August 13, 2021

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced new vaccine and testing requirements for teachers as schools begin to open for the new academic year, amidst an increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations from the Delta variant. CalMatters’ education reporter Joe Hong talks with Nigel about the mandate for teachers to either be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. Hong […]

En resumen Se ha encontrado una nueva cepa del coronavirus en California. Pero no es necesario preocuparse, dicen los expertos, ya que la variante lambda rara vez se detecta y la variante delta es la que domina. Read this article in English.   Una nueva variante de COVID-19, llamada lambda, ha llegado a California. La variante emergente […]

After months of delay, the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday released the raw data that cities, counties and states need to finally start drawing their election maps for the next decade. A few key factoids:  California’s population grew by 2.3 million since 2010 — a 6% increase. That was slower than the nation as a […]

I wasn’t surprised to hear California has a reparations committee, and I do know we each bear some part of the collective responsibility for the injustices perpetrated by any government of which we are a part — and in my case, perpetrated by my family.

A new strain of the coronavirus has been found in California. But no need to worry, experts say, since lambda is rarely detected, and delta dominates.