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Pandemic Food Stamps Offer up to $365 per Child

May 20, 2020

Families with children who qualify for free or reduced-price meals at their schools — regardless of immigration status — may notice something in the mail to help them buy groceries. California is issuing one...

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Rethinking Work and Life in Lessons Learned From COVID-19: Caballero

CalMatters

May 19, 2020

I must admit to a strong bias. I am old fashioned. I believe in going into the office, and appreciate the routine of rising early in the morning, drinking coffee, joining the flow of people commuting to work an...

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Schools Face Prospect of Layoffs, Furloughs as State Budget Gets Slashed

CalMatters

May 18, 2020

California’s public schools, physically closed since mid-March and strapped for cash, are coming out of a frying pan and into a financial fire. The fire comes in the form of a $6.5 billion cut to schools’ ma...

California Cracks Down on Rogue Bars

CalMatters

May 15, 2020

California bars are on a highball hijinx alert. The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control is proposing emergency powers to shut down bars and restaurants if they disobey the state’s public health order by...

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Exclusive: California Wires Mask Dealer Half a Billion Dollars, Then Claws It Back

CalMatters

May 6, 2020

On March 26, as the coronavirus pandemic was mounting and governors across America scrambled to secure medical supplies, the state of California wired almost a half-billion dollars to a company that had been in...

California Public Transit Faces Existential Crisis With COVID-19

CalMatters

May 5, 2020

California’s public transit agencies deliver a vital service every day, and especially during times of emergency — providing critical mobility options for millions of frontline healthcare, public safety, grocer...

Billions in COVID Aid Will Go to Farms. But Farmers Say It’s Not Enough.

CalMatters

May 4, 2020

Ryan Indart says he may have to kill off some of the sheep at his east Clovis ranch this fall. With restaurants shuttered amid the coronavirus pandemic, he has no market for his animals. When a new flock arrive...

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Why State Water Contractors Sued Over Restrictions on Water Deliveries

CalMatters

May 3, 2020

For more than a decade, the State Water Contractors have heavily invested in scientific research to learn more about the Bay-Delta ecosystem and the endangered species that call it home. Much of this investm...

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It’s Time to Review AB 5 If Policymakers Really Want to Restart California’s Economy

CalMatters

May 2, 2020

“Bring Back Borello!” will never work as a rallying cry, but it might be a timely agenda item for California legislators to seriously consider when the coronavirus coast is clear for them to return to Sacrament...

Cue the Debunking: Two Bakersfield Doctors Go Viral With Dubious COVID Test Conclusions

CalMatters

April 28, 2020

They dressed in scrubs. They sounded scientific. And last week’s message from two Bakersfield doctors was exactly what many stuck-at-home Americans wanted to hear: COVID-19 is no worse than influenza, its death...

Free COVID-19 Testing For Rural Areas, Fresno County Enrolls Patients

Mitch McConnell Stresses Need to Wear Face Masks in Public

Harmeet Dhillon Emerges as GOP Voice, Defender of Constitution

Masks on Leatherneck Square: Virus Changes Marine Training

Coronavirus Shows State Push for Public Transit is Hazardous to our Health

Community Medical Centers Says 2 Masks + 6 Feet Apart = No COVID-19 Exposure

Eviction Protection Bill Will Trigger Commercial Mortgage Crisis: Opponents

Over $1.5M in Local Business Grants Go Unclaimed as Deadline Looms

Preparing for Budget Crunch, Conferences Ask NCAA for Relief

Here’s One Sport That COVID-19 Couldn’t Stifle

Merced Lawmaker Pitches Legalized Sports Betting in California

Don’t Bring a Corkscrew — Fresno State’s Tailgate Wines Soon in Cans

Rabbi Zirkind: This Year, Passover Is Solo but Not Alone

Want a Real Education, California Students? Go on Strike!

Walters: The SF-LA Economic Gap Is Growing Wider

Opinion: COVID-19’s Fifth Column — American Health Choices

Fresno Islamic Center Offers Its Site to Help Meet COVID-19 Health Care Needs

Eid al-Fitr Marks End of Ramadan, but COVID-19 Curtails Big Events

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

COVID-19 Brings a New Kind of Ramadan for Muslim Community

Mcconnell Says Biden Will Have to Release More Information Surrounding Tara Reade Allegation

This 2020 Presidential Forecast Says Trump Faces Historic Defeat Due to Terrible Economy

Battered California Republicans See Hope in Rare House Win

Biden Hires Chávez Granddaughter to Help on Latino Outreach

CalMatters

Pandemic Food Stamps Offer up to $365 per Child

Rethinking Work and Life in Lessons Learned From COVID-19: Caballero

Schools Face Prospect of Layoffs, Furloughs as State Budget Gets Slashed

California Cracks Down on Rogue Bars

Exclusive: California Wires Mask Dealer Half a Billion Dollars, Then Claws It Back

California Public Transit Faces Existential Crisis With COVID-19

Billions in COVID Aid Will Go to Farms. But Farmers Say It’s Not Enough.

Why State Water Contractors Sued Over Restrictions on Water Deliveries

It’s Time to Review AB 5 If Policymakers Really Want to Restart California’s Economy

Cue the Debunking: Two Bakersfield Doctors Go Viral With Dubious COVID Test Conclusions

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