Category: Politics
Booster Deadline in Santa Clara County Could Impact Emergency Response Times
The deadline has arrived for workers in Santa Clara County to show proof of a COVID-19 booster shot in order to continue working in high-risk settings such as health care
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California unemployment benefits agency chief resigns
California’s troubled unemployment benefits department will soon have its third director in the past two years. Employment Development Department Director Rita Saenz stepped down on Friday after just over one
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Mothers Sue Meta, Snap Over Daughters’ Social Media Addiction, Mental Health
Two lawsuits have been filed by parents claiming Instagram and Snapchat contributed to severe anxiety in young people, and in one case, the death of a young girl. Legal analysts
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Ongoing Debate Over Digital Billboards at San Jose Airport
For 35 years, San Jose has banned any new billboards from going up. But in 2018, the city council voted to allow 22 new ones on public land. It’s been
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1 in 11 California homeowners struggle to pay mortgage
Nine months after launching a pandemic aid program to help cash-strapped renters avoid eviction, California began a new program to help homeowners save their properties from foreclosure or a forced
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Santa Clara sued by developer after killing affordable housing project
A San Francisco developer filed a lawsuit against Santa Clara today, accusing the city of violating state housing law and breaching their contract by killing the company’s affordable and workforce housing project
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Very few employers plan to drop vaccine mandate after Supreme Court ruling
More than one-third of U.S. employers still plan to implement a vaccine mandate despite the Supreme Court’s rejection of a federal rule that would have required workers to get shots
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Deadline Arrives for High-Risk Workers in Santa Clara County to Have COVID-19 Booster
The deadline has arrived for Santa Clara County workers in high-risk settings to have up-to-date COVID-19 vaccinations, meaning booster shots. In late December, as the omicron variant was spreading fast,
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California’s rooftop solar war intensifies as regulators pull reform proposal
Regulators want to destroy rooftop solar to protect the obscene profits of utility companies, one side charges. The other side claims rooftop solar owners are circling the wagons to protect
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