Why Researchers Hope to Test High-Risk Groups in California
May 18, 2020 OAKLAND — In his 20 years in and out of homelessness, Ollie Harris, 69, has seen a lot of things. But what happened on a recent Friday was new. Sitting outside his tent on a patch of ground he and his wife staked out near Lake Merritt, he watched a white…
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Read MoreHow Mail-In Voting Will Work for Sutter County
May 11, 2020 Governor Newsom signed an executive order last week to ensure that all registered voters in California receive a mail-in ballot for the November election. In Sutter County election officials say it’s a matter of voter safety, but also safety for poll workers. Listen Here
Read MoreIn Murphys, an Iconic Gold Rush Hotel Lies Silent for the First Time in 164 Years
May 8, 2020 You may know Calaveras County for its almost century-old frog jump competition, which was cancelled this year due to the coronavirus. But the shelter-in-place restrictions have shuttered an even older Calaveras gem: The Murphys Historic Hotel. Reporter Will McCarthy has the story. Listen Here
Read MoreHow California’s Oldest Weekly Newspaper Covers COVID-19
Listen Here May 9, 2020 The Mountain Messenger is California’s oldest running weekly newspaper — it’s been around since 1853 and Mark Twain was an early contributor. The newspaper has become a lifeline for people in Downieville, a remote community where local news about the coronavirus is hard to find. Downieville is a quaint…
Read MoreTesting failures have plagued the response to Covid-19. How did we get here?
Watch Video May 13, 2020 Problems with diagnostic testing have plagued the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic, leaving health officials unable to follow the virus as it spread throughout the country. So what happened? In the video above, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism students Miki Katoni, Molly Forster, and Max Brimelow chronicle the…
Read MoreDisabled Worker in Yosemite Says He’s ‘Going Broke Fast’
Listen Here May 10, 2020 James Thompson thinks the only reason he got hired to work at Yosemite National Park was because he was blessed with a phone interview. “My employer couldn’t see my wheelchair,” he said. “He couldn’t see my service dog or the backpack on my back.” Thompson, 40, has cerebral…
Read MoreCalifornia’s Central Valley Pickers During COVID-19 Shutdown
The Faces Behind the Fresh Fruits and Vegetables America Demands MAY 14, 2020 Over the course of a week, in the midst of the pandemic, photographer Wesaam al-Badry drove almost 1,600 miles, by his estimation, visiting several small farming towns in California’s Central Valley in late April. Along the way, he met with farmworkers: tangerine…
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