Bay Area UC tracks drop in students returning after COVID start By Michael Burke | EdSource | July 22, 2022 Retention rates hit low-income and first-generation students the most, but officials expect rates will rebound.
business Small business grants overshadow loan program in COVID-19 response By Grace Gedye | CalMatters | July 21, 2022 California rolled out the two financial assistance programs about a week apart in late 2020.
Bay Area California’s public health tax is dead for the year By Angela Hart | Kaiser Health News | July 19, 2022 Organizers reported gathering enough signatures but lacked a broad base of support among legislators and health and business groups.
Bay Area Some college, K-12 campuses reinstating mask mandates By EdSource Staff | July 19, 2022 Mask rules are in effect because of a recent surge in cases.
Arts & Entertainment How Nataki Garrett ushered Oregon Shakespeare Festival through the pandemic By Charles Lewis III | Bay City News Foundation | July 18, 2022 The Oakland native is the sixth artistic director in the history of the 87-year-old fest based in Ashland, Oregon.
gavin newsom Full steam ahead for November election — and 2024 By Emily Hoeven | CalMatters | July 18, 2022 Voters will make decisions on education, healthcare, and gambling in the upcoming election.
COVID-19 Boost now or wait? Many wonder how best to ride out COVID’s next wave By Sam Whitehead and Arthur Allen | Kaiser Health News | July 18, 2022 About 70% of people 50 and older haven't received the recommended second booster, according to the CDC.
California Study finds COVID pulls down life expectancy for Blacks, Latinos, Asians more than whites By Jeanne Kuang | CalMatters | July 12, 2022 Racial and economic health disparities exposed by the pandemic factor into life expectancy gap, according to new study.
city Tracking COVID in Piedmont | July 12 By Exedra Staff | July 12, 2022 Living in a variant world: BA.4 and BA.5 now make up 80% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S.