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New vaccine strategy exposes big challenges

by Emily Hoeven January 14, 2021January 14, 2021

Clinica de la Raza staff members administer Covid-19 tests at a testing site in a parking lot along 35th Avenue near the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland on July 7, 2020. Today, Alameda and 40 other counties across California moved back into the purple tier. Photo by Jane Tyska, Bay Area News Group

California mayors share how the pandemic shapes their cities

by Elizabeth Castillo November 16, 2020November 17, 2020

A man walks past wooden boards and graffiti outside of the Alameda County Courthouse in Oakland on July 26, 2020. Last night, protests in downtown Oakland in support of racial justice and police reform turned violent when "agitators" among the demonstrators set fire to a courthouse, vandalized a police station and shot fireworks at officers, according to authorities. Photo by Jeff Chiu, AP Photo

Protests escalate across California

by Emily Hoeven July 27, 2020July 27, 2020

As coronavirus case counts climb — and many Californians are unable to return to work or school — Gov. Gavin Newsom suggests he may get more aggressive about trying to address the crisis. Image via iStock

Newsom: California on “the edge of a cliff” — more executive orders likely

by Emily Hoeven July 24, 2020July 24, 2020

Federal officers form a line facing west outside the Justice Center after protesters removed fencing around the front entrance of the federal courthouse in Portland, Ore., on July 20, 2020. Photo by Alex Milan Tracy, Sipa USA/Sipa via AP Images

Will Trump send federal police to Oakland?

by Emily Hoeven July 21, 2020July 21, 2020

What comes next for California cities? Deficits, bailouts and long recoveries

by Jackie Botts, Ben Christopher, Elizabeth Castillo, Ana B. Ibarra and Matt Levin April 17, 2020June 9, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom writes down a note during a March 28 tour of the Bloom Energy in Sunnyvale, which refurbished ventilators to meet the COVID-19 pandemic. This week Newsom announced the state would loan 500 ventilators to the national stockpile for use by New York and other states, and that it would share excess masks from its massive purchase of them. Photo by Beth LaBerge/Pool Photo via AP

Newsom the Beneficent? California governor steps into pandemic supply vacuum

by Ben Christopher April 8, 2020April 9, 2020

Tailpipe fight pits Trump against Newsom, plus gig workers, Janet Napolitano, and the end of a friendship?

by Dan Morain and Ben Christopher September 19, 2019September 19, 2019

Gimme Shelter talks Trump, Newsom and NIMBYs

by Ben Christopher September 18, 2019September 18, 2019

The Plaza Apartments in downtown San Francisco. Multiple tenant protection bills face key votes next week.

Watch: Panel on California’s housing crisis

by CalMatters September 17, 2019September 18, 2019