Coronavirus

Good morning, California. It’s Thursday, October 29. (Yes, I know I said it was September in yesterday’s newsletter; the pandemic has warped my sense of time.) Traditional vs. progressive Beyond the criminal justice propositions on California’s November ballot, the upcoming election will also serve as a barometer for the role Californians think district attorneys should […]

California’s push to expand language access in elections has run headlong into pandemic fears and record numbers of Californians voting early, from home.

Good morning, California. It’s Wednesday, October 28. Four main groups In less than a week, Election Day will be upon us — wrapping up one of the most expensive campaign cycles in California history. Beyond the nearly $740 million pumped into the campaigns for and against the 12 statewide propositions — a state record — […]

Read this article in English.      Es una tarde de lunes calurosa y el aire acondicionado de Alma Jimenez está funcionando a toda velocidad en la habitación en la que su hijo de 7 años, Abraham, “va” a la escuela virtual en su apartamento de Concord. Jimenez prepara la videollamada y se sienta a unos metros de […]

It’s a hot Monday afternoon and Alma Jimenez’s AC is running full speed in the room where her 7-year-old son, Abraham, “goes” to virtual school in their Concord apartment. Jimenez sets up the video call and sits a few feet away, ready to intervene if Abraham loses focus, as she knows he will. She will […]

All things considered, California is faring better than expected amid the worst fire conditions of the season. Though desiccated winds topping 70 miles per hour ignited more than two dozen small fires in the northern part of the state, firefighters had fully contained all but two of them by Monday afternoon, and ongoing fires didn’t […]

The pandemic had limited loved ones to window or patio visits - if at all - but new guidance lifts restrictions in those 46 counties with better virus control.

Read this article in English.   En agosto, cuando un rayo inició el incendio de su casa en el condado de Napa, Ian MacMillan escapó de las llamas con su esposa, sus tres hijos y su suegra. Un mes más tarde, cuando otro incendio forestal rugió en la región vinícola del norte de California, tuvieron que huir […]

Good morning, California. It’s Friday, October 23. Court rules against Uber, Lyft The stakes in the battle over Prop. 22 just got a lot higher. Uber and Lyft must reclassify their independent contractor drivers as full-fledged employees by late January, a California appeals court ruled Thursday — a decision voters could throw into question in […]

While other states experience deadly surges in coronavirus cases, a national public health expert says the Golden State “holds a lesson for all of us.”