March 30, 2020

As the number of people hospitalized in California with the coronavirus doubled in just four days, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday sent out an urgent call seeking help from the state’s 37,000 retired and part-time health care professionals.  Newsom issued an executive order that will temporarily allow retired doctors and nurses to return to work, […]

CalMatters' Matt Levin and the Los Angeles Times' Liam Dillon discuss how the state's housing woes are complicating California's response to the virus

School districts across California have closed their doors as communities go on lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, and instructional time for millions of the state’s K-12 students is now spent at kitchen tables instead of classrooms. This new reality has created obstacles for teachers who are experimenting with distance learning on a massive scale, parents […]

As California coronavirus cases continue to grow, so do questions about why the state wasn't better prepared for COVID-19 pandemic.

In dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, is the stay-at-home cure (advocated by Gov. Newsom) worse than the economic problem (President Trump would like to end)? Read this cost analysis.

Spurred to offer online college courses because of the coronavirus pandemic, California should invest in an innovative education strategy.

Two major actions should help PG&E's emergence from bankruptcy — a deal with Gov. Newsom and a guilty plea for the Camp Fire. But what then?