New California Bill Attempts to Prevent Doctors from Spreading COVID Misinformation
By Nicolas Cital New legislation (AB 2098) signed on September 30 by California Governor Gavin Newsom…
Sac Sheriff refuses to disclose COVID vaccination rate for staff citing “medical privacy” reasons
This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project — an independent journalism project that partners with the Davis…
Omicron Hits Sac Jails the Hardest; Sheriff’s Lax COVID Practices, Overpopulation and Low Vaccinations Are to Blame
By Aparna Komarla & Sophia Juliana-Baltasar This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project — an independent journalism…
Sacramento County courts take hands-off approach to jail population reduction despite massive COVID outbreaks
By Anna Zheng This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project — an independent journalism project that partners…
Sunday Commentary: Some Are Not Taking Omicron Seriously Enough
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor There is a shift going on—perhaps it’s the fact that Omicron…
Commentary: Omicron May Be Milder Than Delta, but It’s Still a Serious Disease
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It is true that research has found Omicron to be a…
Commentary: Study Finds Fast Food Workers Vulnerable to COVID As Great Resignation Trend Continues
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor About 4.5 million people voluntarily left their jobs in November, a…
Commentary: The Next Wave is Here, Can We Ride It Out without a Shutdown?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Yesterday I got a call from staff at my kid’s school—we…
Commentary: The Fight Over Hospital Bed Space Is Coming
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor On Tuesday, the US set a new record for most new…
Sunday Commentary: How Do We Solve COVID in Light of Omicron?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The number of new cases topped 200,000 yesterday for the first…
Monday Morning Thoughts: This Graphic Tells the Story of COVID
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor If you drive outside of large population centers where people are…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Your Freedom’s My Guillotine
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The forces of repression have done a masterful job of flipping…
Commentary: Should We Be Easing Mask Restrictions?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced on Thursday that they were…
Commentary: UC Davis Study Underscores Need for Vaccines and Masks
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The Delta surge is slowing going down—there were 103,785 new cases…
Monday Morning Thoughts: People Are Not Taking COVID Seriously Enough – And Some of Them Are Dying
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Nashville-based conservative radio talk show host Phil Valentine was like any…
Commentary: We Have Misconstrued Freedom in the Fight against COVID
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Since the start of the pandemic, issues of government and health…
Commentary: COVID Reality Check
By Tia Will I strongly disagree with almost everything David Greenwald wrote on Monday about our current…
Guest Commentary: Snake Oil
By Rhonda Gruska At the end of March, I asked a longtime Northern California holistic nutrition and…
Monday Morning Thoughts: If Someone Wants Not to Vaccinate…
By David M. Greenwald A few weeks ago we were at about 14,000 new cases a day,…
Looking Back at COVID in Sac County Jails – How Staff Violated Official Protocol
This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project — an independent journalism project that partners with the Davis…
