State Health Officials Recommending Masks Indoors, No Matter Your Vaccination Status
Following in the footsteps of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, California public health officials are recommending that everyone wear masks indoors, regardless of their vaccination status.
Tech Companies Implement Changes Due to Spread of Delta Variant
Google will require employees who return to the company’s offices be vaccinated. The Mountain View-based tech giant is among the companies that is shifting gears when it comes to employees returning to the office.
Reporter: Rachael Myrow, KQED
Why Are People Still Unvaccinated?
Health officials and politicians have blamed people who are unvaccinated for the recent surge in coronavirus cases, saying we are now in a "pandemic of the unvaccinated." But one Bay Area pediatrician called this rhetoric damaging, because it lumps everyone who hasn't gotten a shot into one group.
Guest: Dr. Rhea Boyd, Bay Area Pediatrician and Public Health Advocate
L.A. City Council Approves Ordinance Restricting Homeless Encampments
The Los Angeles City Council has passed a sweeping ordinance that would restrict homeless encampments in many areas of the city, including near parks, schools, day care facilities, libraries and freeways bridges and offramps.
Study Finds That End of Eviction Moratoriums Led to Further Spread of COVID-19
Keeping someone housed may be among the best ways to prevent a serious COVID-19 infection, or even death. That’s according to a new UCLA study that looked at eviction moratoriums during the pandemic.
Reporter: Benjamin Gottlieb, KCRW
San Diego County Tenants' Rights Advocates Protest Planned Real Estate Deal
In San Diego County, tenants' rights advocates say they will continue to fight against a plan to sell nearly 6,000 housing units to the private equity firm, Blackstone. Some who live in the housing now are worried they’ll lose their homes.
Reporter: Cristina Kim, KPBS
Gun Manufacturer Added to Lawsuit Over Gilroy Garlic Festival Mass Shooting
This week marks two years since the tragic Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting, and survivors are adding another defendant in a lawsuit they've filed against the festival. The lawsuit now names Century Arms LLC, which marketed and sold a military-style assault rifle used in the shooting.
Reporter: Laura Klivans, KQED