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Tag: San Mateo County

Piles of debris from a grape crop in Shafter on Feb. 16, 2021. The debris could be burned or chipped but will likely be burned due to stakes and metal wires throughout the piles. Photo by Shae Hammond for Cal Matters
Posted inEnvironment

Air board tells San Joaquin Valley growers to phase out burns by 2025

Avatar by Rachel Becker February 25, 2021February 25, 2021

Valley residents have waited more than a decade for the end of burns at vineyards and groves that spew smoke. Several board members pushed for quicker action, but the board voted to grant four more years.

Parents and students mill around the McGaugh Elementary School parking lot during morning and afternoon changeover on Sept. 17, 2020. Photo by Tash Kimmell for CalMatters
Posted inWhatMatters

Will new school plan get kids back on campus?

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven February 10, 2021February 10, 2021
A man walks along a pathway closed due to levee construction in Foster City on Dec. 2, 2020. In 2018, Foster City passed a bond measure to fund levee repair in order to maintain FEMA accreditation and protect from future flooding and sea level rise. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inEnvironment

Rising seas: California’s affordable housing faces worse floods

Avatar by Julie Cart December 3, 2020December 3, 2020
A farmworker holds a box of strawberries with his left hand and a one wheel cart with his right as he walks to get another empty box in Watsonville, on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Photo by David Rodriguez, The Salinas Californian
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Do California ag counties hold solutions to Monterey County farmworker housing crisis?

by Kate Cimini November 23, 2020November 23, 2020
Special education instructor Liz Duffield sprays down the tables in her pre-k and kindergarten classroom at the end of the school day on Oct. 26, 2020. Duffield says that sanitizing and hand washing has become an important part of keeping herself and her students healthy and she intends to continue with them after the pandemic. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inEducation

What we know so far about school reopenings in California

Ricardo CanoJames Bikales by Ricardo Cano and James Bikales November 2, 2020November 4, 2020
Oakland Technical High School students stand in front of the marquee after it was announced that all Oakland schools would close for three weeks over coronavirus concerns on March 13, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inDisaster Days

Schools shut down in massive numbers across California amid coronavirus fears

Ricardo CanoAvatar by Ricardo Cano and Jocelyn Wiener March 13, 2020March 16, 2020
Posted inWhatMatters

Lawmakers get to it as tight — and politically awkward — deadlines loom

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall January 7, 2020January 6, 2020
Inspired in part by the success of the approach in San Mateo County, some California lawmakers want to bring college classes to juvenile detention facilities around California. Photo via iStock
Posted inCalifornia Dream

A path to college for kids in juvenile detention

Avatar by Vanessa Rancano, KQED August 28, 2019August 28, 2019
A voting center in Rancho Cordova, Sacramento, is shown on June 5, 2018. | Photo by Robbie Short for CALmatters
Posted inElection 2018, Video

Five counties tried new voting method to turbo-charge turnout. Did it work?

Byrhonda Lyons by Byrhonda Lyons July 6, 2018June 23, 2020
Posted inElection 2018, Video

Goodbye, neighborhood polling places—5 counties switch to mega-vote centers

Byrhonda Lyons by Byrhonda Lyons April 2, 2018June 23, 2020
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