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Additional measures, enforcement needed in San Joaquin Valley plan for clean air

by Guest Commentary October 21, 2020October 20, 2020

I grew up in the San Joaquin Valley, and the air pollution there has had very real impacts on my own health and the health of my family.

A delivery of state-supplied masks, face shields, no-touch thermometers, and hand sanitizer arrive for when Kern County schools are able to open for in-person instruction. Photo courtesy of Kern County Office of Education

Behind the ‘Wild West’ of school reopenings

by Ricardo Cano and Ana B. Ibarra September 4, 2020September 4, 2020

Workers harvest green kale at Ratto Bros. farm west of Modesto, on Friday, July 24, 2020. Photo by Andy Alfaro, Modesto Bee

California farming country buckles under COVID-19. Will pandemic make or break the Valley?

by Dale Kasler, Manuela Tobias and Tony Bizjak August 18, 2020September 28, 2020

covid-19 central valley strike team

COVID-19 is hammering the Central Valley. Can Newsom’s ‘strike team’ make a difference?

by Manuela Tobias, Tony Bizjak and Dale Kasler August 13, 2020September 28, 2020

A truck pulling a livestock trailer leaves Central Valley Meat Co. in Hanford in a 2012 file photo. The meat processing company has had at least 183 COVID-19 infections among employees. Photo by Eric Zamora, The Fresno Bee

San Joaquin Valley company ‘encouraging’ COVID-19 infected employees to work, lawyer says

by Manuela Tobias July 28, 2020September 16, 2020

Billions in coronavirus aid will go to farms. But farmers say it’s not enough to keep them afloat

by Manuela Tobias May 2, 2020May 2, 2020

An empty parking lot in front of TJ Maxx at The Veranda shopping center in Concord on March 19, 2020. One third of the centers businesses have been forced to close temporarily due to the shelter in place order in Contra Costa and surrounding counties. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

1 million unemployment claims in 12 days

by Emily Hoeven March 26, 2020March 25, 2020

California Assembly minority leader Marie Waldron speaks at a rally to repeal AB 5

Dreaming in Salinas about a home + Gig economy battle ahead + The water fight to come

by Dan Morain February 24, 2020February 23, 2020

What happened in Mendota, Trump fires back at Newsom, and hospitals seek a break

by Dan Morain and Barbara Harvey August 7, 2019August 7, 2019

Farming needs are a flashpoint in California's water wars. Photo by Pgiam, istock.com

Key conflicts roil California’s ever-evolving waterscape

by Dan Walters May 15, 2019June 23, 2020