Pandemic restrictions are vanishing this week. Politics? Or science?
At the stroke of midnight on June 15, the spell will break. Masks can fall. Churches and gyms and movie theaters can fill up. We’ll finally be able to tell
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TSA Screens Most Passengers Since Start of Pandemic as Travel Surge Creates New Challenges for Airports, Travelers
In another sign that a sense of normalcy is taking flight, air travel has rebounded to about 75% of where it was at this time in 2019. The Transportation Security
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ProPublica: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and other uber-rich in U.S. pay next to no income tax
The rich really are different from you and me: They’re better at dodging the tax man. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos paid no income tax in 2007 and 2011. Tesla founder
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Mask or no mask at work? California regulators pass controversial COVID rules
Californians will have to remain masked at work possibly through early next year — at least if they have unvaccinated colleagues, state regulators decided Thursday during a marathon meeting that
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Facebook suspends Trump accounts for 2 years
Facebook said it will suspend former President Donald Trump’s accounts for two years following its finding that he stoked violence ahead of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection. “At the end
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Will vaccinated California workers have to keep masks on?
California is set to fully reopen in less than two weeks and do away with virtually all mask and social distancing requirements for vaccinated people, but those who regulate workplaces
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California unemployment claims rise, now 67% above normal
Unemployment claims in California have risen to their worst levels in more than a month and are now far above the amount that was typical before the start of coronavirus-linked
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Union City to hire first ever homelessness coordinator with state grant money
Efforts to help house people who are homeless in Union City are getting a major boost from the state, which is set to award the city a little more than
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California social media regulations — a tougher sell in 2021
California lawmaker Cristina Garcia was spending time with a friend when she asked her friend’s 8-year-old why she was refusing to eat. “I said, ‘Why aren’t you eating lunch?’ And
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Social spending, business tax hike drive $6 trillion Biden budget
President Joe Biden’s $6 trillion budget proposal for next year would run a $1.8 trillion federal government deficit despite a raft of new tax increases on corporations and high-income people
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