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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.

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

Sebastopol residents Joseph Mastrolia and his children Domino, 13, left and Talulah, 11 cheer during a Bernie Sanders campaign rally in Richmond, CA on February 17, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

If California polls hold, only Bernie Sanders would win any delegates chosen by statewide vote

by Ben Christopher February 25, 2020February 28, 2020

Hands making thumbs up and thumbs down signals.

Fact check: Do Californians really cool on ballot measures as the election approaches?

by Ben Christopher October 16, 2019March 3, 2020

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

Newsom and the NCAA, Shasta water project delay, officials cash in on legal weed

by Dan Morain October 1, 2019October 1, 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