Sacramento

August 2020

California Poised to Become National Leader on Mental Health and Addiction Coverage

The West Is Burning, So California Struggles to Find Help Fighting Its Wildfires

‘Game Changer’ in California Coronavirus Testing to Double Capacity and Speed Up Results

California Lawmakers Propose Last-Minute Bill Providing Funds for Fighting Wildfires

Amid Raging Fires and Pandemic, Newsom Calls Relationship With Trump ‘Very Effective’

Democrats Divided: Newsom’s Family-Leave Plan Faces Resistance From His Own Party

Prop. 16 Could Boost Racial Equity Among University Faculty

Cal State in the COVID Era: No Tuition Cuts, 4 Other Takeaways From Chancellor Chat

The Tough Questions Pushing California to an Eviction Cliff

Five Automakers Finalize Deal With California to Clean Up Car Emissions

Will California Change Policing?

California State Colleges Now Require Ethnic Studies

Mask Fines Vary Widely Throughout California

As Trump Takes Aim at Postal Funding, Could He Undermine California’s All-Mail Election?

Coronavirus Economic Fallout Sparks More Talk of Taxing California’s Richest

Uber, Lyft and Why California’s War Over Gig Work Is Just Beginning

More Than 1,600 Californians — Including Many in Humboldt — Have Been Evicted During Pandemic

The Veepstakes Are Over — but Whom Might Newsom Pick to Replace Kamala Harris?

California’s Post-Prison Chaos: Thousands Released Early, Including Many With Coronavirus

Amid Pressures of Pandemic, Newsom Quickly Accepts Health Officer’s Resignation

Side Hustles, Liquidating 401(k)s: Here’s How Jobless Californians Are Getting by Without the Extra $600

California Democrats Divided Over COVID-19 Stimulus, Millionaire Tax to Fund Economic Recovery

Rural California Schools Prepare for Possible In-Person Teaching

Faced With Dying Californians and Withering Businesses, Gov. Newsom Steers a Middle Path. Can It Last?

‘Pervasive Failure to Investigate’: Report Finds Lack of Scrutiny in Cases of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

Why Californians With Mental Illness Are Dropping Private Insurance to Get Taxpayer-Funded Treatment

July 2020

#MeToo Claims Filed Against Democratic Lawmaker, but Will Investigations Follow?

Audit: Don’t Make It Easier to Force Mentally Ill Californians Into Treatment — Just Improve Treatment

If Feds Let Jobless Benefits Drop, Key California Dems Float ‘Backdoor Borrowing’ Idea to Make Up Difference

The New Hot Spot: Newsom Targets Central Valley for $52 Million Coronavirus Aid

Should I Quit My Job? California Parents Grapple With Education in a Pandemic

Through the Looking-Glass: Family Members Fight Restricted Access to Loved Ones in Long-Term Care

Financial Aid Appeals Surge as Students Cope With Pandemic Hardships

Abundance or Shortage? Newsom and Hospitals at Odds Over Mask Supply for Health Care Workers

How COVID Is Deepening California’s Income Inequality in 5 Charts

Nearly All California Schools Ordered to Shut Down

‘It Would Have Changed My Life’: Restorative Justice Offers Californians Way to Avoid Prison

After More Coronavirus Closures, How Deep Will California’s Recession Go?

California Sets New Coronavirus Testing Guidelines

Hit or Miss: Californians Describe Vastly Different COVID-19 Testing Experiences

Progressive California Still Lets Local Police Investigate When One of Their Own Uses Deadly Force

As Wildfire Season Looms, California Adds 900 Firefighters to Its Crews

Big Bet: Why the Country’s Largest Pension Fund Is Getting Into Banking

A Grim Tally: Newsom Puts Brave Face on California’s COVID-19 Surge

The Virus and the Vulnerable: Latino Children Suffer Higher Rates of COVID-19

The Struggle to Enter California’s Cannabis Market: ‘So Much Heartache, So Much Pain’

Six Curious Takeaways From California’s PPP Loans

Who Responds to Nonviolent Crises? New Urgency to Remove Police From the Equation

What California’s Budget Deal Means for K-12 Schools

Indoor Restaurants Shut Down in 72% of California for Three Weeks


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