November 2020

With grades falling and absenteeism rising, a new study says that school closures may cause more deaths than leaving them open.

Could jobless Californians soon receive benefits by direct deposit? State legislators are considering reforms and asking Bank of America for answers following a CalMatters investigation into payment problems impacting more than 350,000 unemployment debit cards.

Lea este artículo en español. On Sept. 9, a mobile testing site rolled up to Huron Middle School in the 7,000-person rural city 50 miles south of Fresno. In four hours, only four people showed up for free COVID-19 testing. At five other coronavirus testing events organized by the Fresno County Health Department that month in […]

California may have paid up to $1 billion in fraudulent unemployment claims filed on behalf of prison and jail inmates in what prosecutors are calling “the most significant fraud on taxpayer funds in California history.” The state paid more than 35,000 claims under state prisoners’ names, with one inmate collecting nearly $49,000, a group of […]

As California faces a surge in coronavirus cases, vaccines may be weeks away with three drug companies reporting promising results.

An estimated 750,000 Californians are set to lose federal unemployment benefits the day after Christmas, and 2.1 million could lose their homes weeks later when a statewide eviction moratorium lifts.

Disconnects between K-12 and higher education data systems can lead students to have their college eligibility determined incorrectly; here’s a solution.

As we experience the holidays in the time of COVID-19, let’s keep the most vulnerable in mind and remember that suicide is preventable.

A medida que California enfrenta un aumento en los casos de coronavirus, las vacunas pueden estar a unas semanas de distancia y tres compañías farmacéuticas informan resultados prometedores.

Se estima que 750.000 californianos perderán los beneficios federales por desempleo el día después de Navidad, y 2,1 millones podrían perder sus hogares semanas después cuando se levante la moratoria de desalojo en todo el estado.