Imperial County shows how low wage workers, overcrowded households and inadequate health care can make an area a prime target for a coronavirus outbreak....
On July 9, the West Contra Costa Unified School District unveiled a draft framework to resume schooling Aug. 17....
An estimated 8,000 incarcerated individuals will be made eligible for early release by the end of August to stem the COVID-19 outbreak in California’s prison system. ...
Schools across the state aren’t sure they can come up with procedures — and the money to implement them — to keep kids safe before class is scheduled to begin...
As Californians rush to get tested for the coronavirus, many have expressed frustrations over limited access and delayed or missing results....
The state has announced two campaigns, ShopSafeShopLocal and California for All Small Business Month, and new services to support local businesses....
After being the first state to impose a stay-at-home order, California faces a battery of grim statistics as the state reopened – and is now poised to potentially send millions...
The University of California will sue the federal government over new visa guidelines that would force international students to leave the United States if they are enrolled in a college or academic...
On June 30, the West Contra Costa Board of Education received an update from Superintendent Matthew Duffy on Black student achievement in the West Contra Costa School District....
Last week, several California social and criminal justice organizations, as well as community-based groups, gathered for a rally at the state Capitol titled “Stop Killing Us.”...
A young man describes his experience learning to live with depression in a family that does not understand his pain....
A series of efforts are underway at the local, state and national levels to reimagine who responds to people in crisis and to take some of that responsibility out of...
The recent Black Lives Matter protests have left some Latino people, who say this isn’t their fight, feeling left out. As a Dreamer and a non-Black Latinx, it is disappointing...
California’s new budget provides enough funding for schools to pivot to hybrid learning when they reopen this fall. But school officials fear Sacramento’s decision to delay cuts could throw districts...
The Richmond City Council on Tuesday approved a budget for fiscal year 2020-21, successfully closing the remainder of a $29.5 million deficit....
