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Marin virus containment effort gets new $1M influx
Posted: September 22, 2020
Another $1 million is being set aside to help cover the expenses of low-income Marin residents who test positive for COVID-19 and need to quarantine.
Marin inequity could slow coronavirus reopening process
Posted: September 20, 2020
Marin’s chances of getting approval from the state for further reopenings in three weeks under coronavirus rules are slim, and the odds may become longer due to an “equity metric” in the works.
Neighborhoods like the Canal are where we will win or lose our fight against Covid-19
Posted: September 18, 2020
In this week’s edition, we asked our reporters and editors to detail how six months of Covid-19 and shelter-in-place have changed the neighborhoods where they live. They came back with vivid, compelling stories. One such neighborhood, one near me, is the Canal district of San Rafael in Marin County.
MCE’s community partnerships build environmental equity
Posted: September 17, 2020
MCE recently partnered with Canal Alliance, a non-profit in San Rafael that empowers Latino immigrants by offering renewable energy and energy efficiency upgrades and by connecting them to housing, social services, workforce development, college access, and legal services. As the only provider of low-income housing in San Rafael’s Canal District, Canal Alliance also supports equitable communities.
Podcast: Connecting a neighborhood in need in San Rafael, California
Posted: September 15, 2020
Officials in the San Rafael tech shop were able to build a mesh Wi-Fi network to connect students in the dense Canal Neighborhood with the help of volunteer expertise and funding from across sectors.
Video: Construction classes featured on Univision
Posted: September 11, 2020
Officials in the San Rafael tech shop were able to build a mesh Wi-Fi network to connect students in the dense Canal Neighborhood with the help of volunteer expertise and funding from across sectors.
Latinos make up 71% of coronavirus cases in largely white Marin County. Will new equity efforts help?
Posted: September 8, 2020
Officials in the San Rafael tech shop were able to build a mesh Wi-Fi network to connect students in the dense Canal Neighborhood with the help of volunteer expertise and funding from across sectors.
Radio: ‘Our Communities Are In Crisis’: Latinos and Covid-19
Posted: August 26, 2020
Officials in the San Rafael tech shop were able to build a mesh Wi-Fi network to connect students in the dense Canal Neighborhood with the help of volunteer expertise and funding from across sectors.
Marin gets Canal community involved in COVID-19 response plan
Posted: August 18, 2020
Marin’s public health officer detailed the approach to the COVID-19 crisis facing San Rafael’s predominantly Latino Canal neighborhood as the county prepares this week to continue reopening.
Spotlight on California: Navigating Back to School in a Coronavirus Hot Spot
Posted: August 14, 2020
As COVID-19 cases spiked across the South and West over the summer, California surpassed New York to become the state with the most coronavirus cases. In July, Governor Gavin Newsom responded to the surge by ordering all schools in counties with rising infections and hospitalizations to prepare to hold all classes online when schools reopen for the fall term.
