California coronavirus updates: The latest on the pandemic - CalMatters

Sonia Vasquez and her daughter Angelique Sepulveda leave a back-to-school clinic for COVID-19 testing, vaccines, and free backpacks in Los Angeles on Aug. 12, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Amid low COVID vaccine rates, more California children hospitalized in omicron surge

by Elizabeth Aguilera January 17, 2022January 17, 2022

Diane Ahern swabs herself for COVID-19 at a testing site at the Long Beach Airport in Long Beach on Jan. 11, 2022. “I need to get tested every three days to be able to visit my parents at their retirement home,” Ahern said. “I’m nervous.” Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters

Free tests? As COVID surges, rapid results cost up to $300

by Ana B. Ibarra January 14, 2022January 14, 2022

A patient with COVID-19 is treated by staff in the intensive care unit at Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Orange on July 23, 2021. REUTERS/Omar Younis

California hospitals predict COVID crisis will last 4-6 weeks

by Kristen Hwang January 13, 2022January 13, 2022

A service worker at Chalio Mexican Restaurant in East Los Angeles on May 26, 2021. Legislators are discussing supplemental paid sick leave for COVID-19. Photo by Lucy Nicholson, Reuters

Will COVID sick leave return to California?

by Sameea Kamal January 12, 2022January 25, 2022

Patients are held in the hallway as St. Mary Medical Center responds to a surge in COVID-19 cases in Apple Valley, on January 12, 2021. Photo by Mike Blake, Reuters

California weighs order canceling elective surgeries as COVID depletes hospital staffs

by Barbara Feder Ostrov January 9, 2022January 9, 2022

Florinda Matias Pablo receives a COVID-19 vaccination at the La Clinica de la Raza community vaccination site in Oakland on Jan. 4, 2022. Martin do Nascimento/CalMatters

Unboosted: California COVID-19 booster rate falls below 40% in most counties

by Kristen Hwang and Ana B. Ibarra January 7, 2022January 7, 2022

Did California get its money’s worth from $1.7 billion COVID test contract?

by Kristen Hwang and Ana B. Ibarra December 16, 2021April 20, 2022

People walk down a street in Laguna Beach on May 17, 2021. California won't lift its mask requirement until June 15 to give the public and businesses time to prepare and ensure cases stay low, state Health Director Mark Ghaly said Monday. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

California mandates masks again

by Ana B. Ibarra December 13, 2021May 24, 2023

Pedestrians walk past a sign for a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Los Angeles on August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

First US omicron infection found in San Francisco

by Kristen Hwang December 1, 2021December 1, 2021

A registered nurse puts on her PPE before entering a room to check on a patient in a COVID-19 unit decorated with Christmas stockings at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo on Dec. 21, 2020. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

Another COVID holiday: Is California in a better place this year?

by Ana B. Ibarra and Hannah Getahun November 23, 2021November 22, 2021