Sacramento

August 2020

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

Gov. Dad: Family Leave Job Protections Expanded in Bill Backed by Newsom

June 2020

Props to You, Californians: A Preview of What’s on Your November Ballot

California Mandates Zero-Exhaust Big Rigs, Delivery Trucks

Could Racially Motivated 911 Calls Become Hate Crimes?

Fauci to California: Good Work So Far, but State Needs Public Buy-In for Safe Reopening

California Re-Evaluating Its Landmark Climate Strategy

Budget Deal Shields Neediest Californians, Shifts Burden to Middle Class

From Prison to the Halls of Power: A Politician’s Son Lobbies to Let People on Parole Vote

California’s Vacation Industry Is Open for Business. Proceed With Caution.

Filling Trump Void, California Steps in to Protect Birds, Wetlands

This Week’s California Coronavirus Hospitalizations Are Approaching the Height of Pandemic

Not an Option: Governor Orders Statewide Mask Use Amid Scattered Pushback

State Health Department Makes Masks Mandatory; All Californians Will Now Be Required to Wear Facial Coverings in the Situations Where Humboldters are Supposed To

Counting the Dead: Nursing Home COVID Data a ‘Tangled Mess’

A Collision of Epidemics: Coronavirus Disrupts Addiction Treatment

Newsom: California Stabilizing Coronavirus, but Don’t Get Excited

‘Things Have Gotten Ugly’ — Pandemic Pushback Drives Health Directors to Quit

Judge to Newsom on Vote-By-Mail Strategy: Restrain Yourself

California’s No-Bid Contracts for Pandemic Supplies Reveal Collapsed Deals, Untested Vendors

Converting a Motel to Homeless Housing, Step by Step

Expect Hybrid Learning to Become Norm This Fall

‘Mutually Repugnant’: Gov. Newsom and Lawmakers Pursue Budget Compromise

Newsom Seeks Statewide Reform of Police Use of Force


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