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Increase funding to benefit California’s science and innovation ecosystem

by Guest Commentary April 1, 2022March 31, 2022

California’s congressional delegation can advocate for increased funding that will drive the science and innovation ecosystem throughout our state.

Jaqueline Ruvalcaba, a first-generation college student at American River College in Sacramento, has had to balance school and work for several years

What people get wrong about first-generation college students

by Itzel Luna March 4, 2022March 4, 2022

A behavioral health fellow with the Baltimore City Health Department, displays a sample of Narcan nasal spray in Baltimore, Maryland. The overdose-reversal drug is a critical tool to easing America's coast-to-coast opioid epidemic. A record 621 people died of drug overdoses in San Francisco in 2020. Jan. 23, 2018. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

Newsom’s $50 million opioids education pledge comes as colleges warn of risks

by Emily Forschen, Itzel Luna and Colleen Murphy January 18, 2022January 16, 2022

rehabilitation

Community reentry program for prisoners reduces recidivism

by Guest Commentary September 3, 2021September 2, 2021

Photo Essay: Graduation, At Last

by Max Abrams, Arlene Banuelos, Rahul Lal, Harika Maddala and Pablo Unzueta June 23, 2021June 22, 2021

Registered Nurse Matthew Brenner receives a Covid-19 vaccine from Registered Nurse Kathy Ferris, left, at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez on Dec.15, 2020. Photo by Jane Tyska, Bay Area News Group

Vaccine rollout a critical test for Newsom

by Emily Hoeven January 12, 2021January 12, 2021

Isael Corona, a math major at UC Berkeley, looks out the window from his student apartment near campus where he lives with a roommate on Sept. 3, 2020. Corona says he misses being with his friends but wanted to be back on campus. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

College coronavirus testing varies by system, campus

by Mikhail Zinshteyn, Felicia Mello and Kimberly Morales September 10, 2020September 24, 2020

COVID-19 testing at San Francisco Department of Public Health laboratory. Photo by Tyrone Jue courtesy of San Francisco Department of Public Health

Frustrated Newsom calls on task force to fix coronavirus testing shortfall

by Rachel Becker April 4, 2020April 5, 2020

Preschool California

With early childhood education on CA’s agenda, preschool teachers ask why ‘cashiers at McDonalds’ get better pay

by Ricardo Cano July 19, 2019July 18, 2019

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Data exclusive: With California school bonds, the rich get richer and the poor, not so much

by Ricardo Cano October 31, 2018June 23, 2020