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What was supposed to be a five-minute recess lasted more than 48 minutes. And when the recess during the Oct. 5 meeting of the Los Gatos Town Council ended, the community’s mayor was no longer in the room.

Jamille Cabacungan’s shift as charge nurse in UCSF’s medical-surgical unit began with bad news: Just seven of her nine nurses showed up. When a patient’s oxygen fell dangerously low, Cabacungan dropped her paperwork to stabilize the person.

One important aspect of environmentalism is knowing when to take a break. News feeds are dire right now, and without diminishing the gravity of contemporary events, we need a win. View the full story here. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has left an astounding level of youth and teens with emotional problems that have migrated from homes into San Jose schools.

With the elevated focus on set safety following the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust, the California IATSE Council has officially backed a bill that would require a safety supervisor on set

State lawmakers are moving forward with a push to stop the flow of money between California and Russia. View the full story here. 

A “Day of Action” was hosted Monday by FUEL (Families United to End LWOP) and the Drop LWOP coalition to support the Senate Bill 300, which addresses the “felony murder special circumstance law by allowing for a sentence other than the death penalty or life in prison without parole (LWOP) for a person who did not kill anyone.”