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Category: Data Points

Data is the starting point for many stories about where we live, how our world is changing and what we might expect in the future. Find the serious and the silly here with comparisons from the Bay Area, which viewed together help to define our region.

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Remote possibilities: Work-at-home culture taking root in California, but not for everyone

by Phillip Reese, for Kaiser Health Network December 19, 2022December 16, 2022
Posted inFeatured News

Demystifying Data: High-wage job growth soars past low- and middle-wage jobs since 1990

by Molly Burke, Bay City News Foundation December 13, 2022December 13, 2022
Posted inLocal News

Over 40 years since the world was introduced to AIDS, San Francisco still feeling its impact

by Katy St. Clair, Bay City News Foundation December 4, 2022December 2, 2022
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Retailers may see more red after Black Friday as consumers act as if recession already here

by Ayalla A. Ruvio and Forrest Morgeson, for The Conversation November 24, 2022November 22, 2022
Posted inLocal News

Marin County saw homelessness rise in 2022 tally, but projects in works could have impact

by Katy St. Clair, Bay City News Foundation November 24, 2022November 22, 2022
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Sizzling energy, food costs drove up inflation in central Bay Area during recent two months

by Keith Burbank, Bay City News Foundation November 16, 2022November 14, 2022
Posted inLocal News

‘It’s hard for me not to be jaded’: Why some SJ residents didn’t vote in midterm election

by Lorraine Gabbert, San Jose Spotlight November 15, 2022November 14, 2022
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Economy rather than abortion influencing most midterm voters, according to survey

by Matthew A. Baum, Alauna Safarpour, Jonathan Schulman and Kristin Lunz Trujillo, for The Conversation November 6, 2022November 2, 2022
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Unhoused struggle for access to clean water despite state law that guarantees the right

by Katy St. Clair, Bay City News Foundation October 25, 2022October 24, 2022
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State’s colleges see enrollment dip slowing, but fall undergraduate totals still ‘troubling’

by Emma Gallegos, EdSource October 24, 2022October 20, 2022

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