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Ana B. Ibarra

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Ana is a Sacramento-based health reporter. She joined CalMatters in 2020 after four years at Kaiser Health News, where she covered California health care and policy. 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 many other state and national news outlets. She is a 2015 fellow of the Center for Health Journalism at USC Annenberg and a Cal Poly Pomona graduate.

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COVID-19 testing at San Francisco Department of Public Health laboratory. Photo by Tyrone Jue courtesy of San Francisco Department of Public Health

48,600 coronavirus test results still pending in California

AvatarAna B. Ibarra by Rachel Becker and Ana B. Ibarra March 25, 2020March 26, 2020

Streamlined reporting adds to the tally of tests for the novel coronavirus conducted in California — but results are still pending for tens of thousands of them

Health care personnel test a person in the passenger seat of a car for coronavirus at a Kaiser Permanente medical center parking lot in San Francisco, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Photo by Jeff Chiu, AP Photo

Coronavirus in California by the numbers

Ana B. IbarraElizabeth CastilloErica Yee by Ana B. Ibarra, Elizabeth Castillo and Erica Yee March 24, 2020November 30, 2020
UCSF workers erect Accelerated Care Units (ACU) outside the Parnassus emergency room to provide a negative pressure environment to house patients with respiratory symptoms

How overwhelmed is California’s health care system about to be?

AvatarAna B. IbarraAvatar by Rachel Becker, Ana B. Ibarra and Judy Lin March 18, 2020March 22, 2020
COVID-19 testing at the San Francisco Department of Public Health laboratory. Photo by Tyrone Jue courtesy of San Francisco Department of Public health

Where California stands with coronavirus testing right now

AvatarAna B. Ibarra by Rachel Becker and Ana B. Ibarra March 18, 2020March 21, 2020
Surge tents are set up in front of the Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, California, United States on March 6, 2020. The tents were brought in just in case there is a possible surge in novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases.

Legislature passes $1.1 billion in emergency coronavirus funding — then leaves the Capitol

AvatarAvatarAna B. Ibarra by Laurel Rosenhall, Rachel Becker and Ana B. Ibarra March 16, 2020March 17, 2020
disneyland

Facing pandemic, California takes cover, from the Capitol to Disneyland

AvatarAna B. Ibarra by Laurel Rosenhall and Ana B. Ibarra March 12, 2020March 16, 2020
Bonnie Castillo, registered nurse and executive director of National Nurses United and the California Nurses Association, speaks during a press conference presenting the findings from a national survey on Coronavirus preparedness on March 5, 2020

As coronavirus toll rises, so does health care workers’ alarm

Ana B. Ibarra by Ana B. Ibarra March 11, 2020March 16, 2020
CalMatters reporter explains California's response to the coronavirus.

How California is responding to the coronavirus

Byrhonda LyonsAna B. Ibarra by Byrhonda Lyons and Ana B. Ibarra March 10, 2020March 16, 2020
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks at a news conference that announced that six new cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in Los Angeles County on the steps of the county Hall of Administration in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The announcement comes on the same day of California's first reported death from the coronavirus. Photo by AP Photo, Stafanie Dazio

California declares state of emergency after first coronavirus death reported

Ana B. Ibarra by Ana B. Ibarra March 4, 2020March 16, 2020
California lacks the test kits and face masks needed to brace for a spread of the coronavirus — shown here in an illustration via the Centers for Disease Control.

California low on test kits and face masks in its battle against coronavirus

Ana B. Ibarra by Ana B. Ibarra February 28, 2020March 16, 2020

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