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Americas Best Value Inn Corte Madera — an 18-unit motel — is among the properties Project Homekey is targeting for homeless housing. The $800 million program expires at the end of the year.

Can Gavin Newsom Use The Pandemic To Beat Back Homelessness?

If $800 million wasn't a sufficiently appetizing carrot to get his audience to buy more motels, California Gov. Gavin Newsom could dangle a more spiritual enticement: less time burning in the afterlife.

Travelers self test for COVID-19 at a mobile testing site at New York's Penn Station in the days leading up to Thanksgiving. The U.S. is currently seeing record hospitalizations for the virus, and health experts fear more surges are on their way.

Fauci Warns Of 'Surge Upon Surge' As COVID-19 Hospitalizations Hit Yet Another High

More than 91,000 people were hospitalized with the virus on Saturday — 6,000 of those on ventilators. With the holiday season fast approaching, health experts fear the worst is yet to come.

Finding Your Place On "The Creative Curve"

"You're so lucky, you're a genius." Ever said that to somebody? There's a pervasive sense that some of us are gifted, and some of us are simply not. Not…

Why STDs Are Soaring In California

Rates of some sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) dropped sharply during the years when concerns about HIV and AIDS peaked. People used condoms and other…

Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, wear masks as they mark Memorial Day. The president-elect has consistently worn masks amid the pandemic, and he's already talking to governors about trying to implement a national mask mandate.

To Combat The Pandemic, Biden Will Aim To Depoliticize Mask-Wearing

As Joe Biden prepares to take office, he's talking to governors about trying to implement a national mask mandate. But to succeed, Biden is likely going to need to find a way to depoliticize masks.

A sign on a San Francisco bus advises that passengers are required to wear masks. Health officials have renewed pleas for Americans to protect themselves and others from the coronavirus as the death toll passes 250,000.

As U.S. Reaches 250,000 Deaths From COVID-19, A Long Winter Is Coming

Medical advances have reduced the infection fatality rate in the U.S. But experts warn that indoor gatherings, cold temperatures and pandemic fatigue augur dark months ahead.

'We Are Shipping To The U.S.': Inside China's Online Synthetic Drug Networks

China banned fentanyl last year, but an NPR investigation reveals how Chinese vendors continue to market the chemicals used to make the drug on e-commerce and social media sites.

"We want so badly just to confess everything when we're deep inside of our drug use," Nina Diaz says. "We want so badly to get caught sometimes."

Nina Diaz Is On The Other Side

The frontwoman for the punk band Girl in a Coma spent years battling addiction. Now, she's gotten sober and gone solo for her new album, The Beat Is Dead.

Presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden released a detailed medical report.

How California Is An Example For Biden’s Climate Change Fight

California climate scientists and policy experts say if president-elect Joe Biden wants to make his ambitious climate plan a reality, he should follow California's example.

Dozens of volunteers extract ballots at the sports complex in Martinez on Oct. 31, 2020.

With Some 4 Million Ballots To Go, What Are The Odds That Big California Races Swing?

Buried in the mountain of yet-to-be-deciphered popular will of Californians lie the fates of too-close-to-call statewide propositions and dozens of congressional and legislative races.

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