July 17, 2020

Vietnam veteran Jerry Hogan at Lindsay Gardens after testing positive for COVID-19 a week ago, in Lindsay, CA on April 28, 2020. Hogan, was put into the facility to receive lifesaving therapy, but instead, has not been receiving any therapy after patients at the facility began falling ill from the virus. Hogan is the father of photojournalist Jeremy Hogan, who made this image during his visit. Photo by Jeremy Hogan, SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Images

Coronavirus

Feds to send COVID tests to nursing homes, but can California really use them?

State health officials were caught off guard by the federal government’s plan, as the tests are less accurate and may be of limited use in California’s nursing homes.

By Barbara Feder Ostrov • July 17, 2020

CalMatters en Español

Casi todas las escuelas de California tienen orden de cerrar. Las clases en línea son obligatorias

La educación de al menos el 90% del estado se hará en línea. Las escuelas no pueden reabrir a menos que se estabilice la cantidad de casos de coronavirus y las hospitalizaciones del condado al que pertenecen.

By Ricardo Cano • July 17, 2020

Today, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that schools serving more than 5 million students across the state will not be reopening for in-person instruction this fall. Image via iStock

Education

Nearly all California schools ordered to shut down. Online classes mandatory

Education for at least 90% of the state will have to be held online. Schools cannot reopen unless their county's coronavirus infections and hospitalizations are stable.

By Ricardo Cano • July 17, 2020

Politics

Inside California’s surprising history of Confederate monuments

Confederate monuments haven’t just populated the Deep South — Southern California also is littered with tributes to people who once advocated a system of slavery, racism and colonialism. How did that happen? After the U.S. Civil War, southerners moved west in search of gold. As many settled in and around Los Angeles and San Diego, […]

By Jacob Ohara • July 17, 2020

The back window of a studio seen from the street at San Francisco Art Institute. The private art college has been forced to closed due to financial pressures related to the coronavirus. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

WhatMatters

State of the state: grim

Good morning, California. It’s Friday, July 17. Difficult road ahead As California approaches yet another pandemic inflection point, things are looking pretty grim on multiple fronts. —Virus: The state logged a record 11,000 new cases on Tuesday, and hospitalizations and intensive-care admissions remain at record levels, though the rate at which they’re increasing is beginning […]

By Emily Hoeven • July 17, 2020

Commentary

California needs leadership on nuclear waste

Gov. Gavin Newsom and leaders from the Legislature must demand action on nuclear waste and fill gaps in oversight.

By Guest Commentary • July 17, 2020