San Francisco

经济

California sued Uber and Lyft — will it help drivers?

California’s top prosecutor sued Uber and Lyft for classifying drivers as independent contractors, depriving them of employee benefits and wages that are even more essential during the coronavirus pandemic.

经过 杰基·博茨 • 5 月 5, 2020

经济

What comes next for California cities? Deficits, bailouts and long recoveries

California cities face budget deficits as a pandemic-induced recession sets. Mayors are calling for federal bailouts in what's expected to be a long recovery.

经过 杰基·博茨, 本·克里斯托弗, 伊丽莎白·卡斯蒂略, 安娜·B·伊瓦拉 和 马特·莱文 • 4 月 17, 2020

新冠病毒

Home is a perilous place for some Californians during coronavirus pandemic

Throughout California, families sheltering in place are cut off from school, work and friends — lifelines the most vulnerable rely upon. Officials and advocates worry because domestic violence reports have surged and, with fewer eyes on kids, reports of potential abuse are down.

经过 伊丽莎白·阿奎莱拉 • 4 月 16, 2020

重要的事情

CA gives feds 500 ventilators

Calfiornia sends 500 ventilators to federal government. Essential workers get child care help. Demand for small business loans crashes system.

经过 Emily Hoeven • 4 月 7, 2020

新冠病毒

Schools shut down in massive numbers across California amid coronavirus fears

More than 5.7 million K-12 California children, including more than nine out of 10 public school students, will be home from school starting Monday after a majority of the state’s school districts announced emergency closures to stem the novel coronavirus’ spread. In a wave of announcements triggered Friday by the Los Angeles and San Diego […]

经过 Ricardo Cano 和 乔斯琳·维纳 • 3 月 13, 2020

健康

Quarantine grandma? California families scramble as coronavirus hits

Government policy is one thing, real life another. What happens if your germ-carrying preschoolers suddenly pose a lethal threat to their elderly grandparents? What becomes of your teenagers’ future if their education is disrupted, long-term? How protected are we if schools cancel class but kids then disperse to malls and bounce houses and movie theaters?

经过 伊丽莎白·阿奎莱拉 和 Judy Lin • 3 月 11, 2020

选举

Do endorsements for president even matter?

The race for California endorsements has ratched up. Taken for granted by campaigns is a debatable premise — that these imprimaturs make a difference.

经过 本·克里斯托弗 • 2 月 6, 2020

重要的事情

Sacramento’s growth industry + California’s educational divide + San Francisco’s latest scandal

California struggles to close educational divide. Construction workers get behind schools bond measure. Lobbying industry grows in spending, influence.

经过 Dan Morain • 2 月 3, 2020

经济

Changing lives — and credit history — one micro-loan at a time

It’s a Catch-22: to get good credit, consumers must first have good credit scores. Programs like the one run by the nonprofit Mission Asset Fund bridge informal traditional lending practices with the mainstream financial system. 

经过 Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQED • 11 月 22, 2019

重要的事情

Gavin Newsom’s slow start on housing, cannabis’ carbon footprint, and San Francisco tries to impart its values on Nevada

Newsom's plans for housing construction off to slow start. Air Resources chief points out math error by feds. S.F. blacklists Nevada over abortion.

经过 Dan Morain • 10 月 21, 2019