gavin newsom Health care workers union is using ballot measures to remedy low wages amid a workforce shortage By Ana B. Ibarra | CalMatters | October 5, 2022 Union leaders hope that local wins for two measures to raise healthcare workers' wages at private facilities will spur a statewide movement.
California Addiction experts fear the fallout if California legalizes sports betting By Mark Kreidler | Kaiser Health News | October 5, 2022 Psychiatrists are especially concerned about online betting.
Bay Area Education on fentanyl, other drugs often optional in California schools, if offered at all By Carolyn Jones | EdSource | October 5, 2022 In Piedmont Unified, drug and alcohol use among 11th graders neared 60% according to a recent state survey. The state average is 19%.
Bay Area Superintendent, police warn of new forms of fentanyl that are candy lookalikes By Bay City News and Exedra Staff | September 30, 2022 "Rainbow fentanyl" warning comes as illegal fentanyl use takes hold in California.
Bay Area Newsom signs bill making family leave affordable to more workers By Jeanne Kuang | CalMatters | September 30, 2022 Bill increases leave payments to 90% of paychecks for lower-income workers in 2025.
Bay Area Sports programs in states in northern climes face a new opponent: scorching Septembers By Aaron Bolton | Kaiser Health News | September 30, 2022 California ranks poorly in a new study on heat-related protections for high school athletes.
Bay Area Six injured in second Oakland school shooting in a month By Diana Lambert, Ali Tadayon, Carolyn Jones, and Thomas Peele | September 28, 2022 Six people are injured, two in critical condition, after a shooting on an Oakland school campus Wednesday.
Bay Area Thousands of California teachers say they are stressed, burned out By John Fensterwald | EdSource | September 27, 2022 Nearly twice as many teachers than in the past say that job conditions have changed for the worse.
Bay Area ‘Mandela’ bill would limit solitary confinement in California prisons and jails By Nigel Duara | CalMatters | September 26, 2022 The bill would be the most wide-ranging change to solitary confinement of any state.
Bay Area COVID still kills, but the demographics of its victims are shifting By Phillip Reese | Kaiser Health News | September 23, 2022 The virus remained among the state’s leading causes of death in July.