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Author Archives: Laurence Du Sault, CalMatters

Posted inCalifornia Currents

Here’s why your electricity prices are high and soaring

by Laurence Du Sault, CalMatters March 15, 2021March 15, 2021

PG&E customers pay 80% more than national average.

Posted inLocal News

How an ex-tech worker got $43,804 into rental debt

by Laurence Du Sault, CalMatters February 17, 2021February 17, 2021
Posted inCalifornia Currents

Job loss, rent increase tow a single mother’s finances under

by Laurence Du Sault, CalMatters December 7, 2020December 7, 2020
Posted inLocal News

Fewer internships for Bay Area high school seniors to boost college applications

by Laurence Du Sault, CalMatters November 23, 2020November 23, 2020
Posted inCalifornia Currents

Women workers may not be faring as well as you’d think

by Laurence Du Sault, CalMatters November 12, 2020November 12, 2020
Posted inCalifornia Currents

For some working Bay Area parents, only one solution to virtual school: drop their job

by Laurence Du Sault, CalMatters October 29, 2020October 29, 2020
Posted inCalifornia Currents

For many Californians, the COVID-19 pandemic marks the end of ‘barely making it’

by Laurence Du Sault, CalMatters October 15, 2020October 15, 2020
Posted inLocal News

From homelessness to real estate in Oakland: How tenants won affordable housing fights

by Laurence Du Sault, CalMatters October 13, 2020October 13, 2020
Posted inCalifornia Currents

Coronavirus shutdowns are hitting Vietnamese-owned nail salons hard

by Laurence Du Sault, CalMatters September 8, 2020September 8, 2020
Posted inCalifornia Currents

‘Pervasive failure to investigate’: Report finds lack of scrutiny in cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls

by Laurence Du Sault, CalMatters August 4, 2020August 4, 2020

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