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Reporting by Katey Rusch makes front page of The New York Times

 

An elderly person crouches with an extended arm as a frog leaps away from their hand over a green mat outdoors. Several onlookers in the blurred background observe the scene, capturing a moment reminiscent of a Berkeley Journalism feature on local frog jumping competitions or animal releases.

Another Covid-19 Loss? The Jumping Frog Jubilee

  May 11, 2020 Since Jon Kitchell began competing in the annual Calaveras Jumping Frog Jubilee, his brother has won, his wife has won, and his son has won. Even his daughter-in-law has won. As for Mr. Kitchell, 58, he’s still working on it. “I think every year is the year,” he said. Except this…

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‘My Mom Is Beyond a Superwoman’: Mother’s Day While Locked Up

Pedro Archuleta and his mother, Connie Archuleta, have gotten closer since Pedro’s incarceration in 2002. But the COVID-19 pandemic has cast a shadow of worry over both of them. Connie worries about conditions inside the California Institution for Men in Chino, where Pedro, who also has a respiratory illness called Valley fever, is locked up.…

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Mark D. Neal

May 8, 2020 Mark D. Neal taught third grade for more than two decades in Shasta County. And yet when he bumped into former students, he recognized every single one. He received wedding invitations from students he had taught years before. “He saw the good in every single person,” one of his daughters, Alexandra Neal,…

A firefighter in yellow protective gear is controlling a controlled burn in a grassy field. Bright flames are visible, and another firefighter in the background is overseeing the area. Amidst this fiery scene, a Berkeley Journalism team documents their brave efforts with grass and trees in the distance.

Will Smoke From Controlled Burns Hurt Covid-19 Patients?

In the mountains of California, snow is melting, the days are ticking closer to fire season and officials responsible for fighting wildfires face an agonizing choice: Exacerbate the current crisis, or pile risk on to the next one. This is the season when California’s forests are thinned out with controlled burns to reduce the devastation…

A woman in a blue dress stands at a podium with a microphone, gesturing with her left hand. She is outside the CoreCivic Otay Mesa Detention Center, which is visible in the background. A container of various supplies is placed on the ground next to her, as Berkeley Journalism students capture the moment.

Medically vulnerable migrants plea for release from detention

April 30, 2020 When Ernesto Salazar arrived at the US-Mexico border, he felt a feeling he hadn’t felt in a while: hope. He finally could live openly as a gay man with his partner. He says he was sexually assaulted by gang members in his home country of El Salvador for being gay and later…

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Alby Kass

May 1, 2020 For more than a decade, if “Fiddler on the Roof” was playing in Sonoma County, chances are Alby Kass was the lead. Virtually every local production of the musical recruited him because of his uncanny resemblance to Tevye, the milkman. “It’s hard to say whether Alby resembled Tevye, or if Tevye resembled…

A man wearing a blue face mask stands in the foreground. Behind him, a sign reads "TERAPIA INTENSIVA" above the entrance to a medical facility. Another person is visible in the background, also wearing a mask. The setting appears clinical, likely a COVID-19 intensive care unit captured by Berkeley Journalism.

Faltan pruebas y subestiman número de contagios de Covid-19 en México

Varios médicos pusieron su vida en riesgo con la primera muerte de coronavirus en México. El paciente no había viajado, nadie sospechó de él y por lo mismo, tardaron en hacerle una prueba. Este es un caso que representa el impacto humano que las definiciones oficiales pueden tener en plena pandemia. Es además una posible…

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Why the People Harvesting Californians’ Food Can’t Afford It

April 30, 2020 SALINAS — It was 5 p.m. on a recent Wednesday when Domitila Alvarez, 52, set down her cutting tools and walked from the broccoli fields to the crowded company bus taking the workers back to town. Ms. Alvarez did her best to protect herself before boarding. She wound a white bandanna tight…

Three individuals dressed in full protective gear, including white coveralls, blue gloves, and face shields, walk through an outdoor area with a stormy sky overhead. One person carries a red container, and another holds a clipboard. They could be from Berkeley Journalism on assignment, appearing focused on the task at hand.

Can Imperial County handle coronavirus when it’s already struggling to fight tuberculosis?

April 8, 2020 In the rural southeastern corner of California, preparations for the spread of coronavirus may be complicated by a familiar foe: tuberculosis. The rate of tuberculosis in Imperial County is 25 per 100,000 people, more than eight times the national average of 3 per 100,000. Equipment vital for treating coronavirus—such as isolation rooms and…