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Valley Children’s Hospital Says It’s Seeing More Kids With COVID-19

July 23, 2020

Like trying to put toothpaste back in the tube, Valley Children's Hospital is tired of hearing a narrative that kids aren't affected by COVID-19. Todd Suntrapak, president and CEO of Valley Children's Healthcare called statements that youngsters don't get t...

From Internet Rights to ‘Streeteries,’ How Pandemic Is Changing Working From Home

CalMatters

July 23, 2020

Coronavirus has reshaped how Californians live, learn and work in uneven ways. The pandemic has exposed the state’s long-standing digital divide with a significant share of low-income and rural households la...

As Hospitals Near Capacity, County Takes Steps to Open Convention Center

Jim Jakobs

July 22, 2020

Fresno area hospitals are scrambling to make bed space available in every nook, cranny, and extra building they have. But despite their best efforts, ICU bed space continues to dwindle. The latest numbers fr...

Final Testing of Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Starts Monday

Jim Jakobs

July 22, 2020

A vaccine created by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc. is set to begin final-stage testing on Monday. Several sites in California will participate. The final stage testing in this study of 30,000 people will see if it really is safe and eff...

Image of the Friant-Kern Canal operated by the Bureau of Reclamation

Could ‘Angel Investors’ Buy a Piece of Friant-Kern Canal?

SJV Water

July 21, 2020

An investor funding proposal that could substantially increase the Friant-Kern Canal’s historic flow capacity is gaining interest among the Friant Water Authority’s member districts. Lois Henry SJ...

How COVID Is Deepening California’s Income Inequality in 5 Charts

CalMatters

July 21, 2020

The decade dawned on a California that was both “the richest and poorest” state in the nation, in the words of Gov. Gavin Newsom. Wages for the top 10% of California’s earners had grown three times as fast a...

Arambula Gives His Side of Showdown, Magsig Says It Was a ‘Setup’

Jim Jakobs

July 20, 2020

A San Joaquin Valley insurance meeting is an unlikely place for a heated showdown between an Assemblymember and a county supervisor, but that's what happened Friday. Assembly Member Joaquin Arambula says he is concerned about a "lack of urgency" by the Fres...

The Hidden Toll of California’s Black Exodus

CalMatters

July 18, 2020

In a quiet corner of Elk Grove, where the maze of subdivisions and shopping centers gives way to open fields, Sharie Wilson has spent the last three years building her dream home. It’s nothing like the neigh...

County Seeking Medically Trained Volunteers to Help With Local COVID Surge

gvwire

July 17, 2020

Fresno County is building a pool of medically trained volunteers to address the possibility of staffing shortages at hospitals and other health care facilities resulting from the coronavirus outbreak. The co...

Without a Trace: This California County Has Stopped Contact Tracing as Coronavirus Surges

CalMatters

July 17, 2020

A month ago, everyone in Merced County infected with the coronavirus got a call from county officials, asking questions about whom they’d come in contact with. It’s a tracing process that experts say is critical to stopping the spread of the highly infectious ...

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Valley Children’s Hospital Says It’s Seeing More Kids With COVID-19

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