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California
California high school graduation rate held steady during pandemic
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Flexible graduation requirements, summer programs, and tutoring may have kept students in caps and gowns.California
Anxiety, stress remain top concerns for California students, survey finds
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More than 1 in 5 California students said they'd missed more than three days of school due to poor mental health during the pandemic.Bay Area
Oakland Unified pushes back vaccine mandate to the fall semester
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The new deadline will match the state deadline for student COVID-19 vaccination.Bay Area
In San Francisco, indoor mask exemptions are back for some vaccinated, boosted spaces
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Indoor mask requirements remain in effect for most settings, but masks will no longer be required in "stable settings" such as gyms and offices.COVID-19
On the street: Omicron surge strains California police agencies
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Some smaller law enforcement agencies have been forced to increase overtime, reduce services, and reroute non-emergency calls to online portals.homelessness
Will worker shortage disrupt California homeless strategy?
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California homeless service workers are essential to the state’s plans to reduce homelessness, but low pay makes it difficult to recruit new ones.COVID-19
Omicron blazes through California child care providers already reeling from COVID
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Child care centers were already struggling prior to the omicron variant. Now a dire situation has gotten even worse.Bay Area
Reminder: Oakland’s vaccination requirement for indoor facilities begins Feb. 1
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Oakland joins neighboring cities and counties in requiring vaccination to eat in restaurants, use indoor recreation facilities.City