Podcast: California offers incentives for schools to reopen for youngest students
CALmatters is a Sacramento-based nonpartisan, nonprofit journalism venture committed to explaining how California's state Capitol works and why it matters. It works with more than 130 media partners throughout the state that have long, deep relationships with their local audiences, including Embarcadero Media (publisher of the Palo Alto Weekly, Mountain View Voice, Pleasanton Weekly and The Almanac in Menlo Park and their websites.)
Here are the most recent stories reported by CALmatters' team of journalists:
Disneyland, stadiums get green light to start reopening April 1
State officials announce that outdoor sports and live performance venues, as well as amusement parks, will be allowed to begin reopening on April 1 — with restrictions.
Fri, Mar 5, 2021 2:38 pm
Diversity growing among California judges but trial courts lagging
New data from the state’s Judicial Council touts an increase in women judges and people of color on the bench, but Latinos, in particular, remain poorly represented in many Superior Courts.
Fri, Mar 5, 2021 5:00 am
La diversidad crece entre los jueces de California, pero los tribunales de primera instancia se quedan atrás
Los nuevos datos del Consejo Judicial del estado anuncian un aumento de mujeres jueces y personas de color en los tribunales, pero los latinos, en particular, siguen estando mal representados en muchos Tribunales Superiores.
Fri, Mar 5, 2021 1:34 am
Guerras de licitación y temores exagerados: el curioso caso del éxodo de California
Los nuevos datos en movimiento y la intensificación de las guerras de licitación de viviendas socavaron los temores de un éxodo masivo en California. Pero algunas ciudades se han visto más afectadas y muchos movimientos apresurados son difíciles de rastrear,oscureciendo la migración inducida por COVID.
Thu, Mar 4, 2021 5:16 pm
California’s make-or-break reopening has arrived
As the state reshuffles vaccine distribution and reopening rules, lawmakers green-light a hard-fought plan to bring students back into schools. What does it all mean for economic recovery?
Thu, Mar 4, 2021 3:09 pm
Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum draft a victory for equity, justice and California’s students
The ethnic studies curriculum will be a historic win for communities and students that public schools have traditionally ignored.
Thu, Mar 4, 2021 1:25 pm
California upends how it’s divvying up scarce vaccines
How will vaccines get into the arms of people in low-income communities? And the 40% allotment also raises questions about whether other Californians will be pushed lower on the priority list — particularly people with high-risk health conditions
Thu, Mar 4, 2021 11:37 am
Bidding wars and overblown fears: The curious case of the California exodus
New moving data and intensifying housing bidding wars undercut fears of a California mass exodus. But some cities have been hit harder, and many rushed moves are difficult to track, obscuring COVID-induced migration.
Thu, Mar 4, 2021 5:40 am
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