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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

The buggy system was revealed a day after Gov. Gavin Newsom reported a welcome drop in the state’s positivity rate. An undercount hampers counties’ ability to investigate cases.

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, 2020August 10, 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

Guests dine on Glassell Street outside of Citrus City Grill and Smoqued California Barbecue in Orange on July 8, 2020 after the city closed off sections of Glassell Street to allow restaurants in Old Towne Orange to offer outdoor dining on the sidewalk and streets to comply with the state’s COVID-19 guidelines. Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG

From internet rights to streeteries, how the pandemic is changing working from home

by Elizabeth Castillo July 21, 2020July 22, 2020

Vietnam veteran Jerry Hogan at Lindsay Gardens after testing positive for COVID-19 a week ago, in Lindsay, CA on April 28, 2020. Hogan, was put into the facility to receive lifesaving therapy, but instead, has not been receiving any therapy after patients at the facility began falling ill from the virus. Hogan is the father of photojournalist Jeremy Hogan, who made this image during his visit. Photo by Jeremy Hogan, SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Images

Feds to send COVID tests to nursing homes, but can California really use them?

by Barbara Feder Ostrov July 17, 2020July 23, 2020

Today, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that schools serving more than 5 million students across the state will not be reopening for in-person instruction this fall. Image via iStock

Nearly all California schools ordered to shut down. Online classes mandatory

by Ricardo Cano July 17, 2020July 28, 2020

california coronavirus contact tracing merced

Without a trace: This California county has stopped contact tracing as coronavirus surges

by Rebecca Sohn July 16, 2020July 23, 2020