The state is currently rewriting the California Mathematics Framework, its voluntary guidance plan for schools and teachers, in a process that happens every seven years.
As the delta variant spreads and schools prepare to reopen to fully in-person instruction, a new poll shows Californians divided on masks and vaccines.
Countywide, 70.7 percent of residents age 12 and older are fully vaccinated, but public health outreach continues as pockets of communities with lower vaccination rates remain.
Thousands of Californians prohibited from owning guns are in possession of firearms and the state is failing to effectively enforce the bans, a CalMatters investigation says.