December 7, 2020 - CalMatters

Supporters attend a Moms 4 Housing Board of SuperMOMS protest outside the County of Alameda Administrations building in Oakland on Sept. 1, 2020 following the passage of an emergency measure to block evictions until the end of January amid the pandemic. Lawmakers Photo by Anda Chu, Bay Area News Group

Lawmakers weigh moratorium extension as eviction cliff looms

by Matt Levin December 7, 2020December 7, 2020

New proposal would extend the statewide eviction moratorium through Dec. 31, 2021. Both sides want federal intervention.

Poll workers prepare the voting center at Lake Forest Sports Park for Friday’s opening on Wednesday, October 28, 2020. Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG

Orange County staff planned election details down to the “I Voted” stickers

by Michael Lozano December 7, 2020December 7, 2020

Lucy Smallreed at her home in Inverness on Dec. 6, 2020. Smallreed’s neighborhood, which borders on the Tomales Bay State Park, is a heavily wooded area. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

California Wildfires

Can ‘fire hardening’ solve California’s home insurance crisis?

by James Bikales December 7, 2020December 9, 2020

Marcial Delgado, al centro, posa para una foto con sus dos hijos Fernando Delgado, 12, izquierda, y Javier Alonzo, 8, afuera de su casa en Campbell, el viernes 4 de diciembre de 2020. Delgado trabajaba en la cafetería de NVidia, una compañía de tecnología con sede en Santa Clara, durante 20 años antes de que la pandemia golpeara y lo enviara a casa. La compañía todavía le paga, dijo. Foto de Ray Chavez, Bay Area News Group

CalMatters en Español

A pesar de los campus cerrados, algunas empresas de tecnología de Silicon Valley siguen pagando a los trabajadores de la cafetería, conserjes

by Laurence Du Sault and CalMatters staff December 7, 2020December 8, 2020

Marcial Delgado, center, poses for a photo with his two sons Fernando Delgado, 12, left, and Javier Alonzo, 8, outside his home in Campbell, on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. Delgado worked in the cafeteria at NVidia, a Santa-Clara based tech company, for 20 years before the pandemic hit and sent him home. He still gets paid by the company, he said. Photo by Ray Chavez, Bay Area News Group

California Divide

Despite shuttered campuses, some Silicon Valley tech firms still paying cafeteria workers, janitors

by Laurence Du Sault December 7, 2020December 8, 2020

Vehicles including Foster Farms trucks enter and exit the Foster Farms facility located at 1000 Davis Street in Livingston, on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. Photo by Andrew Kuhn, Merced Sun-Star

California Divide

Nearly 200 workers test positive for COVID-19 at Foster Farms poultry plant in Fresno

by Manuela Tobias December 7, 2020December 8, 2020

Native people

Path to reconciliation for Native people in California begins with truth and healing

by Guest Commentary December 7, 2020December 7, 2020

Jacques Gene at his home in Cool, near Sacramento, with his 7-year-old son Wyatt. They are among the hundreds of thousands of Californians who are bracing for pandemic aid to end, as federal unemployment benefits expire and the state lifts its eviction moratorium. Photo by Hector Amezcua for CalMatters

California State of Mind

Podcast: EDD plays ping-pong with unemployment claims

by CalMatters staff December 7, 2020December 4, 2020

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra

Biden taps California AG for Cabinet health job — handing Newsom a rare opportunity

by Emily Hoeven December 7, 2020December 7, 2020

Attorney, Nathaly Medina speaks with client, Lynn Byers before her hearing at the Stanley Mosk courthouse in down town Los Angeles, on Dec. 2, 2020. Photo by Tash Kimmell for CalMatters

California Divide

Attorneys worry for clients — and themselves — making in-court appearances

by Nigel Duara December 7, 2020December 4, 2020