January 27, 2022
After missing out the past two years due to the pandemic, Sacramento’s Sol Blume festival of new age R&B, soul and hip-hop artists plans to return this spring.
January 26, 2022
Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders agree to restore California paid sick leave for COVID-19. Here’s what you need to know.
January 25, 2022 | Vicki Gonzalez
California state Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins is pushing for greater access to abortion services for all women — both inside and outside the state. She spoke with Insight’s Vicki Gonzalez on the eve of the 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
January 25, 2022 | Janelle Salanga
Workers, regardless of immigration status, are protected by California labor laws. Here’s what to know about those protections and available benefits at this stage of the pandemic.
January 24, 2022
About 11,500 long-term care center workers are now sick with COVID. “It’s been like one coworker after another, after another, everyone getting sick,” one nursing assistant said.
January 23, 2022
In the past week, the Biden administration launched two programs that aim to get rapid covid tests into the hands of every American. But the design of both efforts disadvantages people who already face the greatest barriers to testing.
January 22, 2022
Essential workers say they are bearing the brunt of the pandemic again but this time, there is less government support. Economists say jobs in California’s low-wage sectors could take longer to recover.
January 22, 2022
In a parallel problem to patient ‘dumping,’ many poor nursing home residents find themselves stuck inside facilities and unable to return home.
January 22, 2022
The phone number — 1-800-232-0233 — follows the launch earlier this week of a federal website to order the tests.
January 21, 2022 | Randol White
The sampling of human waste and other methods for tracking the spread of COVID-19 show an encouraging trend, but hospitalizations are reaching record levels and health care workers are struggling to keep up.
