Business & Finance What’s in the California paid sick leave deal for workers and businesses? By Sameea Kamal | CalMatters | January 25, 2022 Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders agree to restore California paid sick leave for COVID-19. Here’s what you need to know.
COVID-19 Oakland Unified, teachers union reach tentative agreement on safety plan By Ali Tadayon | EdSource | January 25, 2022 Oakland Education Association members must still vote to approve the tentative agreement, and the district’s school board must ratify it.
COVID-19 Transit worker shortage ripples through California economy By Sameea Kamal | CalMatters | January 25, 2022 So many employees are sick with COVID or scared to come into work that it’s disrupting public transit service.
COVID-19 California lawmakers go all in on COVID vaccine rules By Emily Hoeven | CalMatters | January 25, 2022 A new bill would remove personal belief exemption and requiring all K-12 students to get the shot by Jan. 1, 2023.
COVID-19 Where did all the workers go? By Emily Hoeven | CalMatters | January 24, 2022 California’s unemployment rate is decreasing, but nearly 1 million workers have disappeared from the workforce.
health COVID-infected nurses working at short-staffed nursing homes By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | January 24, 2022 Infections are sweeping through staff and residents at homes across the state.
COVID-19 PUSD’s vaccine mandate challenged in court By Exedra Staff | January 21, 2022 Alameda County Superior Court judge issues temporary stay; district to consider next steps at Jan 26 school board meeting.
California Children 12 and older could be vaccinated without parental consent, under new bill By Zaidee Stavely | EdSource | January 21, 2022 State health data on Friday reported that some 28 percent of 12 to 17-year-olds have not received a COVID vaccine.
College How can college students stay safe during the omicron surge? We asked four experts By Sindhu Ananthavel, Juhi Doshi, Ryan Loyola and Steven Vargas | CalMatters | January 21, 2022 CalMatters asked four public health experts all your pressing questions about how to avoid catching omicron on campus.
California Patient, beware: Some states still pushing ineffective COVID antibody treatments By JoNel Aleccia | Kaiser Health News | January 21, 2022 Regeneron and Lilly don’t work against the omicron variant but California is among the states still using the treatments.