✅At the RNC, the claims about COVID-19 pandemic do not match reality -- Contrary to the impression left by many speakers at the Republican National Convention, it is still raging in the United States, with ... nearly 1,000 deaths per day. The U.S. death toll surpassed 180,000 on Thursday, higher than any other nation’s. Michael Finnegan in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/28/20
✅Nearly every California GOP state senator in quarantine after coronavirus exposure -- ... Dustin Gardiner in the San Francisco Chronicle$ Melody Gutierrez, Taryn Luna in the Los Angeles Times$ Adam Beam Associated Press -- 8/28/20-- 8/28/20
✅California poised to become national leader on mental health and addiction coverage -- Californians could see the most dramatic expansion of mental health and addiction coverage under state law in decades, if Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a bill that is likely heading to his desk in coming weeks. Jocelyn Wiener CalMatters -- 8/28/20
✅With improving virus data, California looks to reopen again -- California is poised to take another halting step toward normalcy with Gov. Gavin Newsom expected to announce plans for reopening businesses that were shuttered in July amid soaring coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. I[T]here was a common refrain from businesses and local governments buffeted by the outbreak: We need clarity. Michael R. Blood Associated Press -- 8/28/20
✅O.C. hopes history doesn’t repeat itself as it anticipates reopening guidelines -- Orange County is expected to receive the green light for in-person learning at all schools just before Labor Day.... Colleen Shalby in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/28/20
✅Pandemic tests an already-fragile college mental health system -- This spring, as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted campus life for college students across California, UC San Diego sophomore Kayla Monnette had trouble sleeping at night. The stress of moving to online classes, figuring out how to safely buy food during quarantine, and worrying about the well-being of her immunocompromised family manifested in what Monnette described as persistent anxiety. Ethan Edward Coston CalMatters -- 8/28/20
✅SDSU pleads with students to wear masks, social distance to fight COVID-19 -- San Diego State University on Thursday pressed students to wear masks and practice social distancing as the number of students testing positive for COVID-19 rose to four during the first week of fall classes. Gary Robbins in the San Diego Union-Tribune$ -- 8/28/20
✅State leaders to unveil eviction moratorium on Friday -- A bill to extend a statewide eviction moratorium is expected to be unveiled in the California Legislature Friday morning.... Jeff Collins in the Orange County Register -- 8/28/20
✅What Donald Trump couldn’t bring himself to say: Takeaways from RNC night 4 -- But despite the statements and overstatements, Trump’s speech was most notable for what it lacked. Call it humility. Or self awareness. Or introspection.... Tim Alberta Politico -- 8/28/20
✅Many California police reform efforts have stalled despite push from George Floyd protests -- Three months after the police killing of George Floyd ignited national outrage and filled California streets with protesters, the Legislature is in the final hours of a session that is poised to deliver a much more modest law enforcement reform agenda than many expected. Anita Chabria in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/27/20
✅L.A. teacher flees home amid threats after wearing ‘I can’t breathe’ T-shirt to online class -- On the first day of class ..., an English teacher appeared before her ninth-grade students online wearing a T-shirt with the words “I can’t breathe” written across the front.... She had just attended a workshop at her school about how to create an anti-racist curriculum. Nina Agrawal in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/27/20
Inside Higher Ed
As colleges bring students back to campuses for the fall semester, questions are increasingly being raised about what it would take to send them home or revert to online instruction in the event of an outbreak of COVID-19….
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