Health CareCOVID-infected nurses working at short-staffed nursing homesJanuary 24, 2022About 11,500 long-term care center workers are now sick with COVID. “It’s been like one coworker after another, after another, everyone getting sick,” one nursing assistant said.
EnvironmentRewilding California: New $65 million preserve straddles north and southJanuary 23, 2022The 112-square-mile Randall Preserve — a gateway between LA and the San Joaquin Valley — provides a haven for wildlife and a living laboratory for scientists.
Health CareWith pandemic protections gone, essential workers face omicron aloneJanuary 22, 2022Essential workers say they are bearing the brunt of the pandemic again but this time, there is less government support. Economists say jobs in California’s low-wage sectors could take longer to recover.
Health CareNo way out: How the poor get stranded in California nursing homesJanuary 22, 2022In a parallel problem to patient ‘dumping,’ many poor nursing home residents find themselves stuck inside facilities and unable to return home.
Health CareOmicron surge worsens teacher shortage, closing more California schools to COVIDJanuary 19, 2022The omicron variant of COVID-19 has hit California’s teacher workforce so hard that many schools are weighing closure and in some cases forced to dip into emergency days.
In familiar refrain, United Farm Workers grapples with how to growJanuary 18, 2022UFW membership has been down for years, so low that UC Merced researchers declared farmworker union membership statistically zero for 2020.
Health CareAmid low COVID vaccine rates, more California children hospitalized in omicron surgeJanuary 17, 2022The number of California children diagnosed with COVID-19 during the omicron variant surge has “skyrocketed,” challenging earlier notions that the coronavirus largely bypassed children. Child vaccination rates are relatively low, and children who con
State GovernmentEDD wants its jobless money back. But some people can’t pay.January 16, 2022California is asking some 1.4 million unemployment recipients to prove their eligibility months after receiving aid as part of a fraud recovery campaign.
State GovernmentHere’s what’s changed as California’s new COVID workplace rules go into effectJanuary 16, 2022Updated COVID workplace rules go into effect today. Several of the changes increase protections for vaccinated workers.
Health CareFree tests? As COVID surges, rapid results cost up to $300January 15, 2022Although state and federal rules require COVID tests to be free or covered by health insurance, people often have to pay hundreds of dollars upfront.
