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California’s make-or-break reopening has arrived

As the state reshuffles vaccine distribution and reopening rules, lawmakers green-light a hard-fought plan to bring students back into schools. What does it all mean for economic recovery?

经过 劳伦·赫普勒, Ricardo Cano 和 本·克里斯托弗 • 3 月 4, 2021

新冠病毒

California upends how it’s divvying up scarce vaccines

How will vaccines get into the arms of people in low-income communities? And the 40% allotment also raises questions about whether other Californians will be pushed lower on the priority list — particularly people with high-risk health conditions

经过 Barbara Feder Ostrov 和 安娜·B·伊瓦拉 • 3 月 4, 2021

加州分水岭

‘We’re born Indian and we die white’: California Indigenous fear COVID deaths undercounted

California Native American leaders fear the deaths that have shadowed their communities this past year have been undercounted.

经过 Kate Cimini • 3 月 2, 2021

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¿Cuándo volverán a abrir los hogares de ancianos a los visitantes? Los funcionarios estatales no dirán

Los casos de COVID-19 en los hogares de ancianos de California se han desplomado 98% desde diciembre. Pero los centros de atención a largo plazo dicen que están esperando la orientación del estado antes de reabrir a las visitas familiares. “El sacrificio que han hecho nuestros mayores ha sido muy, muy difícil y ha causado mucho daño. Ahora es el momento de dejar de sacrificarlos ”, dijo un médico.

经过 Barbara Feder Ostrov • 3 月 1, 2021

新冠病毒

Newsom, lawmakers unveil plan to push some schools to reopen by April 1

The decisions to reopen, however, still rest with school officials and labor unions. Newsom hopes the funding bill will prod them into holding in-person classes. Parent activists say it's not enough.

经过 Ricardo Cano, 劳雷尔·罗森霍尔 和 Barbara Feder Ostrov • 3 月 1, 2021

新冠病毒

When will nursing homes reopen to visitors? State officials won’t say

COVID-19 cases at California’s nursing homes have plummeted 98% since December. But long-term care facilities say they are waiting for state guidance before reopening to family visits. “The sacrifice our seniors have made has been very, very difficult and caused a lot of harm. Now is the time to stop sacrificing them," one doctor said.

经过 Barbara Feder Ostrov • 3 月 1, 2021

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Newsom y los legisladores revelan un plan para impulsar la reapertura de algunas escuelas antes del 1 de abril

Las decisiones de reabrir, sin embargo, aún recaen en los funcionarios escolares y los sindicatos. Newsom espera que el proyecto de ley de financiación los impulse a realizar clases en persona. Los padres activistas dicen que no es suficiente.

经过 Ricardo Cano, 劳雷尔·罗森霍尔 和 Barbara Feder Ostrov • 3 月 1, 2021

重要的事情

Counties raise concerns as OptumServe gets bigger role in vaccination

Health care operations company OptumServe has quietly been assuming an ever-larger role in California’s pandemic response — including its vaccine rollout — despite numerous counties expressing dissatisfaction with its services. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday announced plans to open 11 OptumServe vaccination sites to serve “some of the hardest-hit or most at-risk communities” in the […]

经过 Emily Hoeven • 2 月 26, 2021

重要的事情

Delays emerge in Blue Shield vaccine rollout

This week, 10 counties in the inland portions of Central and Southern California were slated to transition to the new vaccine distribution system helmed by Blue Shield — but limited communication, technical challenges and lack of transparency have resulted in delays for at least three counties. Meanwhile, the state is overhauling its equity program after […]

经过 Emily Hoeven • 2 月 25, 2021

重要的事情

One puzzle piece remains for Newsom, lawmakers

Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, February 23. School reopenings stubborn Every piece of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s high-priority pandemic proposals has fallen into place — except for reopening schools. Lawmakers on Monday sent a $7.6 billion relief package to Newsom’s desk, which includes $600 stimulus payments for 5.7 million low-income Californians, $2 billion in small-business relief […]

经过 Emily Hoeven • 2 月 23, 2021