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Since 1995, the Rising Sun Center has turned energy efficiency into job training, helping 3,000 young people launch careers while cutting neighbors' utility bills for free. Now they're expanding to 13 more counties across Central California.
Ghana's National Youth Authority brought together government agencies for a day of sports, games, and friendly competition at Accra Sports Stadium. The inter-agency gala is part of month-long celebrations promoting youth engagement across the country.
A Manhattan Beach brewery is celebrating a local hero who's been changing kids' lives through surf camp for six years. The best part? Every sip of their new hard seltzer supports her mission.
A pair of California condors are incubating the region's first wild egg in over a century, marking a major milestone for a species that once dwindled to just 22 birds. The hopeful parents, equipped with GPS trackers and given names meaning "She carries our prayers" and "At last I fly," are sharing parenting duties in Humboldt County.
Jackson Trinh beat cancer and now he's using his story to give hope to other kids fighting the disease. The California sixth-grader just became the youth ambassador for Hyundai Hope on Wheels, a nonprofit funding pediatric cancer research. ---
A youth mariachi ensemble from Riverside, California just won the 2026 National Mariachi Championship in Anaheim, capping a breakthrough year for the young musicians. The victory comes after months of dedication and represents a major win for music education in the Inland Empire.
The Big Sur Marathon Foundation has quietly invested over $7.2 million into Monterey County since 1986, turning race proceeds into life-changing programs for at-risk youth and community wellness. This year alone, they'll give back more than $650,000.
Ghana's CEO of the National Youth Authority just challenged the world to stop treating young people as an afterthought. At Oxford University, he shared how Ghana's youth-first approach could transform nations.
UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan celebrated the nation's young people as architects of the future on International Youth Day. His message highlights how investing in youth drives national progress and global leadership.
California just became the 26th state to require every high school student to pass a personal finance course before graduation. Starting Fall 2027, teens will learn essential money skills like budgeting, investing, and avoiding scams before entering the real world.
For half a century, the California Conservation Corps has transformed young lives while protecting the environment. This workforce development program has planted countless trees, fought wildfires, and launched over 1,000 members into Cal Fire careers.
California lawmakers are closing a loophole that lets e-bike makers sell much more powerful bikes than legally allowed, aiming to reduce serious injuries among young riders. The new bill would cap e-bikes at 750 watts of peak power, not just continuous output.
Thirteen young adults just graduated from a six-month program that's opening doors to California's booming clean energy workforce. The hands-on training helped low-income families while building real job skills for careers in energy efficiency.
Elementary school students in Danville, California are helping save a bald eagle habitat through bake sales, car washes, and letter-writing campaigns. Their grassroots effort has contributed to raising over $2.68 million toward a $10 million goal.
California and the United Kingdom just deepened their climate partnership with real money behind it. British clean-tech company Octopus Energy is committing nearly $1 billion to California's clean economy.
California just rolled out the largest utility-backed rebate program in the nation to help businesses afford electric trucks, with incentives up to $120,000 per vehicle. The billion-dollar California Clean Fuel Reward program aims to clean the air while making zero-emission commercial vehicles affordable for fleets of all sizes.
A young gray wolf has crossed from California into Nevada, marking a rare wildlife milestone for a species that nearly disappeared from the American West. The lone traveler is part of California's growing wolf recovery success story.
California's electric vehicles could soon help power the grid when demand spikes, turning millions of parked cars into a massive energy storage system. A new report shows just 10% of the state's EVs could deliver one-third of California's 2036 storage goals.
California just switched on a 105-megawatt solar farm to power the state's largest electricity consumer: a giant pumping station that lifts water over mountains to Southern California. The project marks the biggest renewable energy purchase in State Water Project history and helps protect residents from rising energy costs.
Electric vehicles parked in California driveways could solve the state's renewable energy storage crisis. Just 10% of EV owners sharing their battery power would provide one-third of California's energy storage needs by 2036.
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