Roadkill rate for California cougars puts population at risk
Los Angeles, US Reuters Mountain lions have been dying on California highways at the rate of at least one or two every week in recent years, a roadkill toll that may exceed healthy reproductive levels for the big cats, new wildlife mortality data showed on Thursday. Maps documenting deadly highway crossings – clustered most heavily […]
Preventing COVID’s spread: In Coachella Valley migrant community, the COVID-19 death of a beloved priest helps spur vaccinations
ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, reports on how one priest’s death from COVID-19 has helped ignite a consciousness around public health among farmworkers and others in Southern California’s Inland Empire region and the eastern Coachella Valley…
“Land rich and cash poor”: In Southern California, Black churches are using their land to build housing for homeless people
As Southern California’s housing crisis continues to fuel homelessness across the region, a number of churches, particularly Black congregations, are stepping up to build affordable housing on their church land. ALEJANDRA MOLINO, of Religion News Service, reports…
US ministry leaders accused of enslaving homeless victims
New York CityThomson Reuters Foundation Southern California ministry leaders accused of holding homeless people captive and forcing them to beg on the street could spend up to two decades in prison if convicted of forced labor and other charges. Several of the dozen accused leaders faced arraignment in federal court on Wednesday on criminal charges […]
IMMIGRATION: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAN CATHOLICS TO UNITE IN MASS FOR IMMIGRANTS
ALEJANDRA MOLINA reports for Religion News Service…