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California is moving to an (almost) all-mail election for 2020. Image via iStock

Politics

California’s (mostly) all-mail 2020 election, explained

Now that the coronavirus has turned Election Day into a latent superspreader event, the state’s Democratic lawmakers are making the 2020 general election an (almost) all-mail affair. Here's what that might look like.

By

Ben Christopher

• June 25, 2020

California Capitol, home of the Assembly and Senate. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Commentary

Is the economy headed up or down?

Unemployment has tripled since COVID-19 struck, but there was an uptick in May. So what's next for the California economy?

By

Dan Walters

• June 25, 2020

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies before a House Committee on Energy and Commerce on the Trump administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Photo by Kevin Dietsch, Pool via AP

Coronavirus

Fauci to California: Good work so far, but state needs public buy-in for safe reopening

The nation's leading public health figure in the coronavirus pandemic gave California a pat on the back for its reopening efforts but cautioned young people to be vigilant.

By

Ana B. Ibarra

• June 24, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom at the CalFire/Cameron Park Fire Station in Cameron Park on May 13, 2020. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo/Pool

WhatMatters

Newsom: Hospitalizations threaten reopening

Pointing to a sharp uptick in coronavirus-related hospitalizations and ICU admissions, Gov. Gavin Newsom implored Californians to wear face masks.

By

Emily Hoeven

• June 23, 2020

CalMatters en Español

Para algunos adolescentes de California, el cierre de las escuelas significó ir a trabajar en los campos

Cuando la pandemia del coronavirus interrumpió la educación en todo el estado, y las clases se desplazaron al internet, muchos estudiantes adolescentes comenzaron a trabajar recogiendo fresas y otros cultivos. A los que abogan por su educación les preocupa que se estén quedando atrás.

By

Elizabeth Aguilera

• June 22, 2020

Coronavirus

For some California teens, school closures led to work in the fields

When the coronavirus pandemic interrupted education across the state, and classes shifted online, many teenage students went to work picking strawberries or other crops. Advocates worry they're falling behind.

By

Elizabeth Aguilera

• June 22, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom wears a protective mask on his face while speaking to reporters at Miss Ollie’s restaurant during the coronavirus outbreak in Oakland on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Photo by Jeff Chiu, AP Photo/Pool

WhatMatters

Newsom: All Californians must wear masks

Gov. Gavin Newsom's announcement comes as some county public health officers in California face severe pushback for their face mask orders.

By

Emily Hoeven

• June 19, 2020

Coronavirus

California just hit all-time high number of people hospitalized with coronavirus

Lea este artículo en español. Updated June 22, 2020 Climbing over the past week, California’s numbers for statewide coronavirus-related hospitalizations this weekend exceeded the record levels set in late April, CalMatters’ hospital data tracker shows. The tracker, which pulls from state data, shows that on Sunday, 3,702 patients who’ve tested positive for the novel coronavirus were […]

By

Ana B. Ibarra

• June 18, 2020

Jeannie Richards, left, and her sitter Carol Soward, both of Hayward, and their brother Donald Soward look each other through his room window during a visit at the Gateway Nursing home in Hayward Saturday, May 16, 2020. Soward contracted COVID-19 at the care facility while recovering from a leg amputation. Photo by Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group

Coronavirus

Counting the dead: Nursing home COVID data a ‘tangled mess’

Throughout the pandemic, government officials have struggled to accurately track the thousands of vulnerable seniors and disabled people who contracted COVID-19 in nursing homes.

By

Barbara Feder Ostrov

• June 17, 2020

CalMatters en Español

‘Las cosas se han puesto feas’ (la oposición a la respuesta ante la pandemia lleva a los funcionarios de salud a renunciar a sus cargos)

Hacía cien años que los funcionarios de salud pública locales no habían tenido tanta importancia como ahora, pero al mismo tiempo se han visto cuestionados, acosados y amenazados por residentes enojados por las precauciones durante la pandemia.

By

Barbara Feder Ostrov

• June 16, 2020

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