May 1, 2020

Angry demonstrators, many unmasked, crammed toward the state Capitol demanding Gov. Gavin Newsom loosen or lift restrictions designed to contain the coronavirus pandemic. The bigger risk for Newsom: Losing buy-in from local officials to make his edicts relevant up and down this diverse state.

The coronavirus has forced the entire world into disarray, but the food industry in particular. With restaurants closing or reshaping business models around slimmed-down take-out menus, the dominoes are starting to fall for the farmers who suddenly have nowhere to take their food. And, at the same time, as more people find themselves out of […]

Last week Gov. Newsom announced that eligible seniors throughout California could immediately get three free restaurant meals per day delivered to their door. Yet a week later, not a single meal has been delivered, and tens of thousands of Californians who have tried to sign up have been left disappointed, confused and maybe even hungry. […]

As California began to shut down in March, the CalMatters board of directors asked me to focus on one question: Will the virus crisis threaten our ability to deliver extraordinary journalism at a time when it's more important than ever?

Newsom closes Orange County beaches. OES becomes governor's new headquarters. Most jobless claims made by younger, less-educated workers.

On May 1, I will join thousands of tenants across the country in the rent strike movement, turning our economic reality into a political act.

A not-for-profit hospital in Berkeley is scheduled to be closed because it would not be cost effective to retrofit the facility to meet required seismic standards.