Marie Tae Au

Staff Editor @NYTimes in ATL.

[Marie Tae Au @marzietae]

@TheBarkerLab Hi! I just emailed you

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Newsom’s plan to reopen schools by mid-February is likely to fail. Here’s why.

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Leaders of four of the state’s largest school districts criticized the plan in a letter, saying it fails to address the needs of urban school districts, all of which have students who live below the poverty level, @marzietae reports https://t.co/npD6O1teCl

[Marie Tae Au @marzietae]

The last soaking SoCal had was in the late fall, we are sorely in need of another good rainfall.

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@marzietae looks into why this season has been unusually dry. At the beginning of January, scientists at U.C. San Diego found that the odds of California reaching normal precipitation this year were only about 20 percent. https://t.co/eIA6bUhEpn

[Marie Tae Au @marzietae]

Heard from one reader who waited 25 hours on hold to verify identity. #EDD woes.

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Claimants with suspended accounts are being notified in batches that they will need to verify their identities in order for payments to continue. The last batch of messages were set to go out on Jan. 14. https://t.co/MvXIcVKcH5

[Nancy Wang Yuen @nancywyuen]

"One of my colleagues...instructed her staff to wear just regular casual clothes in case they needed to blend in...I thought to myself … that’s not an option for me." -@RepJayapal on the particular vulnerability of Black/brown women to violent incursion. https://t.co/eOC67MWEes

[Carla ‘Bluechecked’ Marinucci @cmarinucci]

Whoa. @CAGovernor @GavinNewsom says two gorillas as the San Diego Zoo have tested positive for Covid-19:

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Didn't think this was possible! Korean adoptees reunited with birth families during the pandemic. https://t.co/RyRByHGs8k

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California was once a red state. Growing populations of politically active Latinos and Asian Americans have made it solidly blue for the past 25 years. @NYTNational https://t.co/GfL6NEWozt

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Here's another way of seeing the adverse mental state we are all experiencing: depression is a normal response to the pandemic and low levels of anxiety actually help us stay safe. My latest for @nytnational https://t.co/kmUvPUUTpB

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Three weeks before Election Day, more than a million Californians have already mailed in their ballots — an accelerated pace that could portend high election turnout despite the pandemic. https://t.co/fiRb1xpuVv

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The devastation wildfires have brought to California is overwhelming to think about. But there are things you can do to help. @NYTNational
https://t.co/8nXJyJ2dU6

[Sona Patel @sona]

Readers asked: Can wildfire smoke worsen Covid symptoms, and are n95 masks helpful for smoke? @marzietae answered in California Today. https://t.co/A3B0dMvrD1

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Businesses are trying to stay alive by adapting to the latest order to move outdoors. Fresh air massages don’t sound that bad.

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“It’s not just relieving muscle tension," said Marion Pernoux, a massage therapist and reiki practitioner. "It’s the clinical aspect of tending to somebody who’s allowed to just completely let go.” https://t.co/TpteaVIykY

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Talked to @collinskeith about how researchers say California needs to be testing 3x as many people if they want to mitigate the virus. That's just to mitigate, suppression would require even more testing. https://t.co/3q3IMJhcHm

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This is what contact tracing in South Korea looks like.

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in Korea they do it by neighborhood and it gets super specific but does NOT name people

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Miles and miles of warehouses choking off the air and the views of the people who live next door. America, meet your (potential) future. Story by @JillCowan

https://t.co/uhi5ArCY70

[Miriam Jordan @mirjordan]

NEW! Adopted at birth, Becky Trimble grew up thinking she was American. She had an all-American upbringing. Now a mother of two, the U.S. threatens to deport her because her parents omitted steps in the adoption process. It has upended her family’s life. https://t.co/IBvlhbo9FA

[Bonnie Tsui @bonnietsui]

"Many Americans who rely on public facilities for outdoor recreation—disproportionately lower income families and people of color—will step outside this summer only to find that there are few places left for them to go," writes historian @andrewkahrl. https://t.co/q2XmlCg0Hb

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Several readers asked us why face shields have not become a popular alternative to face masks. @marzietae asked experts if they offer more protection from the coronavirus. https://t.co/DE5XBJC1Sk

[Sona Patel @sona]

A few readers asked: Why aren't face shields more popular in California? @marzietae looked into it for today's CA Today newsletter. Keep your questions coming. https://t.co/PQba1FRHlC