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A fieldworker wearing a hat with the golden eagle, the official bird of Mexico, as he uses it to shield his face from the sun while he picks strawberries on Saturday, April 25, 2020. Photo by David Rodriguez, The Salinas Californian

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Farmworkers say employers, Cal/OSHA don’t enforce COVID-19 safety regulations

A new study shows farmworkers say they have been left unprotected from COVID-19 by the very employers and agencies who wrote emergency regulations intended to keep them safe.

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Kate Cimini

• 2월 2, 2021

Workers arrive at the Foster Poultry Farms site at 900 W. Belgravia Ave., Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 9, 2020 in Fresno. Photo by Eric Zamora, The Fresno Bee

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California isn’t fully tracking serious workplace COVID-19 cases in Fresno. Here’s why

A year after the first COVID-19 case hit California, the state agency in charge of policing offices, warehouses, and other workplaces is understaffed and significantly undercounting the number of people in Fresno County and across the state who’ve fallen seriously ill with the coronavirus. Employers in Fresno County reported only 66 serious worker illnesses or […]

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• 2월 2, 2021

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Surprising rise in California entrepreneurs daring to start new businesses during pandemic

Lea este artículo en español. The pandemic and stay-at-home orders have forced thousands of financially dried up California businesses to shut down, but for Dan Zhao, they became the reason to start a new one. “Before the pandemic, I just had a regular job,” said Zhao, a product manager at a San Francisco-based software company. But when […]

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Laurence Du Sault

• 2월 1, 2021

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Pandemic triggers century-high level of global inequality, U.S. among drivers

The U.S. was absent from the report’s section highlighting measures fighting pandemic-induced inequality.

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Laurence Du Sault

• 1월 30, 2021

Demonstrators calling for lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom to pass rent forgiveness and stronger eviction protections legislation gather in front of the Capitol in Sacramento on Jan. 25, 2021. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo

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California extends eviction moratorium through June

With the state's eviction moratorium set to expire at the end of January, California lawmakers passed two bills extending it through June.

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나이젤 두아라

• 1월 28, 2021

Deborah Bell-Holt stands in the street of her neighborhood in Jefferson Park near Downtown Los Angeles on Jan. 21, 2021. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters

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‘The most basic form of PPE’: 1.6 million households face water shutoffs

In April, the governor issued an executive order that barred water shutoffs for customers who don’t pay their water bills. State leaders are looking for ways to bail out struggling residents and smaller water systems alike, both buckling under $1 billion in water debt statewide.

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Jackie Botts

• 1월 26, 2021

Galen Mancino, left, and Betsy Kinsey, hold up banners during a housing justice demonstration in the Adams Point neighborhood of Oakland on Dec. 5, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

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Lawmakers propose extending eviction moratorium until June 30

Under a legislative agreement, California would extend its eviction moratorium to the end of June. Landlords would get an incentive to forgive back rent using an extra $2.6 billion from federal relief.

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나이젤 두아라

• 1월 25, 2021

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Fresno declared an emergency over these apartments in 2015. Now, a man died there in fire

A fire last week left one man dead at a Fresno apartment complex that has long been the poster child for habitability issues in Fresno.

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마누엘라 토비아스

• 1월 25, 2021

John adjusts the covers on his massage table. Photo by Ayrton Ostly, The Salinas Californian

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Going underground: California business operates in secret amid pandemic restrictions

Many small business owners have taken legitimate operations underground during the pandemic. Owners say they’ve been unable to get by on government loans and stimulus checks.

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Kate Cimini

• 1월 22, 2021

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How many Californians are at risk of eviction? Depends who you ask

Two estimates portend dramatically different consequences if an eviction moratorium extension doesn’t pass

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• 1월 22, 2021

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Covering income inequality across the state