California coronavirus updates: The latest on the pandemic

Google will be donating 100,000 wifi hotspots to help bridge California's digital divide during the coronavirus crisis. Is there a downside? Image via iStock

Economy

Hot spots: Pandemic pushes California to bridge a digital divide

The demands of social distancing have revealed the digital divide to be a chasm. California is partnering with Google to close it. Here's what that means.

By

Ben Christopher

• April 3, 2020

Housing

Amid pandemic, some California sheriffs’ departments still evicting renters

Fresno performed 20 lockouts over past week and a half. Tenants groups say Gavin Newsom is to blame.

By

Matt Levin

• April 3, 2020

Coronavirus

Listen: California hospitals prep for coronavirus — and life afterward

California hospital officials talk to CalMatters' Ana Ibarra about preparations the projected surge of COVID-19 patients — and life after the pandemic.

By

Ana B. Ibarra

• April 3, 2020

Hospitals — and their intensive care units — have geared up to care for COVID-19 patients. CalMatters is tracking hospitalizations in California, by county. AP Photo by John Minchillo

Coronavirus

Tracking California COVID hospitalizations by county

Which California counties have the highest rates of coronavirus hospitalization? CalMatters is following confirmed and suspected cases. Some are a surprise.

By

John Osborn D'Agostino

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Lo Bénichou

• April 2, 2020

Lucia Soares helps her two younger children, Emily, 9, and Daniel, 16, with their school work in their Modesto home. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Education

How to help students during coronavirus lockdown

Here are suggestions top state education officials had during a CalMatters-hosted event.

By

Ricardo Cano

• April 2, 2020

California Divide

First homeless patient tests positive for coronavirus in Fresno

Several cases of coronavirus have cropped up among California's homeless population. Now, Fresno County is reporting its first case. That homeless individual who tested positive is being quarantined in a hotel.

By

Manuela Tobias

• April 2, 2020

San Jose State University incoming freshman James Soberano, 17, plans to major in computer engineering and works in the student union on campus in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, July 25, 2019. Photo by Alison Yin for the Hechinger Report

Events

Is CSU ready for online learning? Watch our interview with Chancellor Tim White

Are you a college student whose semester has been turned upside down by the pandemic? Are you a professor who is getting acclimated to teaching your students via video conference? CalMatters College Journalism Network Editor Felicia Mello and fellow Aidan McGloin moderated a conversation with California State University Chancellor Tim White on April 2 to […]

By

CalMatters Staff

• April 2, 2020

Coronavirus

A coronavirus property tax delay? Californians shouldn’t count on it

Income tax filers got a delay. Why not homeowners?

By

Ben Christopher

• April 1, 2020

California Divide

For the greater good: Coronavirus border closure keeps immigrants from seeing families

The U.S.-Mexico border closed to nonessential travel last month to help stem the spread of the novel coronavirus. But the closure is cutting off many Mexicans and Mexican-Americans from relatives — and home.

By

Kate Cimini

• April 1, 2020

Coronavirus

Timeline: California reacts to coronavirus

This timeline tracks how California state and local governments tackled the evolving COVID-19 crisis since the first case was detected.

By

CalMatters Staff

• April 1, 2020