April 15, 2021 How California Could Benefit in the $2.2T Infrastructure Proposal By Shawn Hubler Perhaps more than any other part of the country, California stands to benefit from the $2.2 trillion proposal by Joe Biden. Read More 2
April 13, 2021 Newsom’s Vow to Reopen is a High-stakes Political Gamble By Laurel Rosenhall, CALmatters The effort to oust the Democratic governor began before the year-long pandemic upended life in California, driven by conservative activists. Read More 3
April 13, 2021 Supreme Court Lifts State’s at-home Prayer Meeting Restrictions By Adam Liptak The opinion expressed impatience with the federal appeals court in California for disregarding the Supreme Court’s instructions. Read More 4
April 13, 2021 Vaccine Passports in California? Answers to Your Questions By Barbara Feder Ostrov What does the state plan to do when it comes to proving that people are vaccinated in the coming months and years? Read More 8
April 8, 2021 State Poised to Lift Tiered Reopening Amid Low Covid-19 Cases, Increased Vaccinations By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Roughly 20 million vaccine doses have been administered statewide, state officials say. Read More 2
April 6, 2021 The U.S. Favors Cars Over Trains, Buses. Can Biden Change That? By Brad Plumer and Nadja Popovich Nuria Fernandez, former G.M. for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority is now Federal Transit Administration's senior official. Read More 7
April 1, 2021 Is Music Over at Mills College? By Geeta Dayal A hotbed of experimental sound for nearly a century, this school in Oakland is preparing to close its doors. Read More 15
March 31, 2021 New Urban Village Development Threatens to Displace San Jose’s 60-Year-Old Berryessa Flea By Jennifer Wadsworth The open-air market is Silicon Valley’s unheralded business incubator, but will it be pushed out by the city’s development plans? Read More 26
March 30, 2021 Teachers on Covid: Lessons Learned, Advice to Pass Along By John Fensterwald, EdSource For all its hardships, distance learning also provided insights. Read More 23
March 29, 2021 Milpitas: Hundreds Rally Against Anti-Asian Violence By Bay City News A diverse crowd of protesters, young and old, marched down Calaveras Boulevard in Milpitas to City Hall Sunday. Read More 9
March 25, 2021 A Traveler’s Worst Nightmare: When Your Coronavirus Test Comes Back Positive By Karen Schwartz Contracting the coronavirus while far from home is a frightening possibility. But it can happen, sometimes with deadly consequences. Read More 2
March 24, 2021 For Children of Immigrants, DACA Challenges Persist No Matter Who’s in the White House By Grace Stetson Though DACA is safe under President Biden, pent-up demand, depleted advocacy resources and uncertainty still plague the program. Read More 3
March 22, 2021 California Community College Enrollment Drops Far More Than Originally Anticipated By Michael Burke and Louis Freedberg, via Ed Source State education officials say the steep decline in matriculation may threaten viability of California community colleges. Read More 3
March 20, 2021 As California’s Attorney General Job Morphs Post-Trump, Who Will be Newsom’s Pick? By Lauren Rosenhall, CALmatters A look at top contenders to be California's top cop—and chief enforcer of consumer protection, internet privacy and criminal investigations. Read More 6
March 18, 2021 2nd Case of South African Covid Variant Confirmed in Santa Clara County; Officials Urge Caution By Bay City News South Bay public health officials have also seen the number grow to 15 confirmed cases of another strain known as the UK variant. Read More 6
March 15, 2021 China’s Jaded Techies Find a Hero in Elon Musk By Raymond Zhong The Tesla boss and digital prankster is striking a chord, at a time of disillusionment with the tech industry and its leading tycoons. Read More 4