California Explores Unemployment For Undocumented Workers

When the pandemic hit, Rosalba Reyes, 52, felt she had no choice but to continue her work as a restaurant kitchen lead, although she worried about catching the coronavirus. She and her husband have underlying health conditions, as do her elderly parents, who live with them and their teenage son in a small Oakland apartment.

But her husband, Manuel Pacheco, 54, was laid off for three months when the pizza restaurant where he buses tables closed; and her mother, Juana Ponce, 71, saw her housecleaning jobs dry up; while her father, Tomas Reyes, 77, couldn’t work because of cancer treatments.

“I felt like I was putting the money I needed over my family’s health and over my own health,” Rosalba Reyes said in Spanish through an interpreter.

Her income barely kept the family afloat — especially because none of them received job-loss benefits. The Mexican immigrants are all undocumented workers, which means they cannot qualify for unemployment insurance.

The pandemic vividly proved the crucial role of unemployment insurance. When millions of people were thrown out of work overnight, those temporary benefits helped them make ends meet.

But the hundreds of thousands of Californians who lack work authorization couldn’t receive unemployment or federal stimulus payments, even though they were among the hardest hit by the pandemic.

While the state provided some stipends for undocumented immigrants, those fell far short of a regular weekly check, leaving many families, such as that of Reyes, facing severe economic hardships.

“We were very, very tight on money during that time,” Reyes said. “We were taking advantage of food banks. We were also helped by a (nonprofit) organization. We dipped into our savings. We barely had enough.”

Now a proposed bill, AB2847, the Excluded Workers Pilot Program, would create a one-year program to provide unemployment benefits for undocumented people. Its backers hope to make it permanent.

“We’re trying to make sure that our safety-net programs are there to help all people in need by making everyone eligible,” said Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia, D-Coachella (Riverside County), the bill’s sponsor. “We’re trying to prevent people going into debt, expending their entire life savings, becoming homeless and hungry.”

The state has about 2 million undocumented residents, including about 1.1. million workers, said Edward Flores, associate professor of sociology and co-director of the UC Merced Community and Labor Center, who studies that population.

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Pacheco Wins First PREMIER Bank PREMIER Bankcard Invitational in Sioux Falls, Rises to World No. 6 – News

By: Mandi McCary

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – On an afternoon where the Brazilian riders of the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) swept the Top 5 and the world’s two top-ranked riders faltered, 2018 PBR World Champion Kaique Pacheco (Itatiba, Brazil) went 3-for-3 inside of the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center, winning the First PREMIER Bank PREMIER Bankcard Invitational, presented by Cooper Tires, in Sioux Falls.

Pacheco shot from No. 11 in the world to No. 6, with Joao Ricardo Vieira (Itatinga, Brazil) maintaining his world No. 1 ranking despite being shut out in Sioux Falls. The surging former World Champion is now 326.5 points behind Vieira ahead of the 2022 PBR World Finals beginning on May 13 in Fort Worth, Texas.

As Sunday began, Pacheco, who had conquered Sugar Boom Boom (Cornwell Bucking Bulls/Circle G) for 86 points on Friday, was paired with Marciano (Hookin W Ranch) for Round 2.

He fired from the chutes for 87 points to punch his ticket into the championship round.

Selecting Crystal Fox (Hart Cattle Co/Diggers Bucking Bulls) as his opponent for the final round of the weekend, the steadfast Brazilian stood on the back of the chutes with his trademark stoic expression, concentrating on the task ahead.

Pacheco then had the South Dakota crowd at full volume as he was in complete control, delivering a technically sound ride to clinch the 20th premier series win of his career.

 
While one other rider, Lucas Divino (Nova Crixas, Brazil), went 3-for-3 on the weekend, Pacheco edged him by 18.25 points and emerged victorious with an aggregate score of 262 points. He collected 142 world points and a check for $50,396.67.

Divino, the only other cowboy to ride all three of his bulls in South Dakota, finished second to earn $24,380 and 83 world points. He rocketed to the No. 22 spot in the world standings after coming into the weekend at No. 46.

Early Sunday afternoon, Divino was paired with Sun Dog (Clay Struve/ Dakota Rodeo/ Chad Berger) for Round 2. His 81.5-point score paved his way to the championship round.

The 28-year-old Brazilian then chose Prince Harry (Cooper/Scruggs Bucking Bulls) in the championship round, earning a low 76.75 points.

While Divino was offered a re-ride by judges who flagged a technical error as the reason for his lower score, he declined, keeping a score that turned into a runner-up finish.

Eduardo Aparecido (Gouvelandia, Brazil), who could have won the event had he recorded a qualified ride in the championship round, claimed third place.

Earlier in the day, Aparecido was paired with Catfish (Viducic Bucking Bulls/ Stetson Wright/ Wyatt Bridge) in Round 2, collecting an 86.75-point score and greenlighting his ticket into the championship round.

The 31-year-old then chose JuJu (Tommy Julian/ D&H Cattle) for the final round but was dispatched quickly in a mere 2.1 seconds.

Aparecido collected 68.5 world points and $13,055 for his 2-for-3 performance, moving him from No. 12 in the world standings as the weekend began to No. 10 as Sunday rolled to an end.

Paired with Nature Boy (D&H Cattle) in Round 2, Alex Marcilio (Macaubal, Brazil) launched from the chutes to collect an 87-point score.

Marcilio then selected Bread Basket (TNT Bucking Bulls/ Hart Cattle Co) for the championship round, knowing he needed to catapult himself up the leaderboard. Coming down hard after 2.57 seconds, Marcilio relied on his Top-5 finish after the first two rounds to collect a fourth-place finish for the weekend.

He now holds the No. 41 spot in the world standings after starting the weekend at No. 66.

For his efforts, he collected 57.5 world points and a check for $10,449.67 for his 2-for-3 weekend.

Alisson De Souza (Taubate, Brazil) rounded out the Top 5 of the weekend, also with a 2-for-3 performance.

Souza was paired with Bentley (Viducic Bucking Bulls/ Wyatt Bridge) in Round 2, recording 76.5 points. In the championship round, his selection of Moonlight Party (Jane Clark/Gene Owen) had the crowd cheering, but he came crashing down after 4.21 seconds.

Despite the short round buckoff, the Brazilian cowboy earned 35 world points to move from No. 82 in the world standings to No. 55.

World leader Vieira had a rocky weekend, going 0-for-2 and not qualifying for the championship round. However, he still held tight to his No. 1 spot in the world standings, maintaining a 96.34-point lead on No. 2 Daylon Swearingen (Piffard, New York) in the world title race.

Local fan favorite Matt Triplett’s (Canton, South Dakota) weekend ended early on Sunday after being bested by Wooden Nickels (Bierema Rodeo Inc.), which meant he did not advance to the championship round.

Following an electric weekend in Albuquerque, New Mexico, when Dalton Kasel (Muleshoe, Texas) entered the PBR record books by winning both of the weekend’s special 15/15 rounds in a single weekend, the 2019 Rookie of the Year’s hot streak continued as he split the Sioux Falls 15/15 Bucking Battle win with Kyler Oliver (Roy, Utah).

As the only two men to record qualified rides in the special round, Kasel’s pairing with HomeBru (D&H Cattle Co./ Buck Cattle Co.) and Oliver’s matchup with Chiseled (Flinn/D&H Cattle Co) resulted in matching 91.25-point rides.

 
Both riders collected 54 world points and $10,500.

Kasel, who began the weekend at No. 7 in the world standings, held tight to that as he left South Dakota.

Oliver, who hit the dirt hard after his matchup with Chiseled and could not compete on Sunday, moved from No. 4 to No. 3 in the world standings.

Reigning PBR World Champion Jose Vitor Leme (Ribas do Rio Pardo, Brazil) had a swift end to his weekend in Sioux Falls after a brutal wreck in the 15/15 Bucking Battle on Saturday night. As the clock raced toward eight seconds, JAG Metals Grand Theft (D&H Cattle Co./ Phillip Elkins) slammed the two-time World Champion onto the ground at 7.13 seconds. Leme suffered a concussion and facial lacerations and was out for the remainder of the weekend.

Dennis The Menace (Viducic Bucking Bulle/ White Trash Buckers) earned the YETI “Built for The Wild” Bull of the Event title after his matchup with Mason Taylor (Maypearl, Texas). The dynamic animal athlete was marked 46.25 points after launching Taylor to the dirt in 3.08 seconds.

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The PBR Unleash The Beast next travels to Everett, Washington, and Angel of the Winds Arena for the PBR Everett Invitational on Wednesday, April 8 at 7:45 p.m. PDT, followed by a three-day weekend in Tacoma, Washington, for the PBR Wrangler Invitational, presented by Cooper Tires, April 8-10 at the Tacoma Dome.

Elsewhere in the PBR, on the Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour, in front of a raucous crowd at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper on Saturday evening, 2018 PBR Rookie of the Year Keyshawn Whitehorse (McCracken Springs, Utah) delivered a perfect 2-for-2 performance to win the PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour’s Casper Invitational.

Whitehorse was quick to strike in Round 1, delivering the fourth-best score when he covered Light It Up (Nothin’ But Try Ranch/Kinser/McCall) for 85.5 points.

In the championship round, Kenny (H&D Bucking Bulls/Dickie Williams/Phillips) then awaited the Navajo bull rider, who matched the animal athlete jump-for-jump en route to an 88.5-point score, clinching the event win.

Whitehorse earned a much-needed 35.5 world points and gained 10 positions in the world standings, propelling him from No. 39 to 29.

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Denny Sanford PREMIER Center -Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Event Leaders (Round 1-Round 1-Round 2-Round 3-Event Aggregate-Event Points)

1. Kaique Pacheco, 0-86-87-89-262.00-142 Points.
2. Lucas Divino, 0-85.5-81.5-76.75-243.75-83 Points.
3. Eduardo Aparecido, 0-87.75-86.75-0-174.50-68.5 Points.
4. Alex Marcilio, 0-86.75-87-0-173.75-57.5 Points.
5. Alisson De Souza, 0-84.25-76.5-0-160.75-35 Points.
6. Chase Dougherty, 0-89.25-0-0-89.25-40 Points.
7. Austin Richardson, 0-88-0-0-88.00-24 Points.
8. Luciano De Castro, 0-0-87-0-87.00-26 Points.
9. Derek Kolbaba, 0-86.75-0-0-86.75-18.5 Points.
(tie). Bob Mitchell, 0-0-86.75-0-86.75-18.5 Points.
11. Claudio Montanha Jr., 0-0-86.5-0-86.50-15 Points.
12. Adriano Salgado, 0-86.25-0-0-86.25-14 Points.
13. Mason Taylor, 0-0-85.75-0-85.75-13 Points.
(tie). Dalton Rudman, 0-85.75-0-0-85.75-12 Points.
15. Dalton Kasel, 0-85.25-0-0-85.25-9.5 Points.
(tie). Dakota Louis, 0-85.25-0-0-85.25-9.5 Points.
17. Cladson Rodolfo, 0-83.5-0-0-83.50-8 Points.
18. Tye Chandler, 0-81.25-0-0-81.25-8 Points.
19. Brady Oleson, 0-64.75-0-0-64.75
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Open secret no more: New Volkswagen Amarok V6 will be Ford powered

Although very much an open secret despite it not being announced officially, Ford’s Platform Head for the new Ranger and Everest has confirmed that the new Volkswagen Amarok will make use of the Blue Oval’s 3.0-litre turbodiesel engine in V6 guise.

Due to be unveiled later this year with the most recent hint being the divulging of certain specification items three months ago, the Amarok will ride on the same T6.2 underpinnings as the Ranger and Everest and have its production move from the General Pacheco Plant in Argentina to Dearborn’s Silverton facility outside Pretoria.

Ford Ranger will power Amarok V6
The 3.0 TDI that pumps-out 190kW/580Nm in the current Amarok V6 TDI will be no more once production finishes.

Spied undergoing testing in September last year, but teased by Wolfsburg in sketch form no less than two times this year, with an original hailing from 2020, the biggest source of debate has been the choice of powerunits reports have alleged will be Ford units in both four-cylinder and six-cylinder forms.

While the former is expected to have the same 2.0-litre capacity with either single or bi-turbocharging as in the current Amarok, the 190kW/580Nm 3.0 TDI V6 was deemed unsuitable for the General Motors co-developed ten-speed automatic gearbox and therefore ruled-out for continuing in the new model from the start.

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“They were extremely pleased with the kind of selection of powertrains and what we were doing to the chassis. But also they were very clear they wanted a fully differentiated product. They didn’t want just to have a badge diversion,” Ian Foston told Australia’s carexpert.com last week.

“It took a while for us to sign all the nondisclosure agreements, get some of the early partnership understandings, and then we kind of shared what we were doing. Pretty much what they wanted was very much compatible with what we were doing, so it was a happy days”.

Ford Ranger will power Amarok V6
New Ford Ranger will provide the base and V6 engine for the new Volkswagen Amarok.

Reaffirming comments made back in 2020 by Volkswagen’s Commercial Vehicle Head, Albert-Johann Kirzinger, against mounting criticism of the Amarok simply being a re-skinned Ranger, Foston stated, “It’s going to be a proper, proper Volkswagen with all the DNA, all the touch points that the customer you know, feel sees, and experiences”.

Aside from production taking place at Silverton as part of Ford’s record R15.8-billion investment announced last year, assembly of both the 2.0-litre and 3.0-litre mills, the latter producing 184kW/600Nm in the Ranger and Everest, will also take place on local soil at the Straundale Engine Plant in Port Elizabeth as per the Blue Oval’s additional R600-million investment last year.

Ford Ranger will power Amarok V6
Once used in the F-150, the 3.0-litre V6 turbodiesel engine will be made at Ford’s Straundale Engine Plant in Port Elizabeth.

While an official date of unveiling is yet to confirmed, including the “under investigation” Amarok R supposedly derived from the Ranger Raptor, Volkswagen has announced that it will be before the end of the year.

Expect therefore more details to emerge over the weeks and months.

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The 10 Best Avengers Stories In The Comics, Ranked | CBR

The Avengers have more than lived up to their appellation of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. A pop culture phenomenon because of the MCU, the Avengers have been entertaining fans for sixty years. In those decades, creators have put out some of the greatest superhero stories of all time, epic stories with Marvel’s biggest heroes and villains.

With a history as storied as the Avengers, it can be hard to narrow down the best stories. Avengers history is a treasure trove, but even so, there are stories that stand out above the rest. These timeless classics are the best of the best.

Operation: Galactic Storm Is An Underrated Epic

For most fans, the ’90s are mostly a low point for the Avengers, but it wasn’t all bad. Both the beginning and end of the decade have some great Avengers stories and the best from the early ’90s is Operation: Galactic Storm. Running through Avengers, Avengers West Coast, and the various solo titles of team members, it had the Avengers get involved in a war between the Shi’ar and the Kree.

Taking a page from the “Kree-Skrull War”, Operation: Galactic Storm takes that story’s epic scale and dials it up to eleven. Touching on the morality of the Avengers fighting a war and delivering thrilling action, this story is a hidden gem.

Avengers (Vol. 1) #185-187 Take Scarlet Witch To Wundagore Mountain

Avengers #185-187, by writers David Michelinie, Mark Gruenwald, and Steven Grant, and artist John Byrne, digs into Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver’s origins and sends the team to Wundagore Mountain. Things get crazy there and the team has to deal with Scarlet Witch as her powers rage out of control.

This story is one of the first “crazy Scarlet Witch” stories and still one of the best. The epic of Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch’s origins is a long and storied one, with this story representing a high point. There’s a murder’s row of talent on this story and it showcases one of the most iconic Avengers line-ups of all time, so there’s a lot to love.

Avengers: Avengers World Begins Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers Epic

Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers run is the best of the 21st century. The writer built an epic like few others, and it all kicked off in Avengers: Avengers World, with art by Jerome Opena and Adam Kubert. When Avengers go missing on a mission to an anomaly on Mars, Iron Man creates the largest team of Avengers ever to go after them and that’s only the beginning of what this story has in store for readers.

Avengers World goes for the jugular right from the beginning. Hickman is an amazing craftsman and it shows on every page of this opening story. On top of that, Opena and Kubert’s art is amazing, selling the larger-than-life stakes of this massive story.

Dark Avengers: Assemble Showcases A Very Different Avengers Team

Dark Avengers: Assemble, by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Mike Deodato Jr., is one of the highlights of Bendis’s long run on the Avengers’ books. In the aftermath of Secret Invasion, Norman Osborn is given the keys to the kingdom, assembling a team of powerful villains and putting them in familiar heroic mantles. Their first mission- stop evil sorceress Morgan Le Fay.

Dark Avengers took full advantage of everything Bendis did well and put it on display. The team is the most entertaining of his Avengers tenure, as befits a team of villains, and this story has some beautiful Deodato art. It has it all and gives readers a look at how the other side avenges.

Avengers Disassembled Showcased The Worst Day In Avengers History

Brian Michael Bendis’s first foray into the Avengers was Avengers Disassembled. Joined on art by David Finch, the story had a mysterious foe attacking the team, immediately drawing blood by killing Ant-Man and the Vision. Things only get worse from there, as the reserves assemble and the Avengers are caught up in one of their biggest battles.

Bendis’s time with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes definitely has its ups and downs but it started out wonderfully. This story is a sweeping Avengers epic and put the team back on the map in a huge way. it kicked off storylines that play out over the next few years and is a great read to boot.

Avengers: The Kree-Skrull War Was The First True Avengers Epic

The Avengers had always been Marvel’s foremost superhero team but Avengers: The Kree-Skrull War, by writer Roy Thomas and artist Neal Adams and John Buscema, eclipsed everything that came before it. When the ancient rivalry between the Kree and Skrull heats up again and the Earth is caught in the middle, the Avengers do their best to limit the damage to humanity and end the conflict.

Guest-starring Mar-Vell, the first Captain Marvel, this was the first big Avengers cosmic story. It’s a comic that has it all and is one that every fan of the team should read. It would provide the blueprint for Avengers stories in the future, with a grand scope that is still hard to top.

Avengers Forever Is Time Twisting Avengers Goodness

Avengers Forever, by writers Kurt Busiek and Roger Stern and artist Carlos Pacheco, is both an exciting Avengers story and a trip through the team’s history. Pitting a team of Avengers from the past, present, and future against machinations of the Time Keepers and Immortus, one of Kang the Conqueror’s many guises, it’s a story perfect for new and long time fans.

Avengers Forever sets out to both clean up the clutter of Avengers history and tell an amazing story, something it does very well in both respects. It’s an exciting story, one that will keep readers on the edge of their seats, and it has killer art. It’s the total package.

Avengers (Vol. 1) #4 Features The Return Of A Legend

Captain America is Marvel’s most inspiring hero but he wasn’t around for the beginning of Marvel’s Silver Age. Avengers (Vol. 1) #4, by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, changed all of that. Bringing the Golden Age icon into the present of the Silver Age and retconning his adventures to fit, it gave the publisher its greatest hero back.

Lee and Kirby are one of comics’ most iconic teams and that’s on full display for this one. This is a story that pretty much every Marvel fan needs to read at some point. Kirby helped co-create the Sentinel of Liberty in the Golden Age and his kinetic artwork in this issue proves why he’s considered one of the best.

Avengers: Under Siege Pit The Team Against The Masters Of Evil

Avengers: Under Siege, by writer Roger Stern and artist John Buscema, is a landmark Avengers story. Baron Zemo, desperate for revenge against the team, assembles the most powerful Masters of Evil roster ever and attacks the Avengers when they least expect it. The team finds themselves in a position they’ve never been in before, as the Masters hold all the cards.

Stern and Buscema’s classic is timeless. Featuring an all-star line-up of heroes and villains, it illustrates just how great a villain Zemo can be, as well as why the Avengers are so formidable. Their come from behind victory is the stuff of legend and this story plays it perfectly.

Avengers: Ultron Unlimited Is The Best Ultron Story Ever

Ultron is the Avengers’ greatest foe, his personal rivalry with the team fueling his hatred of humanity and spurring on his reprehensible deeds. Avengers: Ultron Unlimited, by writer Kurt Busiek and artist George Perez, presents his most heinous act, slaughtering the country of Slorenia in minutes, and the Avengers mobilizing to stop him.

Busiek and Perez’s run on the title is probably the best in recent memory, two amazing creators at the tops of their game and this story is its highlight. It’s the finest Ultron story of all, which puts it in rarefied air, and showcases everything that makes a great Avengers story work.

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Spike in hospital admissions and asthmatics called to stay inside: Incredible photos show Spain’s Almeria blanketed in dust  – Olive Press News Spain

DOCTORS have seen an ‘exponential increase’ in the number of people admitted to hospital in Almeria after a thick blanket of dust from the Tabernas Desert arrived in the city. 

The coastal city has turned a yellowish hue after southern winds transferred the dust from the Tabernas Desert, located 30km north of the city. 

The Torrecardenas University Hospital in Almeria confirmed on Tuesday that they have seen a spike in the number of patients with ‘respiratory distress’ due to the ‘extremely unfavourable’ quality of air in the city. 

Head of Algeria’s Emergency Services Antonio Duarte said that since thick plumes of dust arrived in the city in the early hours of Tuesday morning they have received dozens of calls from ‘asthmatic patients suffering from an increased sensation of choking’. 

Duarte said that ‘many patients’ who attended the emergency rooms said they were struggling to breathe after going outside to exercise. 

He said: “They have had to stop the activity due to difficulty inhaling air. 

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He added: “I would ask that those with respiratory conditions always have the inhaler at hand and if in any doubt, consult your doctor. 

“I would highly recommend not to do outdoor activities and avoid going out as much as possible.” 

He also advised the people of Almeria to wear an FPP2 mask outdoors and ‘avoid areas with air currents, where suspended dust is even worse’. 

According to the records of the Air Quality Index of the Ministry of Ecological Transition (Miteco), the Almeria station has detected an ‘extremely unfavorable’  air quality since 11am on Tuesday due to the levels of PM2.5.

We previously reported that the city is covered in thick plumes of dust which has delayed transport and forced asthmatics to stay inside.

Forecasters have warned motorists to take extra care on the road as the smoke is expected to last well into Friday morning.

The mayor of Almeria Ramon Fernandez-Pacheco has urged residents to adopt ‘self-protection’ measures, adding that locals should ‘follow the recommendations’ given by Civil Protection.

Fernandez-Pacheco took to Twitter to warn people of the high levels of dust and suspended particles that have ‘stained the city orange’. 

He advised that locals should leave their homes ’as little as possible’ and travel ‘only if necessary’. 

“Reduce you speed when driving through the dust and be careful as visibility is extremely poor.’ 

The mayor also urged locals to wear a mask to ‘help reduce the irritation caused by the haze’. 

The Civil Protection added that it is necessary ‘to avoid doing sports, exercise and physical activities that take place outside’ and warned residents to keep exterior doors and windows of the home closed. 

They also advise that vulnerable people such as children, the elderly and people with respiratory problems should take care to stay hydrated since the dust ‘dries out’ the lungs. 

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