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California’s new Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, or DROP, gives residents a free, centralized way to tell hundreds of registered data brokers to delete their personal information and stop selling it, as state officials warn that identity theft, scams and large-scale data breaches continue to expose millions of Californians to risk.For years, privacy advocates have argued that one of the biggest gaps in consumer protection was not whether Californians had privacy rights on paper, but whether they could realistically use them. The state’s new Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, launched by the California Privacy Protection Agency earlier this year, is designed to close that gap by replacing a fragmented, broker-by-broker process with a single online request. Through DROP, a California resident can verify eligibility, create a basic profile and submit one deletion request that is sent to more than 500 registered data brokers. According to the state’s privacy portal, data brokers must begin processing those requests starting Aug. 1, 2026, and must delete data within 90 days.

The California Kids Investment and Development Savings Program (CalKIDS) was launched in 2022 by the State of California with a clear mission: to help jumpstart college savings for children statewide by awarding scholarship accounts to youth across the state.

Administered by the ScholarShare Investment Board, CalKIDS takes the initiative by automatically offering children born in California and eligible public school students in California a CalKIDS Scholarship Account, along with other potential financial incentives.

*All children born in California on or after July 1, 2022

California’s winning strategy of using the trusted messengers for its California Connects regional convenings was the magic touch; over 300 community leaders, nonprofit groups and organizations, ethnic and community media outlets were the trusted messengers who met in Sacramento, CA, April 23 to get some tools and tips to stay healthy and financially equipped. 

As previously stated by key state and Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications (OCPSC)  administrators, California took the next step to invest in these trusted messengers, who in turn help their niche communities and the greater community throughout California. Nonprofit groups and organizations serving vulnerable communities say they got an encouraging boost on strategies to keep their organizations going as well as ways to help their communities effectively.

The California Complete Count Census 2020 was a revived, every-10-year process experiment that proved one thing: trusted messengers were the key to reaching "hard-to-count" populations throughout California. That is why the state invested over $187 million in that effort that panned out. The state stayed away from federal top-down messaging as well as going beyond legacy media. Ethnic media played an even stronger role in reaching niche communities and neighborhoods throughout California.

When the pandemic hit in 2020, California used the same strategy to reach fearful residents about the covid-19 vaccinations through its "Vaccinate All 58" campaign. CBOs and local staff shared information through door-to-door canvassing, neighborhood, and ethnic media, which was tailored culturally and linguistically to the local population. Local youth used the power of social media, and their followings to connect with younger generations about the COVID-19 updates and vaccination information. At that time, the state of California campaign analyzed regional data (ZIP codes/census tracts) to target areas with the lowest vaccination rates and highest inequities.

•Presented by ALLATRA Global Research Center, this research-based documentary brings together global scientific evidence on the impact of micro- and nanoplastics and presents it in an accessible, popular science format.

•The film reveals how micro and nanoplastics have infiltrated every corner of the planet and every organ of the human body, including the brain, heart, bloodstream, and even the beginning of life itself.

Dr. John Ahn, PhD, MBA, is a distinguished professional recognized for building pathways between cutting-edge research and commercial impact. With multidisciplinary expertise in chemistry, life sciences, engineering, and venture development, Dr. Ahn drives sustainable innovations by translating early-stage discoveries into scalable technologies that address pressing global challenges. He has an established record of launching startups, cultivating strategic partnerships, and commercializing breakthroughs across agriculture, biotechnology, chemicals, energy, and materials science.

Dr. John Ahn, PhD, is an international Expert of ALLATRA International Public Movement on Climate, Geodynamics, and Environmental Issues who has the following educational background: MBA, INSEAD, France, 2017

PhD in Chemical Engineering, Technische Universität München, Germany, 2013

MS in Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA, 2008

BSc in Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, USA, 2006.

Dr. Anastasiya Pashigreva  is an international Expert of ALLATRA International Public Movement on Climate, Geodynamics, and Environmental Issues who is a scientist with research experience at the University of Oxford, the Technical University of Munich, and leading industry companies. Expertise in developing and implementing innovative chemical and environmental technologies for commercial applications.

•Presented by ALLATRA Global Research Center, this research-based documentary brings together global scientific evidence on the impact of micro- and nanoplastics and presents it in an accessible, popular science format.

•The film reveals how micro and nanoplastics have infiltrated every corner of the planet and every organ of the human body, including the brain, heart, bloodstream, and even the beginning of life itself.

Dr. John Ahn, PhD, MBA, is a distinguished professional recognized for building pathways between cutting-edge research and commercial impact. With multidisciplinary expertise in chemistry, life sciences, engineering, and venture development, Dr. Ahn drives sustainable innovations by translating early-stage discoveries into scalable technologies that address pressing global challenges. He has an established record of launching startups, cultivating strategic partnerships, and commercializing breakthroughs across agriculture, biotechnology, chemicals, energy, and materials science.

Dr. John Ahn, PhD, is an international Expert of ALLATRA International Public Movement on Climate, Geodynamics, and Environmental Issues who has the following educational background: MBA, INSEAD, France, 2017

PhD in Chemical Engineering, Technische Universität München, Germany, 2013

MS in Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA, 2008

BSc in Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, USA, 2006.

Dr. Anastasiya Pashigreva  is an international Expert of ALLATRA International Public Movement on Climate, Geodynamics, and Environmental Issues who is a scientist with research experience at the University of Oxford, the Technical University of Munich, and leading industry companies. Expertise in developing and implementing innovative chemical and environmental technologies for commercial applications.

In this episode, news producer and host Julia Ann Dudley Najieb discussed a California watchdog who released a report in March of 2026 urging policymakers to act fast on the state’s fast-growing data-center industry – before soaring electricity demand from artificial intelligence lands on the bills of ordinary households.

“The costs that data centers impose on the electrical grid should be paid by the centers themselves, not by average California families already struggling with high utility bills,” said Pedro Nava, chair of the Little Hoover commission, the independent bipartisan body that produced the report.
Dudley Najieb explores the cost of data centers and what happens next ...

In this episode and season kick-off, news producer and host, Julia Ann Dudley Najieb goes over how to register to vote, due dates, and other voting information.  She also reviews the upcoming election forums on the ONME Network, starting April 14, 2026 with the insurance commissioner candidates.

Finally, Najieb reviews the status and recent drama centered around Proposition 50, which was passed in a special election last November, although a Southern California sheriff has seized around 600,000 casted votes, which media outlets across California are looking into.

Former City of Fresno supervisor continually harassed former Black employee, calling her racial slurs, and continually gaslighting her with other employees and supervisors

The verdict is in after seven, long, difficult, painful years of a long court battle: Former, Black code enforcement city of Fresno code enforcement employee, La-Kebbia "Kiki" Wilson and former employee Charles Smith won their deplorable, racial discrimination and hostile-workplace environment case unanimously on Wednesday, March 11. The eight-member (four men, four women) jury awarded Smith $400,000.00 and Wilson $15 million for damages as a result of the constant terrorizing harassment and racial discrimination by her former City of Fresno supervisor, Howard Lacy over several years.. District Judge Kirk E. Sherriff granted the jury's final verdict and award amount.

It was on October 22, 2019, when plaintiffs,Wilson and Smith filed a complaint in Fresno County Superior Court against the City of Fresno, and the individual defendant Howard Lacy, asserting sixteen causes of action, including: discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims under California's Fair Employment Housing Act ("FEHA"), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ...