Barbara Ostrov

A Clinica de la Raza staff member sanitizes her hands after administering Covid-19 tests in a parking lot along 35th Avenue near the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland on July 7, 2020. According to data provided by the Alameda County Public Health Department, Fruitvale’s 94601 ZIP code has one of the highest rates of COVID-19 cases of any ZIP code in Alameda County. Photo by Jane Tyska, Bay Area News Group

A grim tally: Newsom puts brave face on California’s COVID-19 surge

July 10, 2020 at 6:45 a.m.

After being the first state to impose a stay-at-home order, California faces a battery of grim statistics as the state reopened – and is now poised to potentially send millions...

Altar in the Coachella Valley Church in San Jose. This church claims to be one of the first federally recognized Rastafarian Cannabis churches in the United States. - Jacqueline Ramseyer — California Healthline

Cannabis churches proliferate as access eases

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

SAN JOSE >> Services at the Coachella Valley Church begin and end with the Lord’s Prayer.And in between, there is the sacrament.”Breathe deep and blow harder,” intoned Pastor Grant Atwell...

Most effective tool for anti-vaccine crusaders: A note from the doctor

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

Dr. Tara Zandvliet was inundated with calls and emails from parents last year, after California passed a law nixing personal beliefs as an exemption from school vaccinations. Suddenly, many parents...

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