500+ workers at a Chevron oil refinery in Richmond went on strike yesterday, calling for a “Bay Area bump” in wages. Chevron doesn’t “plan on giving our members any more help with inflation and with the high cost of living,” said USW Local 5's B.K. White
: “I think soon cases in the U.S. will begin to increase, just like they did for the delta and omicron waves.”
If BA.2 does prompt cases to spike in California, it could be the first big test of the state’s long-term plan for dealing with COVID,. It could also prompt state and local officials to reevaluate recent decisions to roll back many COVID restrictions, such as indoor mask mandates and vaccine-or-test requirements.
One tool that many scientists agree should play a large role in helping the state monitor future iterations of COVID: wastewater surveillance. As , it’s relatively low-budget, effective in detecting the virus before people show symptoms, and doesn’t rely on people’s ability to access testing or report their results.New housing construction in the Crocker Village neighborhood in Sacramento on Feb. 10, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMattersCalMatters’ Manuela Tobias and the Los Angeles Times’ Liam Dillon dig into why California’s housing planning process has been so ineffective — and whether new penalties could make a difference.
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