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Vaccine appointments may be backed up for several weeks

The CEO of Blue Shield predicts it will take until the end of April to ease California’s backlog. “When you make millions of people eligible overnight, there's not millions of appointments immediately available,” he told CalMatters.

에 의해 Barbara Feder Ostrov 그리고 아나 B. 이바라 • 3월 26, 2021

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State halves desk-spacing rule — will more schools reopen full-time?

California just made it significantly easier for K-12 schools to bring students back to campus full-time — but some of the state’s largest districts and most powerful unions are pushing back, suggesting that hundreds of thousands of students may not receive daily in-person instruction this school year. Student desks should now be kept a minimum […]

에 의해 Emily Hoeven • 3월 22, 2021

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Newsom speech ushers in election season

Good morning, California. It’s Wednesday, March 10. High stakes for governor Buckle your seatbelts: It’s officially election season in California. That much was evident from the ambience of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s State of the State speech Tuesday night. The governor stood at a podium in Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium, flanked by massive screens that alternated […]

에 의해 Emily Hoeven • 3월 10, 2021

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More than 12,000 coronavirus cases have been reported at California child care centers

Experts aren’t sure if the numbers are good or bad because of the number of variables involved and lack of similar data. Child care providers hope new relief from the state will help.

에 의해 Elizabeth Aguilera • 3월 4, 2021

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Up in smoke: Burns in San Joaquin Valley vineyards, orchards may finally end

California’s air board will vote this week on stopping burns that spew plumes of smoke that can trigger asthma attacks. The move is long in coming — it was supposed to end a decade ago under state law.

에 의해 레이첼 베커 • 2월 22, 2021

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Who’s getting vaccinated in California? A county-by-county look at racial data

Although data is incomplete, in nearly all counties, white people received the largest percentage of vaccine doses — even in counties with large Latino populations. Latinos are the biggest group vaccinated in Los Angeles and two other counties.

에 의해 CalMatters Staff • 2월 19, 2021

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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.

에 의해 Kate Cimini • 2월 2, 2021

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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 […]

에 의해 마누엘라 토비아스, Jason Pohl, Dale Kasler 그리고 Phillip Reese • 2월 2, 2021

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Conserving Tejon Ranch: A fight worth waging

The Tejon Ranch dispute threatens funding for cutting-edge science and innovative field applications to prevent ecosystem decline.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 1월 4, 2021

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California leads fight to defend Obamacare

Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, November 10. Note: The newsletter will pause Wednesday in recognition of Veterans Day. I’ll be back in your inbox on Thursday. Health insurance on the line Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare — […]

에 의해 Emily Hoeven • 11월 10, 2020