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Community Colleges Use Flashy Marketing to Get Students Back

08/04/2023
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Community colleges roll out light shows, splashy billboards and other marketing gimmicks.

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Here's How California Policy Makes Homelessness Worse

08/03/2023
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As pandemic renter protections end, a spike in homelessness will likely follow, data shows.

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Covered California Announces Steepest Premium Hike in 5 Years

07/26/2023
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Coverage through state health insurance exchange will rise almost 10 percent.

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California Blocks In-N-Out Burger Plan to Ban Masks in Workplace

07/26/2023
The iconic California burger joint known for its crossed palm trees and cups printed with Bible verses banned its employees in five states from wearing masks at work.

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Pandemic-Driven Drinking Increased Alcoholic Liver Disease Death Rates

07/16/2023
Excessive drinking during the pandemic increased alcoholic liver disease deaths so much that the condition killed more Californians than car accidents or breast cancer, a California Healthline analysis has found.

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No Workers Comp for COVID Given to Family Members, Court Rules

07/07/2023
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State Supreme Court says "burden on employers" outweighs damage from viral illness.

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Why California’s COVID Unemployment Mess Isn’t Over Yet

05/15/2023
Workers denied pandemic-era jobless benefits are still struggling as they fight a state employment agency on edge about fraud and an appeals system facing a “historic” backlog. What happens next will help decide who pays for a multi-billion-dollar debacle three years in the making.

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California Tops 100,000 COVID Deaths

02/24/2023
Three years into the pandemic, strong therapeutics and our immunity from previous infections and vaccines that blunt severe illness have cut the death toll from its peak of about 600 a day in January 2021.

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COVID-19 States of Emergency Are Ending

02/20/2023
The ending of the states of emergencies will eventually mean out-of-pocket costs for some for COVID-19 tests, vaccines or treatments.

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State Ends Plans for Kids’ COVID Vaccine Mandate

02/01/2023
California state leaders seem to be quietly closing the door on the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for school children.

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Judge Puts New California Law Policing Doctors’ COVID Speech on Hold

01/25/2023
AB 2098 empowered state licensing authorities to punish doctors who deviate from public health messaging about the virus.

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More Californians Are Dying at Home

01/24/2023
The recent upsurge in at-home deaths started in the first year of the pandemic, and the rate has continued to climb, outlasting the lockdowns that might help explain the initial shift.

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COVID-19 Numbers Trending Down After Prolonged Surge

01/14/2023
A wave of respiratory illness that has been afflicting Santa Cruz County since late last year appears to be subsiding, according to local wastewater data.

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Organizations Receive Federal Grants for Vaccination Efforts

01/12/2023
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SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) recently announced nearly $1.4 million in Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grants to expand local Covid-19 vaccination efforts. Funding will support health centers across the congressional district to administer updated COVID-19 vaccines. Salud Para La Gente in Watsonville will receive a $298,093 HHS grant, Monterey County [...]

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Rep. Panetta Bolsters COVID Vaccine Effort with Federal Grants

12/29/2022
According to the state's vaccine dashboard, less than a third of eligible Santa Cruz County residents have received the bivalent COVID-19 booster shot.

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California to End Mandatory Pay for Workers With COVID

12/14/2022
The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board voted to end the rule in part because it has become harder to enforce. Only people who caught the virus on the job are eligible to keep getting paid, but it is so widespread that it's hard to tell where someone got sick.

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Amoxicillin: Why the Popular Antibiotic Is in Short Supply

12/09/2022
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As a wave of respiratory illnesses spreads, a vital medicine goes out of stock.

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‘Tripledemic’ Burdens Local Healthcare System

12/06/2022
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Santa Cruz County emergency rooms scramble to keep up with the flood of Covid, flu and Respiratory Syncytial Virus cases

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Senior Citizens Are Hit Hard as COVID-19 Surges Across California

12/04/2022
There has been a troubling spike in coronavirus-positive hospital admissions among seniors in California, rising to levels not seen since the summer omicron surge.

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Pandemic Stress Prematurely Aged Teens’ Brains, Stanford Study Finds

11/30/2022
Brain aging seen in study of Bay Area kids likened to that in children who suffered violence or neglect.

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