Sacramento
June 2020
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
California Posts Guidelines for Gyms, Bars, Hotels, Camps to Reopen as Soon as June 12
COVID and Kids: A New Inflammatory Syndrome Poses Safety Challenge for Schools, Day Care
Is Now the Time to Bring Back Affirmative Action in California?
Babies and Oil Don’t Mix: Wells Linked to Low Birthweight
Six Things: The Role of California’s National Guard in Protests
Newsom Empathizes With Protesters as Trump Threatens Military Intervention
California Schools Desperate for Guidance, Money as They Plan for Fall Reopening
May 2020
In Information Age, Many Californians Struggle to Stay Informed
Farmers Must Diversify in a Post-Pandemic World, Ag Experts Say
Trust Barriers Pose Challenge for Coronavirus Testing, Tracing Among Black and Latino Californians
Blind Spot: Lobbying Behind California Coronavirus Contracts Can Stay Secret
The Pandemic Hasn’t Killed California’s Big Housing Plans — but They Have Mutated
UCs Ditch the SAT and ACT — Set Out to Make a ‘Fairer’ Standardized Test
Pandemic Food Stamps Offer Up to $365 Per Child
Big Cuts Could Hit Little Californians: $1 Billion in Preschool and Child Care Dollars at Risk
Valid Assumptions or ‘Tacky Bluffs’ — the Econ Forecast Shaping Newsom’s Budget
State Eases Rules for Reopening Dine-In Restaurants, Stores
California Budget Yanks Back Medi-Cal Health Care Gains for Low-Income Residents
Schools Fear Prospect of Layoffs, Furloughs as State Budget Gets Slashed
Schools, Health Face Deep Cuts in California’s $203 Billion Budget
Lawmakers Propose Sweeping Relief to Missed Rent Payments
Gov. Newsom: Coronavirus Testing Way Up, but State’s Nursing Homes Still Lagging
Can California Cities Weather the COVID Recession?
California Just Revealed a $54.3 Billion Deficit — Worse Than the Great Recession
California’s Essential Workers to Get Benefit of the Doubt if They Contract COVID
Wanted: Health Care Workers. (Wait! Never Mind)
California Wires Mask Dealer Half a Billion Dollars, Then Claws It Back
Are California Businesses Getting a Fair Share of Coronavirus Loans?
California Readies Army of Coronavirus Detectives
As Protesters Demand ‘Reopen California!’ Here’s Whom Newsom Can’t Afford to Alienate
April 2020
How Coronavirus Is Busting California’s $187 Million Census Campaign
California Could Reopen Schools as Early as July; Some Businesses Could Open in a Couple of Weeks
Back Off the Beach and the Rising Sea? No Way, California Cities Say
Not If, but How: California Prepares for an All Vote-By-Mail Election in November
Virtual Medical Visits Are the New Normal During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Governor’s Quandary: Who Should Get California Workers’ Comp Benefits for COVID-19?
Even Harder Than Shutting Down: How Does Newsom Reopen California?
Coronavirus Detectives: Here’s How Counties Try to Track Everyone Exposed
How Coronavirus Could Test California’s Commitment to Privacy
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