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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, 2020November 25, 2020

As California faces a surge in coronavirus cases, vaccines may be weeks away with three drug companies reporting promising results.

Little girl with mask looking out the window. Image via iStock

In children’s voices: Help us understand the pandemic through California’s youngest

by CalMatters staff November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

A man wearing a mask walks past a boarded up restaurant in the Mission neighborhood of San Francisco on April 7, 2020. California is entering the fourth week of sheltering in place to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

The Year Of Loss: Californians, tell us your pandemic stories

by CalMatters staff November 21, 2020November 24, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom visits a new, 134,000 sq. foot COVID-19 testing facility on Oct. 30 in Valencia. Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP Photo/Pool

How risky was that Napa party Gavin Newsom attended?

by James Bikales November 20, 2020November 20, 2020

A bus parked in front of El Dorado Motel drops off farmworkers as a van that also transports farmworkers drives right next to it in Salinas on Aug. 1, 2020. Photo by David Rodriguez, The Salinas Californian

State mandates emergency workplace COVID-19 protections, less crowding for guest farmworkers

by Jackie Botts November 19, 2020November 20, 2020

A message board on Interstate 5 South with the words "Avoid Gatherings. Stay Home. Save Lives." on May 2, 2020 in Downey. Today, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new curfew order in response to growing concern over a new wave of COVID infections. Photo by Kirby Lee via AP

Newsom issues evening curfew ahead of Thanksgiving week

by Barbara Feder Ostrov November 19, 2020November 20, 2020

The exclusive French Laundry restaurant in the Napa Valley, where California Gov. Gavin Newsom and representatives of the California Medical Association dined at a birthday party for lobbyist Jason Kinney — despite telling the public to avoid such gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic. Photo by K Tao via Flickr

Unmasked: Doctors’ association execs joined Newsom at lobbyist’s birthday bash

by Laurel Rosenhall November 18, 2020November 18, 2020

Patients at the Central Coast’s Atascadero State Hospital walk the halls in 2006. Due to COVID, patients have at times been confined to their units, but still mingle in bathrooms, the dining hall and common day rooms. Of the state’s psychiatric hospitals, Atascadero houses the largest number of mentally ill inmates from state prisons. Photo by Peggy Peattie, ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo

Could California’s psych hospitals be ordered to admit inmates with COVID?

by Lee Romney November 18, 2020November 18, 2020

Clinica de la Raza staff members administer Covid-19 tests at a testing site in a parking lot along 35th Avenue near the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland on July 7, 2020. Today, Alameda and 40 other counties across California moved back into the purple tier. Photo by Jane Tyska, Bay Area News Group

California mayors share how the pandemic shapes their cities

by Elizabeth Castillo November 16, 2020November 17, 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, 2020November 17, 2020