Laurence Du Sault

CalMatters en Español

Para algunos padres del Área de la Bahía, existe solo una solución para la escuela virtual: dejar sus trabajos

Read this article in English. Es una tarde de lunes calurosa y el aire acondicionado de Alma Jimenez está funcionando a toda velocidad en la habitación en la que su hijo de 7 años, Abraham, “va” a la escuela virtual en su apartamento de Concord. Jimenez prepara la videollamada y se sienta a unos metros de […]

By Laurence Du Sault and CalMatters Staff • October 27, 2020

California Divide

For some working Bay Area parents, only one solution to virtual school: drop their job

It’s a hot Monday afternoon and Alma Jimenez’s AC is running full speed in the room where her 7-year-old son, Abraham, “goes” to virtual school in their Concord apartment. Jimenez sets up the video call and sits a few feet away, ready to intervene if Abraham loses focus, as she knows he will. She will […]

By Laurence Du Sault • October 27, 2020

California Divide

Amid pandemic, fighting San Francisco’s first-in-the-nation ‘overpaid CEO tax’ may be least of big business’s worries

“During a normal year, they would have fought it,” said San Francisco supervisor Matt Haney, who introduced the measure.

By Laurence Du Sault • October 27, 2020

California Divide

For many Californians, the pandemic marks the end of ‘barely making it’

The pandemic is accelerating the demise of the middle class, leaving many unable to sustain financial independence. In Silicon Valley and elsewhere, middle-class workers have found themselves unable to make rent.

By Laurence Du Sault • October 15, 2020

California Divide

From homelessness to real estate: How some Bay Area tenants won their affordable housing fight

A small group of Oakland tenants landed a deal that ensures their rents remain affordable.

By Laurence Du Sault • October 12, 2020

CalMatters en Español

“Bajo sueldo, alto riesgo”: Los despidos por el coronavirus colocan a los trabajadores de clase media a un nivel económico más bajo.

Desde perspectivas de carrera destrozadas hasta recortes de sueldo y trabajo por turnos repentinos, la pandemia está obligando a los trabajadores cualificados y de clase media a aceptar salarios más bajos y trabajos por contrato.

By Laurence Du Sault and CalMatters Staff • September 28, 2020

California Divide

‘Lower-pay, higher-risk:’ Coronavirus layoffs send middle-class workers down the economic ladder

From shattered career prospects to pay cuts and sudden shift work, the pandemic is forcing skilled labor and middle-class workers into lower wages and gig jobs.

By Laurence Du Sault • September 28, 2020

California Divide

Poor residents in some of Silicon Valley’s richest neighborhoods to get community pantry makeover

Hello! We’re publishing more of our work in Spanish to better serve our diverse state. Make sure to click here to read the article in English. Demand for food and social services has grown almost five-fold in some of Silicon Valley’s wealthiest neighborhoods. Now, the sole full-service social services provider in Cupertino and other west valley cities […]

By Laurence Du Sault • September 17, 2020

CalMatters en Español

Los residentes pobres de algunos de los barrios más ricos de Silicon Valley tendrán renovada la despensa de la comunidad

Hello! We’re publishing more of our work in Spanish to better serve our diverse state. Make sure to click here to read the article in English. La demanda de alimentos y servicios sociales se ha multiplicado casi por cinco en algunos de los barrios más ricos de Silicon Valley. Actualmente, el único proveedor de servicios sociales de […]

By Laurence Du Sault and CalMatters Staff • September 17, 2020

California Divide

Coronavirus shutdowns are hitting Vietnamese-owned nail salons hard

Tracy Tran’s years of savings are gone. Most went into the nearly $13,500 monthly rent she says she’s been paying for her shuttered business since March, when coronavirus public health orders forced her to close. La Orquidea Salon and Spa has been sitting empty ever since on busy North Santa Cruz Ave, Los Gatos. So […]

By Laurence Du Sault • September 5, 2020

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