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Tag: Pacific Gas & Electric

California Capitol. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCommentary

After COVID-19, drought threat still looms

Avatar by Dan Walters January 20, 2021January 20, 2021

Looking past COVID-19 and recession, California still faces the threat of prolonged drought.

The Anderson’s address spray painted on the end of a log in a timber deck of Douglas Firs cut down by PG&E following the CZU Lightening Complex Fires in August of this year. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCalifornia Wildfires

Whack and stack: PG&E’s toppling of trees creates new hazards

Avatar by Julie Cart December 18, 2020December 18, 2020
Tisha Fernhoff separates the hair of a client receiving a color refreshing at the Beauty Bar Salon in Auburn on April 29, 2020. Fernhoff closed her shop in March because of the mandatory stay-at-home order but began taking occasional clients in order pay her rent and meet other expenses. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo
Posted inWhatMatters

Why some counties won’t reopen hair salons

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven May 27, 2020May 27, 2020
Medical student Shreya Thatai holds up a sign outside of Berkeley Bowl asking for mask donations to help health care workers. California Gov. Gavin Newsom promises to have solved the shortage by cutting a massive deal for new masks. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inWhatMatters

Why wasn’t CA better prepared for a pandemic?

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven March 30, 2020March 29, 2020
A man walks past tents as Oakland Public Works Department employees remove debris from a homeless encampment at Mosswood Park in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, February 4, 2020. Photo by Jane Tyska, Bay Area News Group
Posted inWhatMatters

For homeless, can CA move faster than coronavirus?

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven March 27, 2020March 26, 2020
This 2013 image depicts Whalers Cove on Point Lobos State Reserve. On Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that parking lots at many state parks and beaches would close down in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19. Photo by David Iliff via Creative Commons
Posted inWhatMatters

“Soft closure” of state parks

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven March 24, 2020March 23, 2020
A sign reminding patrons to tip their bartenders at Beeryland in Oakland on the last night the bar will be open until April 7 following an order to shelter in place intended to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus
Posted inWhatMatters

A pandemic-induced recession

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven March 23, 2020March 22, 2020
Posted inWhatMatters

Newsom on coronavirus + PG&E’s record fine + A new drought, perhaps + Bernie Sanders’ loyalists

Dan Morain by Dan Morain February 28, 2020February 28, 2020
Posted inNewsletters

Dramatic rise in mental illness cases in county jails + What a new PG&E might look like

Dan Morain by Dan Morain February 6, 2020February 6, 2020
Posted inWhatMatters

Bloomberg does Sacramento + A new state park, perhaps + Two Californians who made a difference

Dan Morain by Dan Morain February 4, 2020February 4, 2020

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