Denise Zapata

Judge's comment: "I didn’t find one story that didn’t answer the question: 'Why does this matter to California?'” Congrats @CalMatters https://t.co/7ElthmLclf

CA News Publishers Association @CNPAservices

General Excellence (Monthly Unique Visitors: 400,001 & over) First: CalMatters (@CalMatters) Second: Los Angeles Times (@LATimes) #Californiajournalismawards https://t.co/AHh4fcQVb6 https://t.co/u3yo0YgnyF

Congrats to the amazing @khwangreports https://t.co/fLNXiBDIal

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Hooray to @khwangreports from @calmatters on winning #AAJAExcellence in Science / Environment / #Health Reporting! Read “Congenital syphilis rates soar across California as public health funding dwindled prior to the pandemic”: https://t.co/7Syc4wmEBn #publichealth #STDs https://t.co/nBUyoCeh39

Newsom unveiled a revised spending plan that will rely on some additional fiscal gimmicks — including shifting funding sources and internal borrowing — to address a projected $31.5 billion gap in the 2023-24 state budget. https://t.co/LtLlRRYnD0

Verifying myself for the Journalists of Color slack. https://t.co/4nImajJfLa

Temporarily halting a lightning round of conflicting rulings that has played out in the lower courts over the past two weeks, today’s order allows mifepristone to stay on the market unrestricted. https://t.co/D2Qb71ciZe

"This is a reminder that folks in my area may qualify for Medi-Cal, but what does that mean if they can’t access care." https://t.co/Cb7YLHcK3g

“Is the government there to serve the people or is the government there to be a spin machine?” https://t.co/NyLkHYL0w2

“What’s amazing is that when we randomly assign a kid to a high-quality teacher, not only are they doing better in the years after that, but they’re doing significantly better in adulthood.” https://t.co/evXjbzQDog

Newsom's announcement caused widespread confusion in a state where more than one-third of the population pays for prescriptions with government-funded health insurance. https://t.co/Tx0y6QZSQr

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“I don’t think you can take 245 years of slavery and Jim Crow and a legacy of separate and unequal education and expect this gap to not exist.” https://t.co/a6ndhNypAI

“We are at a tipping point; Madera is just the first one.” https://t.co/Q41qO85Muc

“When you don’t have that representation, it sends the signal that your communities are not valued — you’re not welcome.” https://t.co/wBA9sA5OGL

"There’s a gulf between coverage and real access, because there is also a focus by the state to make sure that health care costs are somewhat controlled.” https://t.co/aIU8hbUPNi

"You’re running on adrenaline 24/7 for months at a time. There have been a lot of people who said ‘I can’t do it anymore’ and left.” https://t.co/HO0P4K0NUW

“With the operational preparedness that we’ve built up and the measures that we’ll continue to employ moving forward, California is ready to phase out this tool.” https://t.co/ddxf1Kq6Nj