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Nurses at the Kaiser Permanente hospital in Fremont including protest urging the hospital to give them the right protective equipment such as N95 masks and goggles, on March 19, 2020, in Fremont. Photo by Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group

Labor wins big on COVID workers’ comp

by Emily Hoeven May 7, 2020May 6, 2020

Essential workers who contract covid-19 get workers comp protection. Company behind collapsed mask deal under investigation. Hospitals are struggling.

Homeless encampments like this one in Santa Cruz contribute to rising public concern about homelessness and housing in California. Photo by Dan Coyro/Santa Cruz Sentinel

Californians surveyed: Rising homelessness concerns, a split on Newsom, and no home-state edge for Kamala Harris

by Ben Christopher October 2, 2019October 3, 2019

Expect to be inundated with poll numbers from now until Election Day. But how reliable a compass is any poll?

A California user’s guide to political polls: Six easy tips

by Ben Christopher November 1, 2018June 23, 2020

Majority Report: Milk, Marijuana, and Kool-Aid Edition

by Ben Christopher October 5, 2018June 23, 2020

Gov. Jerry Brown's appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" in March of 2017

California’s governor once opposed sanctuary status. Have time—and Trump—changed his mind?

by Elizabeth Aguilera May 3, 2017June 23, 2020