Author Archives: Ana B. Ibarra

Ana covers health policy and the COVID-19 pandemic. She joined CalMatters in 2020 after four years at Kaiser Health News. She started her reporting career at McClatchy’s Merced Sun-Star. Her work has also appeared in The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today and other state and national news outlets.

ana@calmatters.org

EMT Giselle Dorgalli, second from right, looks at a monitor while performing chest compression on a patient who tested positive for coronavirus in the emergency room at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles on Nov. 19, 2020. Photo by Jae C. Hong, AP Photo

Most Californians now under Newsom’s stay-at-home order tied to ICU capacity

by Ana B. Ibarra and Lauren Hepler December 3, 2020September 28, 2021

EMT Giselle Dorgalli, segunda desde la derecha, mira un monitor mientras realiza una compresión torácica en un paciente que dio positivo por coronavirus en la sala de emergencias del Providence Holy Cross Medical Center en la sección Mission Hills de Los Ángeles el 19 de noviembre de 2020. Foto por Jae C. Hong, AP Photo

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Newsom implementa una orden regional de quedarse en casa vinculada a la capacidad de la UCI

by Ana B. Ibarra and Lauren Hepler December 3, 2020December 3, 2020

Hope on the way: Here’s what you need to know about California’s COVID-19 vaccine plan

by Ana B. Ibarra and Barbara Feder Ostrov November 25, 2020September 28, 2021

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Esperanza en camino: esto es lo que necesita saber sobre el plan de vacuna COVID-19 de California

by Ana B. Ibarra and Barbara Feder Ostrov November 25, 2020November 25, 2020

A sign requiring customers to wear a mask is posted outside of Modern China Cafe in Walnut Creek on August 16, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

California clamps down: Governor announces new restrictions to curb surging coronavirus

by Barbara Feder Ostrov and Ana B. Ibarra November 16, 2020September 28, 2021

Un letrero que requiere que los clientes usen una máscara se encuentra afuera del Modern China Cafe en Walnut Creek el 16 de agosto de 2020. Foto de Anne Wernikoff para CalMatters

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California toma medidas drásticas: el gobernador anuncia nuevas restricciones para frenar el aumento del coronavirus

by Barbara Feder Ostrov and Ana B. Ibarra November 16, 2020November 17, 2020

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¿Qué está en juego para California si se revoca Obamacare?

by Ana B. Ibarra November 10, 2020November 10, 2020

California fought for Obamacare and won. What’s at stake?

by Ana B. Ibarra November 10, 2020September 28, 2021

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, center, tours a COVID-19 testing facility with Secretary of the Government Operations Agency Yolanda Richardson, far left, and Secretary for the California Health and Human Services Agency Dr. Mark Ghaly, second from left, Oct. 30, 2020, in Valencia. Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP Photo/Pool

California’s COVID cases inching up amid nationwide surges

by Ana B. Ibarra November 9, 2020September 28, 2021

On Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the opening of a PerkinElmer lab in Santa Clarita that will help double statewide COVID-19 testing capacity by March. File photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo/ Pool

Newsom pledges more COVID-19 testing capacity with new lab

by Ana B. Ibarra October 30, 2020May 24, 2023