San Jose announces public-private partnership to connect students to the internet

As part of a larger effort to bridge the digital divide, Mayor Sam Liccardo announced Monday that the city of San Jose will provide 11,000 hotspots with unlimited 4G LTE data plans to unconnected students and residents through a new partnership with AT&T.

CA lawmakers scramble to prevent mass evictions; health experts warn of "terrible consequences"

State Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, and a group of public health officials expressed concern Monday about the potential for millions of renters across the state to be evicted later this month.

US manufacturing improves in July, outlook clouded by coronavirus

The Institute for Supply Management, an association of purchasing managers, said Monday that its manufacturing index rose to 54.2 last month, up from a June reading of 52.6. Any reading above 50 signals that U.S. manufacturing is expanding.

Fauci warns against opening schools in hot spots

He said while the nation’s “default principle” should be that children return to school, “to say that every child has to go back to school is not really realizing the fact that we have such a diversity of viral activity.”

GOP doctor in Tennessee Senate race wants Fauci fired

Dr. Manny Sethi attacked Dr. Anthony Fauci during a campaign event over the weekend in Knoxville.

Parents struggle as schools reopen amid coronavirus surge

Parents in some states are getting their first look at a new school year as the coronavirus continues to cause upheaval in school systems around the country.