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Tag: coronavirus masks

Fresno County tracks COVID-19 outbreaks at workplaces. Why keep it secret?

by Manuela Tobias December 11, 2020December 14, 2020

Nine months into the pandemic, the public remains in the dark about most workplace outbreaks. Fresno County public health officials blame incomplete data and staffing shortages. One lawmaker may reintroduce legislation to make workplace outbreak data public statewide.

A cordoned off playground in South Central LA, on Dec. 8., 2020. Photo by Tash Kimmell for CalMatters.

Playgrounds stay open: State backtracks on outdoor play area ban

Avatar by Elizabeth Aguilera December 9, 2020December 9, 2020

California farmworkers say they didn’t get masks during wildfires

by Manuela Tobias September 13, 2020September 28, 2020
A billboard encouraging drivers to wear a mask posted along I-80 outside of Vacaville on Aug. 28, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Next up: Californians brace for the ‘twindemic’

Ana B. Ibarra by Ana B. Ibarra September 3, 2020September 10, 2020
Medical student Shreya Thatai holds up a sign outside of Berkeley Bowl asking for mask donations to help health care workers. California Gov. Gavin Newsom promises to have solved the shortage by cutting a massive deal for new masks. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Abundance or shortage? Newsom and hospitals at odds over mask supply for health care workers

AvatarAna B. Ibarra by Laurel Rosenhall and Ana B. Ibarra July 22, 2020July 22, 2020

Mask vendor sues bank over thwarted deal with California

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall June 12, 2020June 23, 2020
Democratic Assembly members Adam Gray, left, Jose Medina, center, and Autumn Burke attend a hearing of the the Assembly Accountability & Administrative Review Committee, looking into the state's purchase of protective equipment to battle the coronavirus, during an oversight hearing in Sacramento on May 11, 2020. Lawmakers were looking into the state's purchase of items like face masks and what changes should be made to the procurement process after several deals went bad. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo

Blind spot: Lobbying behind California coronavirus contracts can stay secret

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall May 26, 2020May 25, 2020

How bad are things? We’ll know more today

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven May 14, 2020May 14, 2020
General overall view of coronavirus (COVID-19) testing outside Parkview Community Hospital on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in Riverside, Calif. Photo by Dylan Stewart/Image of Sport via AP

Is the worst yet to come in CA?

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven May 12, 2020May 11, 2020

Lawmakers want answers on Newsom’s mask deals

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven May 11, 2020May 11, 2020

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