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Tag: Contra Costa County

Posted inJustice

Waiting for justice: Defendants locked up for years awaiting trials, sentencing

by Robert Lewis March 31, 2021April 12, 2021

Across California, 44,241 people are being held in a county jail without being convicted or sentenced for a crime. That’s three quarters of all inmates. At least 1,317 people have been waiting in county jails for more than 3 years. For 332 of them, it’s been longer than 5 years. In 32 counties that gave […]

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

Desk spacing arguments rage as big school districts plan April reopening

Ricardo Cano by Ricardo Cano March 17, 2021March 17, 2021
OptumServe is opening vaccine clinics across California despite several counties expressing dissatisfaction with a vaccination pilot program and COVID-19 testing sites. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
Posted inWhatMatters

Counties raise concerns as OptumServe gets bigger role in vaccination

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven February 26, 2021February 26, 2021
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Surprising rise in California entrepreneurs daring to start new businesses during pandemic

by Laurence Du Sault February 1, 2021February 2, 2021
Diana Marrone helps her daughter Sienna, 5, into her backpack at their Oakley home before leaving for school on Sept. 22, 2020. Marrone, who works full time, enrolled Sienna in a private Christian school so she would have in-person instruction. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inEducation

California for all? Few public schools pursuing elementary waivers

Ricardo Cano by Ricardo Cano September 24, 2020September 24, 2020
A woman walks out of a liquor store past a sign requesting its customers to wear a mask Tuesday, June 23, 2020, in Santa Monica. California is among the states seeing the greatest surge in cases now. Photo by Jae C. Hong, AP Photo
Posted inWhatMatters

Death surge prompts stricter enforcement

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven July 30, 2020July 30, 2020
A restaurant employee in the doorway of a taqueria in Berkeley, California. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCoronavirus

Who is ‘essential’ now that Californians have to stay home?

Avatar by Ben Christopher March 20, 2020March 21, 2020
Oakland Technical High School students stand in front of the marquee after it was announced that all Oakland schools would close for three weeks over coronavirus concerns on March 13, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inDisaster Days

Schools shut down in massive numbers across California amid coronavirus fears

Ricardo CanoAvatar by Ricardo Cano and Jocelyn Wiener March 13, 2020March 16, 2020
Posted inNewsletters

Supreme Court is taking up the DACA case today, and California is central to it

Dan Morain by Dan Morain November 12, 2019November 12, 2019
A man folds his hands next to brochures for CalFresh
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Getting food stamps to poor Californians is surprisingly difficult

Jackie Botts by Jackie Botts and Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado September 2, 2019February 27, 2020

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