Author Archives: Nigel Duara

Nigel Duara joined CalMatters in 2020 as a Los Angeles-based reporter covering poverty and inequality issues for our California Divide collaboration. Previously, he served as a national and climate correspondent on the HBO show VICE News Tonight. Before that, he was the border correspondent at the Los Angeles Times based in Phoenix, deployed to stories across the country. He is a longtime contributor to Portland Monthly magazine and graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.

nigel@calmatters.org

Your questions answered about California’s ‘lockdown’: Can I move into a new house? Can I get together with neighbors if we stay 6 feet apart?

by Nigel Duara March 15, 2020April 8, 2020

California Divide

Can’t pay your power bill? Don’t worry, you’re safe for now as California utilities suspend shutoffs

by Nigel Duara and Jackie Botts March 13, 2020March 16, 2020

A large sign hangs over the warehouse that says, 'Thank you volunteers' in the volunteer center at the Alameda County Community Food Bank on July 25, 2019. The food bank relies on roughly 100 volunteers every day to package thousands of meals to be distributed. Photo by Anne Wernikoff/CalMatters

California Divide

Food banks face shortages of volunteers; many Bay Area pantries close as coronavirus spreads

by Jackie Botts, Nigel Duara and Erica Hellerstein March 13, 2020March 16, 2020

Homeless begin to enter the California National Guard Armory in Santa Ana on Thursday, July 12, 2018.

California Divide

Newsom offers vacant land for homeless shelters, but local officials worry: Who will pay?

by Nigel Duara February 10, 2020February 26, 2020