Monthly Archives: February 2020

Bay Area

Air testing finds no evidence of harmful trichloroethylene near West Oakland high school

By Sam Richards | Bay City News | February 23, 2020

Cancer-causing industrial solvent TCE was found in groundwater near McClymonds HS, which remains temporarily closed, but has not been found in the air.

Bay Area

Residents may also be affected by contaminated groundwater near Oakland’s McClymonds High

By Eli Walsh and Keith Burbank | Bay City News | February 21, 2020

The source of the cancer-causing chemical was "a former industrial site a few blocks from the school" said an Oakland city councilwoman on Thursday.

Bay Area

Inside the governor’s bid to fix homelessness: changing how CA deals with mental illness

By Jocelyn Wiener | CalMatters | February 21, 2020

About a third of homeless people have serious mental illness, according to the Treatment Advocacy Center — even by conservative estimates, that encompasses tens of thousands of Californians.

Bay Area

State will pay millions to settle suit claiming it violated children’s rights by not teaching them to read

By Richard Cano | CalMatters | February 21, 2020

CA will provide $50 million specifically to improve literacy in the 75 CA elementary schools with the highest concentration of third-graders scoring in the bottom tier of the state’s standardized reading exam.