Placer County Local News: COVID-19


All Local COVID-19 News articles contributed by our local media allies and other local newsrooms.

Image caption: States have expansive powers to protect the health of the general public.
The State’s Broad Power to Protect Public Health, Explained

Since long before the COVID-19 pandemic, states have possessed broad authority to protect public health, even to suspend laws and commandeer private property. Here’s why, and how it works.

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10/02/2024
The summer COVID surge in California may be finally abating, but people are still advised to get update vaccines in anticipation of a resurgence in the fall and winter.

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03/04/2024
California schools got $23.4 billion in federal pandemic relief money. Low-income schools that got the most may be hardest hit when the funds expire this year.

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02/27/2024
The monthly rate of antidepressants being dispensed to young people increased about 64% more quickly during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study in the journal Pediatrics.

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02/08/2024
Image for display with article titled Thanks to Taylor Swift, San Francisco-Hating Trump Fans Are Rooting for the ’49ers in the Super Bowl

Fears that pop superstar will encourage her “Swifties” to vote for Joe Biden has Trump fans declaring “Holy War.”

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01/14/2024
Image for display with article titled Death on the Roads: California Traffic Fatality Crisis Far From Over

California in 2024 has implemented two new, potentially important traffic safety laws

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12/28/2023
Kern County agrees to better protect free speech in a deal with the state Justice Department—inspired by the county’s’ 2020 squashing of COVID contracts to organizations that advocated defunding police.

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12/18/2023
Image for display with article titled Californians Get Rude Surprise at the Doctor's Office—Their Medi-Cal Coverage is Cancelled

Some recipients say they received no notice or warning that the state had pulled their health coverage.

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12/13/2023
Image for display with article titled How This Government Policy is Making Food Insecurity Worse

The federal government cut off a pandemic-era food support program that 20 percent of Californians still need.

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12/10/2023
Image for display with article titled California’s Experiment in Reducing Poverty Worked. So Why Did It Stop?

The COVID-era dive into European-style social democracy helped a lot of people—but now that’s all over.

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12/04/2023
Image for display with article titled 70,000 California Households at Risk of Eviction as State Drags Feet on COVID Rent Relief Applications

State program has run so low on money that applications have been delayed for two years or more.

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11/28/2023
Parents say flavored medication can help ensure their kids finish a prescription. Far fewer California pharmacies are offering that service as they await new rules from a state regulator.

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11/28/2023
Political wonks in California, Florida and maybe a few states in between, will be glued to their screens Thursday night to watch Gov. Gavin Newsom and Gov. Ron Desantis square off in a highly-anticipated Blue vs. Red State debate that’s been brewing since the summer.

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11/27/2023
California and Florida took starkly different approaches to dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Data shows that more Floridians died per capita of COVID than did Californians.

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11/20/2023
Image for display with article titled Over the Eviction Cliff: End of Pandemic Ban Sends Landlords on Binge of Kicking Out Tenants

A year after COVID-era eviction ban ended, renters face losing their homes at soaring rates.

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11/12/2023
California’s community colleges are seeing enrollment gains for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Older students—those over 50—are some of the first to return.

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11/06/2023
Image for display with article titled COVID, Flu and RSV: California’s New ‘Tripledemic’ Appears Milder than Expected—for Now

But public health experts urge Californians to avoid overconfidence and take precautions.

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10/31/2023
Image for display with article titled Unemployment Insurance: California’s ‘Urgent’ $20 Billion Debt Problem

Even when the unemployment fund was solvent pre-pandemic, it was below the level recommended for annual benefits.

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10/26/2023
Image for display with article titled As COVID Aid Programs Expire, Working Californians are Sliding Into Poverty

Even as the economy expands, workers are falling into poverty as the government withdraws crucial aid programs.

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10/25/2023
After years of isolation and virtual classes, young professionals in California’s workforce are reportedly struggling with greater mental health challenges and burnout. If colleges and companies don’t pay more attention, there could be economic consequences.

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10/23/2023
Image for display with article titled Logistics in California: the Most Important Part of the State Economy You’ve Never Heard Of

Keeping supply chains running is a huge part of the state economy, but it comes with a price

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