Contra Costa County - CalMatters

Today’s big vote leaves much undecided

by Emily Hoeven June 28, 2021July 1, 2021

Good morning, California. It’s Monday, June 28. Ongoing negotiations As it turns out, deciding how to spend $262.6 billion is an extraordinarily complicated task. So, although state lawmakers will vote today on the record-breaking budget they unveiled Friday after reaching new agreements with Gov. Gavin Newsom, many details still have to be worked out. It’s […]

Kathleen Bils in her San Diego home on May 1, 2021, a year after her son was killed by a sheriff’s deputy. Photo by Ariana Drehsler for CalMatters

Is California’s new police deadly force law making a difference?

by Byrhonda Lyons and Laurel Rosenhall May 11, 2021March 16, 2022

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

by Robert Lewis March 31, 2021April 13, 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

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

Counties raise concerns as OptumServe gets bigger role in vaccination

by Emily Hoeven February 26, 2021February 26, 2021

California 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

California for all? Few public schools pursuing elementary waivers

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

Death surge prompts stricter enforcement

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

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

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

Coronavirus, Health, K-12 Education, Politics

Schools shut down in massive numbers across California amid coronavirus fears

by Ricardo Cano and Jocelyn Wiener March 13, 2020April 19, 2023