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Coronavirus: The Bay Area seniors who are left behind by a telehealth tech divide
Without internet access, getting health care is harder than ever.
How hungry is California? Millions struggle to eat well in an abundant state
How bad is California hunger? A lot depends on your access to food aid, which expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic but is being reduced.
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How COVID is deepening California’s income inequality in 5 charts
The pandemic has left millions of Californians without jobs, food or money for next month's rent. Meanwhile, the state's many billionaires got richer.
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Coronavirus: Oakland gives ‘first dibs’ to laid off airport and hotel workers
Hotel and travel businesses will have to rehire by seniority. Oakland is the latest city to pass a "right to recall" ordinance, following San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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Coronavirus: Bay Area food banks now serving more than 1 million a month
The number of people receiving help from food banks has doubled across the seven-county Bay Area from pre-pandemic levels.
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Coronavirus: Oakland workers rally for right to return to their jobs
Hotel and airport workers are pushing Oakland’s City Council to adopt right to recall legislation.
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The struggle to enter California’s cannabis market: ‘So much heartache, so much pain’
Despite state programs, low-income and minority applicants struggle to break into legal cannabis market.
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Dozens of pistachio plant workers infected with COVID-19
The Primex plant waited 16 days before shutting down for only five days. Employees still feel unsafe after 112 workers and family members, including a baby, have been sickened.
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Where to get financial help during coronavirus in California — and is it enough?
California's pandemic safety net programs are straining under overwhelming demand. So did Gov. Gavin Newsom overpromise or underdeliver?
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How Fresno is confronting its history of racism
Cracked roads and blocks of wilted grass and dirt envelop the Edison High School campus in the heart of west Fresno. Police cars, churches and liquor stores abound. But trees, grocery stores, hospitals, parks, restaurants, and banks remain out of sight. Meanwhile, across Highways 180 and 99 heading north toward Bullard Avenue, there is another […]