Early voter turnout smashing California election records
BY DYLAN SVOBODA OCTOBER 21, 2020 More than 4.5 million Californians have already cast ballots in the 2020 general election — and there’re still 12 days to go. Roughly one-fifth of the 21.5 million ballots mailed to registered voters had been processed as of Tuesday evening, blowing away previous election totals. About three times as many…
Read MoreIn Oakland, breaking down barriers with cookies
The New York Times has joined forces with the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism to provide expanded coverage on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting California. Led by the IRP, more than 80 students and nearly 20 journalism instructors organized to report on the impact of the novel coronavirus in each of…
Read MoreCookies Help Bridge Barriers in Oakland
September 30, 2020 By Shuang Li OAKLAND — When Black Lives Matter protests erupted in downtown Oakland, Alicia Wong and her husband, Alex Issvoran, knew what they could do to support the protesters — make fortune cookies. Their company, the Fortune Cookie Factory, is one of the oldest family-run businesses in Oakland’s Chinatown. They…
Read MoreStrange Bacteria Are Attacking California’s Trout Supply
When an infection was detected at a hatchery, officials, already under statewide shelter-in-place orders, moved to institute a lockdown of their own. Sept. 29, 2020 JUNE LAKE, Calif. — On a Friday in late July, Tamara Jimenez waded into one of the many glimmering lakes dotting the Eastern Sierra. Behind her, on a small beach,…
Read MoreAn update on Project Roomkey in Tuolumne County
The New York Times has joined forces with the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism to provide expanded coverage on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting California. Led by the IRP, more than 80 students and nearly 20 journalism instructors organized to report on the impact of the novel coronavirus in each of…
Read MoreAn Update on Project Roomkey in Tuolumne County
A pandemic program publicized by the state faced challenges in implementation. By Tessa Paoli and Nina Sparling Sept. 21, 2020 Anita Nadolsky, 59, thought she had finally caught some luck. In May she became one of several dozen homeless people in Tuolumne County to get shelter through Project Roomkey, a much-publicized California program intended to move medically vulnerable…
Read MoreAn interview with the health officer for Santa Cruz
The New York Times has joined forces with the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism to provide expanded coverage on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting California. Led by the IRP, more than 80 students and nearly 20 journalism instructors organized to report on the impact of the novel coronavirus in each of…
Read MoreStudents, teachers working through COVID-19 challenges in Cuyama Valley as school commences
Aug 14, 2020 When Cuyama Valley students go back to school Monday they’ll put down their pens and start typing on their keyboards, despite a lack of reliable internet connection in the remote farming region. Cuyama Joint Unified School District relied on pen and paper after schools closed this spring due to COVID-19, but students’ entire…
Read MoreAn Interview With the Health Officer for Santa Cruz
Dr. Gail Newel has taken the heat as Santa Cruz went from being one of the safest coastal counties in the state to the site of a recent surge. Aug. 10, 2020 SANTA CRUZ — On a Sunday in mid-July, Dr. Gail Newel tried to take a “Covid Sabbath.” Dr. Newel, the Santa Cruz County…
Read MoreThey’re children at risk of abuse, and their caseworkers are stuck home
This story appeared on page one of The New York Times on August 7, 2020 By Garrett Therolf, Daniel Lempres and Aksaule Alzhan TOLLHOUSE, Calif. — In February, the child abuse hotline for Tollhouse, a small community in the Central Valley, received the first of several tips raising urgent concerns about the well-being of twin infant boys. Child…
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