California February 12, 2021 Pandemic’s Toll on Housing: Falling Behind, Doubling Up By Conor Dougherty Eviction moratoriums don’t keep arrears from piling up, and aid to renters may not reach the most vulnerable. Read More 1
News February 10, 2021 Rising Catalytic Converter Thefts Plague Car Owners, Enforcement By Hiroko Tabuchi The pollution-control gadgets are full of precious metals and prices are soaring as regulators try to tame emissions. Read More 1
Covid-19 February 1, 2021 What to Know About the California Covid Variant By Jill Cowan Carl Zimmer, a science columnist for the New York Times, discusses where things stand and what he’s watching going forward. Read More 2
News January 29, 2021 Health Care Unions Find a Voice in the Coronavirus Pandemic By Ian Prasad Philbrick and Reed Abelson Faced with the urgent need to protect their members and patients from the virus, labor organizations are pushing hospitals to do more. Read More 6
Business January 27, 2021 Opinion: Trump Era Spurred Tech Workers to Push for Social Responsibility By Ben Tarnoff and Moira Weigel The Trump era spurred them to collective action. But the work has just begun. Read More 3
News January 26, 2021 Los Angeles’ Overcrowded Housing Fuels Southern California’s Covid Outbreak By Tim Arango Suburban sprawl and freeways demarcate the neighborhoods of the haves and the have-nots. Read More 43
News January 24, 2021 Nearly 1 Year In, Virus Death Toll in U.S. Surpasses 400,000 By Patricia Mazzei Unlike in the early days of the outbreak in the U.S., which was centered in a handful of big, mostly Northeastern cities, this surge is widespread. Read More 13
News January 18, 2021 A New Tool in Treating Mental Illness: Building Design By Jane Margolies Taube Pavilion is a newly opened $98 million mental health facility that is chipping away at outdated institutional models. Read More 0
News January 15, 2021 Texit Roils Bay Area as Workers Flee to Austin and Elsewhere By Nellie Bowles As a tech era draws to an end, more workers and companies are packing up. What comes next? Read More 51