California coronavirus updates: The latest on the pandemic | CalMatters

Event: Will the kids be all right?

by Vanessa Richardson August 7, 2020August 7, 2020

How will this continued state of isolation during the pandemic affect the long-term mental health of children in California? If you’re a parent, teacher, care provider or guardian, join us as we explore this question and discuss the impact of this unprecedented time on our state’s youth. CalMatters health and welfare reporter Elizabeth Aguilera will […]

Rootz 99 millionaire tax advocacy

California Democrats divided over COVID-19 stimulus, millionaire tax to fund economic recovery

by Lauren Hepler August 6, 2020August 7, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom wears a protective mask on his face while speaking to reporters at Miss Ollie’s restaurant during the coronavirus outbreak in Oakland on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Photo by Jeff Chiu, AP Photo/Pool

Faced with dying Californians and withering businesses, Gov. Newsom steers a middle path. Can it last?

by Laurel Rosenhall August 6, 2020August 5, 2020

A doctor listens to a man's breathing at a clinic in Bieber, California on July 23, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Pandemic snafu: State mistakenly drops Medi-Cal coverage for some low-income Californians

by Ana B. Ibarra August 5, 2020August 5, 2020

People line up behind a health care worker at a mobile coronavirus testing site at the Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles on July 22, 2020. A technical problem has caused a lag in California's tally of coronavirus test results, casting doubt on the accuracy of recent data showing improvements in the infection rate and number of positive cases, and hindering efforts to track the spread, the state's top health official said today. Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP Photo

Going down? Maybe not. State reports technical glitch led to COVID-19 undercount

by Ana B. Ibarra August 4, 2020August 7, 2020

So you think your California county is tracing contacts of sick people? Maybe not.

by Rebecca Sohn, Ana B. Ibarra and Manuela Tobias July 29, 2020July 29, 2020

Newsom targets Central Valley for $52 million coronavirus aid

The new hot spot: Newsom targets Central Valley for $52 million coronavirus aid

by Ana B. Ibarra July 27, 2020July 28, 2020

Farmworkers around the Watsonville community pick strawberries as the Watsonville Campesino Appreciation Caravan passes through on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. Today, Gov. Newsom announced a new housing program for farmworkers that will provide hotel rooms for those who need to isolate due to COVID-19. Photo by David Rodriguez, The Salinas Californian

Newsom signals more protections coming for essential workers, including hotel rooms for farmworkers

by Barbara Feder Ostrov July 24, 2020July 29, 2020

As California strains to contain a summertime surge in coronavirus cases, experts say thorough contact tracing is vital but increasingly difficult.

COVID contact tracers: Inside the work of California’s disease detectives

by Meredith Lackey July 23, 2020July 24, 2020

Medical student Shreya Thatai holds up a sign outside of Berkeley Bowl asking for mask donations to help health care workers. California Gov. Gavin Newsom promises to have solved the shortage by cutting a massive deal for new masks. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Abundance or shortage? Newsom and hospitals at odds over mask supply for health care workers

by Laurel Rosenhall and Ana B. Ibarra July 22, 2020July 22, 2020