the vision of a Cathedral City veteran who died from pancreatic cancer developed from her service in Iraq.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla and Representative Raul Ruiz (both D-Calif.) introduced bicameral legislation to create the César E. Alex Padilla senator official portraitChávez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park. This bill would preserve the nationally significant sites associated with César E.