Coronavirus

The new variant so far has been detected in six people in the Golden State, after its initial discovery in the U.S. in a Colorado National Guardsman.

As California confronts its darkest moment yet of the pandemic, complications in the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine — which Gov. Gavin Newsom billed as the “light at the end of the tunnel” — suggest that the tunnel may be longer than previously thought. Although the Golden State was slated to receive around 2.1 million […]

It’s time for California to boost its support for teachers’ efforts with resources for getting and keeping schools open safely.

Coronavirus, of course, detonated our every expectation of 2020. For the most fortunate, this created room for new pastimes, new priorities. For the least so, it hollowed out holes that can never be filled. Nor was COVID our only profound challenge. There were raging wildfires, again. There was an overdue reckoning with racism, again. There […]

Schools would only qualify in counties with lower infection rates. Kindergarten through sixth grade is prioritized in the governor’s $2-billion plan, which would need the Legislature’s approval.

After the pandemic is over, public policy should focus on reducing vehicle miles driven to impact climate change.

Those with decision-making power at the state and federal level must be made aware of the depth and breadth of the need to help childcare providers.

Access to computer science education begins with closing the digital divide and ensuring all students have adequate broadband internet.

Child care providers need the state of California, which is responsible for most of our pay and working conditions, to adapt – just like we have.

The stimulus deal does not include aid for state and local governments that Gov. Newsom spent months lobbying for. But he said the cash that will flow to Californians is significant.