City College of S.F. avoids deep cuts for now, but long-term future is cloudy
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A rally outside Mission High School last week protests proposed cuts to City College of San Francisco.Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Student protesters call out trustees of City College of San Francisco, who authorized sending pink slips to more than 600 full- and part-time instructors to help close a $35 million shortfall.Tenaya LaforeShow MoreShow Less
City College of San Francisco and its faculty union headed off drastic layoffs and class cuts for at least a year over the weekend, after marathon negotiations meant to stave off the largest downsizing in the school’s history.
Bay Area political events: Swing Left, campus policing
April 19, 2021
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Upcoming political events in the Bay Area. Events take place online unless otherwise noted:
MONDAY
Pandemic economic recovery: How California government and private efforts will affect the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Participants include Angela Glover Blackwell, founder in residence of PolicyLink; Julian Canete, president and CEO of the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce; and Till Von Wachter, economics professor at UCLA. Hosted by KQED. 6 p.m. More information is here.
Earth Day: A look at climate initiatives in the state Legislature. Participants include Laura Deehan, state director of Environment California; Girish Balachandran, CEO of Silicon Valley Clean Energy; and members of Silicon Valley Youth Climate Action. 7 p.m. More information is here.
April 6 marks the one-year anniversary since the first case of COVID-19 was announced in Whitley County. Members of the community have all been impacted differently with some feeling the effects of the virus more than others. Despite the differences, every person has been impacted in some way by the virus.
Here are just a few of their perspectives.
Health official battles misinformation and public stigma
“I had a bad feeling about it,” said Marcy Rein, the director of public health at the Whitley County Health Department. “It felt a little bit like a train coming, but you can’t quite tell how far away it is, but you know that it is coming.”
By Emily Adams-Bentley
Staff Writer Mar 2, 2021
Mar 2, 2021
TRI-COUNTY â As more and more COVID-19 vaccination sites pop up across the Tri-County, health officials are emphasizing the importance of getting vaccinated.
âNow that we have effective vaccines for COVID-19, it is key for folks to understand the benefits of getting vaccinated and why being vaccinated greatly outweighs the mild potential side effects or inconvenience that may be associated â without an approved and effective vaccine, we would be facing an exploding pandemic with no end in sight,â said Mark Hensley, director of the Laurel County Health Department.
âThe COVID-19 vaccine is our best hope to stop the pandemic,â Public Health Director for the Whitley County Health Department Marcy Rein said. âIn order to do that, a large majority of the population have to get vaccinated.â