Canvas at Her Fingertips: The Stories of Asian Female Nail Artists in the San Francisco Bay Area
Data reveals a growing trend in the nail industry, even amidst the challenges of the pandemic.
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Silenced and Under Siege – Profiles of Press Detained Around the World
In 2020, at least 247 reporters were jailed and 32 were killed according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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‘It’s a win for everybody’: Nonprofits bring vaccine doses to underserved L.A. communities
Nearly 6.5 million doses have been administered in Los Angeles county, but neighborhoods in Southeast Los Angeles still lag far behind higher-income areas in vaccination rates. Non-profit organizations are aiming to close this gap.
Reporter’s Notebook: A year into the pandemic, hopeful signs emerge
Peninsula Press reporters, who are stationed across the country, provide snapshots of what life is like now more than one year into the coronavirus pandemic.
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After COVID-19 shut down baseball, minor leaguers eye an April return to the field
This week marks one year since minor league baseball players were asked to go home after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down their season in 2020. As players gear up to play again in April, some are reflecting on what the past year has been like.
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Bay Area coronavirus cases decline
This visualization takes a look at coronavirus cases in three Bay Area counties.
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Italian teachers fight to reach students in time of pandemic
After Italy shut down all public facilities between late February and early March, the government announced that schools would continue to operate online. But by May, 1 in 5 students were still struggling to gain access to the system through aging internet infrastructure and narrow smartphone screens. Students say they’ve been forsaken by the government. But teachers across Italy continue to fight for their right to an education.
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Podcast: Exploring the powerful, puzzling connections between climate change and the coronavirus crisis
Climate in the Coronaverse is a podcast about these two global crises — climate change and the coronavirus pandemic — and the powerful, puzzling connections between them.
Reporter’s Notebook: Life during the coronavirus pandemic
A series of multimedia pieces by Peninsula Press staff documenting what life is like under the stay-at-home order.
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Into the Unknown: How college students around the world are coping with COVID-19
COVID-19 has universally disrupted the lives of these graduating college students around the world. Their backgrounds are wildly different. But their experiences coping with the pandemic are strikingly similar. A common theme we found throughout – from Uzbekistan to Trinidad and Tobago — was a palpable longing for certainty in a newly uncertain world.
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Personal protective equipment rally sanitation workers, janitors
SAN JOSE — While some municipal collection agencies have enhanced sanitation practices and provided additional protective personal equipment, or PPE, to employees, other workplaces have been slower to adapt to the pandemic. In early April, workers at a McDonald’s in San Jose went on strike, after demands for PPE went unanswered.
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