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Shae Hammond wears a mask while lying on the floor in her apartment with light across her face during quarantine

Photo Essay: When Our Roommate Got Covid

by Angel Fabre, Shae Hammond and Charlotte West April 15, 2021April 15, 2021

Campus police look on as a crowd forms in the Quad over a religious demonstration at Cal State University, Fullerton on Oct. 22, 2018. Photo by Riley Mcdougall, The Daily Titan

Event: The Future of Campus Policing

by CalMatters staff April 5, 2021April 15, 2021

Isabel Lopez, a third year student at Chico State studying agriculture science and education, has yet to receive her $800 student stimulus payment even though it appears on her financial aid documents. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Higher Education

Did you get federal relief money from December? Depends which college you go to

by Mikhail Zinshteyn April 5, 2021April 5, 2021

The race for space: How today’s crowded study environments could affect college students’ performance

by Hannah Getahun March 31, 2021April 1, 2021

Alexis Hawkins shows an instructional video in her yard on January 23, 2021. Photo by Arlene Banuelos for CalMatters

Nursing schools turn to simulations during the pandemic. But do they work?

by Shehreen Karim March 23, 2021March 22, 2021

Jonathan, 4, works on an art project with help from his therapist, left, and mother, Natalia Acosta, right, during online preschool at his him in Tracy on March 3, 2021. He is among California's special-needs students who have faced special challenges during the pandemic. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Special-needs children still seek help after year adrift

by Ricardo Cano and Elizabeth Aguilera March 22, 2021March 23, 2021

Theater major Fatemeh Mehraban waits in her bedroom for instructions during a Zoom rehearsal for American River College's production of ancient Greek comedy “Lysistrata” in Sacramento on Nov. 4, 2020. The second production the ARC theater department put on since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the play was performed live over Zoom rather than pre-recorded. "It's an interesting cross between film and theater," Mehraban said of the production. "It's a weird little in between space but it's cool that we're getting to experience it." Photo by Ashley Hayes Stone for CalMatters

Photo Essay: College, Interrupted

by Max Abrams, Logan Bik, Shae Hammond, Ashley Hayes-Stone, Rahul Lal and Pablo Unzueta March 18, 2021March 18, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has changed Californians in hundreds of ways in the past year. Many of those changes left data trails. Illustration by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters; iStock

Fewer jobs, more wine: California’s deadly COVID year in 9 charts

by Jeremia Kimelman and Ben Christopher March 17, 2021March 16, 2021

Alisal Elementary School first grade instructor Erin Salcido teaches class on March 4, 2021, in Pleasanton. Photo by Aric Crabb, Bay Area News Group

Desk spacing arguments rage as big school districts plan April reopening

by Ricardo Cano March 17, 2021March 17, 2021

I was looking for statistics on campus police stops. Then I became one.

by Julian Mendoza March 11, 2021March 12, 2021