When the coronavirus pandemic forced schools to close this spring, it exposed the California Legislature’s lack of wisdom in approving a two-year moratorium on the expansion of distance learning in charter public schools. It’s not the decade of the 1990s or 2000s, it’s 2020. We are a fifth of the...
Having Weird Dreams in Quarantine? You’re Not Alone.
[aggregation-styles] Vox The blog I Dream of Covid is a surrealist collection of dreams submitted by readers around the world in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic that, apparently, has had far-reaching effects into our collective subconscious. One San Francisco resident dreamed about walking around the city in Crocs and...
Could Old Vaccines for Other Germs Protect Against COVID-19?
WASHINGTON — Scientists are dusting off some decades-old vaccines against other germs to see if they could provide a little stopgap protection against COVID-19 until a more precise shot arrives. It may sound odd: Vaccines are designed to target a specific disease. But vaccines made using live strains of bacteria...
Newsom Outlines Plan to Reopen California
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday unveiled an outline for what it will take to lift coronavirus restrictions in California. But he tempered expectations that significant modifications would come quickly. Newsom said he won't loosen the state's mandatory, stay-at-home order until hospitalizations, particularly those in intensive care units, “flatten and start...
IMF: Global Economy Will Suffer Worst Year Since Depression
WASHINGTON — Beaten down by the coronavirus outbreak, the world economy in 2020 will suffer its worst year since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the International Monetary Fund says in its latest forecast. The IMF said Tuesday that it expects the global economy to shrink 3% this year —...
States Confront Practical Decisions on Reopening Economies
WASHINGTON — Setting the stage for a possible power struggle with President Donald Trump, governors around the U.S. began collaborating on plans Tuesday to reopen their economies in what is likely to be a drawn-out, step-by-step process to prevent the coronavirus from rebounding with disastrous results. In Italy, Spain and...
Singer Jon Bon Jovi Asks Kindergartners to ‘Do What You Can’
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — A Florida kindergarten teacher took his virtual classroom to new levels on Monday when rock icon Jon Bon Jovi popped in on a writing lesson about life in the coronavirus quarantine. Last month, the Grammy award-winning 80s rocker released an incomplete version of “Do What You Can," which is...
Churches Sue California Governor Over Antivirus Orders
RIVERSIDE — Three Southern California churches that want to keep their doors open during the coronavirus outbreak sued Gov. Gavin Newsom and other officials on Monday, arguing that social distancing orders violate the First Amendment right to freedom of religion and assembly. The suit, filed in the federal court for...
New Trump Panel to Explore Path to Reopening US Economy
WASHINGTON — Every day, a team of public health officials turns up in the White House briefing room to lay out measures being taken to contain the coronavirus pandemic. A different team, expected to be formally announced as early as Tuesday, has begun meeting behind closed doors in the West Wing...
Distance Learning Resumes for Fresno, Clovis Students on Tuesday
Spring break ends on Tuesday when students in Fresno and Clovis schools will go back to distance learning, but some will work more independently than others. In Fresno Unified, some students will interact with their teachers in online classes for the first time since March 16 when schools were closed...