Monthly Archives: March 2021

From CalMatters California’s unemployment rate fell to a pandemic low of 8.5% in February, the Employment Development Department announced Friday — even as its jobless benefits fund sank deeper into the red, imperiling economic recovery. The Golden State recovered nearly 91% of … Continue reading →

1. Register with the State of California at: myturn.ca.gov to be notified when you are eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccination. 2. Make an appointment with Contra Costa County:Vaccine Appointments for Residents 55+Click here to request an appointmentVacunación para los Residentes de 55+ … Continue reading →

Ever since the Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization for two new vaccines, employers, schools, and other organizations are grappling with whether to require Covid-19 vaccination. While organizations are certainly free to encourage their employees, students, and other members to … Continue reading →

Thanks to an increase in supply of COVID-19 vaccines, Contra Costa County today is extending vaccine eligibility to anyone who is 50 and older and lives or works in the county, regardless of whether they have an underlying health condition. The move … Continue reading →

Since the first COVID vaccines were authorized and started going into people’s arms, there’s been a maddening debate about what being vaccinated against the coronavirus would allow people to do. Thanks to confusing coverage — and equally confusing public-health guidance — about vaccine … Continue reading →

The MTC-led Vision Zero Working Group recently met for the first time to exchange ideas on how to make the Bay Area a safer place for pedestrians, bicyclists and others. A panel of about 40 Bay Area officials from cities, counties, transit agencies, universities … Continue reading →

First published in c|net Jason CiprianiFeb. 25, 2021 10:18 p.m. PT Putting an end to robocalls isn’t something that’s going to happen overnight, but there are steps you can take to silence those annoying, and sometimes dangerous, calls. The past … Continue reading →

With March being Women’s History Month and women experiencing 55% of the net job losses since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2021’s Best & Worst States for Women, as well as accompanying … Continue reading →

Every March 14th, math lovers around the world celebrate Pi Day. Pi is the mathematical constant π (3.14), which is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Another recent tradition added for Pi Day is to eat pie! In … Continue reading →