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Few Pharmacies Carry This Key Opioid-Addiction Treatment. San Francisco Wants To Change That
San Francisco is not an outlier when it comes to the availability of buprenorphine or other medications that help reduce opioid cravings.

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Gig Companies Spent $200 Million to Write Their Own Labor Law. The State Supreme Court Could Throw it Out
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California Forever Says 12 Start-Ups Will Open Workplaces in Its New City
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Californians Urged to Avoid Raw Milk Amid Bird Flu Outbreak on Dairy Farms
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For Some Latinas in Tech, Career Growth Still Remains Elusive
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Pro-Palestinian Activists Occupy Abandoned UC Berkeley Building Near People’s Park
Californians Urged to Avoid Raw Milk Amid Bird Flu Outbreak on Dairy Farms
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Newsom Seeks Faster Track for Home Insurance Rate Hikes as Market Shrinks
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California Forever Says 12 Start-Ups Will Open Workplaces in Its New City

California Forever promises to add 15,000 jobs to Solano County if voters approve its plan to build a new city from scratch in November. Twelve companies have pledged their support for the plan and to build factories and offices there.
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Prop 47 Has Saved California Millions. These Are the Programs It's Funded

Programs funded by Proposition 47’s cost savings are showing success transitioning individuals out of incarceration — even amid a push to rollback parts of the landmark criminal justice reform.
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Alameda County’s Homeless Count Decreases for 1st Time in a Decade

The biannual point-in-time count is a snapshot of the number of unhoused people. While some cities saw increases, the rate of growth has slowed — which advocates say is encouraging.

Half Moon Bay Farmworker Housing Gains Approval After Push by Newsom

The governor urged the planning commission to approve the 40-unit project, a little over a year after a mass shooting on two farms revealed deplorable conditions for farmworkers.

Immigration

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'Political Football:' Future Uncertain for Program Reuniting Migrant Families

The little-known Central American Minors program has started, stopped and started again under successive presidential administrations.

Half Moon Bay Farmworker Housing Gains Approval After Push by Newsom

The governor urged the planning commission to approve the 40-unit project, a little over a year after a mass shooting on two farms revealed deplorable conditions for farmworkers.

Key California Ag Giant and United Farm Workers Clash Amid Union-Drive Efforts

In California, a conflict has emerged between the Wonderful Co. and the United Farm Workers over worker organization under a new labor law. Since its enactment, four groups of farm laborers, including those from Wonderful Nurseries in Wasco, have sought to unionize.
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Half Moon Bay Mayor Calls Newsom's Legal Threat Over Farmworker Housing Unhelpful

Half Moon Bay is pursuing two low-income housing developments for farmworkers in the wake of the mass shooting on two mushroom farms last year. Gov. Gavin Newsom feels the process isn't moving fast enough.

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A car with a Lyft sign drives with a black flag in the window.

Gig Companies Spent $200 Million to Write Their Own Labor Law. The State Supreme Court Could Throw it Out

If Proposition 22 is thrown out, Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart’s classification of gig workers as independent contractors would be in danger — upending the gig economy.

California Forever Says 12 Start-Ups Will Open Workplaces in Its New City

California Forever promises to add 15,000 jobs to Solano County if voters approve its plan to build a new city from scratch in November. Twelve companies have pledged their support for the plan and to build factories and offices there.
Gallons of raw milk in jugs inside a refrigerator.

Californians Urged to Avoid Raw Milk Amid Bird Flu Outbreak on Dairy Farms

With bird flu spreading on dairy farms across the U.S., federal scientists and health experts warn people about increased risks from drinking raw milk.

Few Pharmacies Carry This Key Opioid-Addiction Treatment. San Francisco Wants To Change That

San Francisco is not an outlier when it comes to the availability of buprenorphine or other medications that help reduce opioid cravings.
A Latina woman wearing a pink blazer seated with her arms crossed.

For Some Latinas in Tech, Career Growth Still Remains Elusive

Studies show that Latinas face numerous biases in the tech industry — such as being seen as uncommitted or less competent after having children or coming off as 'feisty' instead of authoritative when they speak up.

Pro-Palestinian Activists Occupy Abandoned UC Berkeley Building Near People’s Park

Dozens of protesters are occupying Anna Head Alumnae Hall, setting up just a day after students ended a sprawling encampment on campus.
A Latino woman leans against a fence.

'Political Football:' Future Uncertain for Program Reuniting Migrant Families

The little-known Central American Minors program has started, stopped and started again under successive presidential administrations.

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