California
The water that comes out of the tap for more than 900,000 Californians is unsafe to drink because of some type of contaminant, like nitrates or arsenic, in them and the state isn’t acting fast enough to help clean it up, state auditors said in a report released last week…
A revved up economy and a series of federal stimulus bills injected states with massive surpluses, biggest of all in California…
It’s been since years since California lawmakers first attempted to pass legislation that would allow so-called “supervised consumption” sites where people can use illicit drugs under supervision…
The state will ensure those most at risk for the disease would be the focus of vaccine efforts, using testing, contact tracing and community partnerships developed during the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Newsom said…
Last month, California became the first state to commit to setting up trust funds for children who lost a parent or caregiver to the pandemic…
After 10 years of recommending strategies for making California more water resilient, the board’s climate and conservation manager, Max Gomberg, is calling it quits…
Coronavirus
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, as of July 20, approximately 544,000 children under the age of five had received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose…
New research from Economic Innovation Group found that from July 2020 to July 2021, the number of children under five years of age in large urban counties - those intersecting with an urban area of at least 250,000 people - fell by 238,000, a one-year drop of 3.7 percent…