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Gov. Gavin Newsom at the CalFire/Cameron Park Fire Station in Cameron Park on May 13, 2020. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo/Pool

Newsom orders California back to square one

by Emily Hoeven July 14, 2020July 14, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference at the Veterans Home of California Friday, May 22, 2020, in Yountville. Photo by Eric Risberg, AP Photo/Pool

How California lost control of the pandemic

by Emily Hoeven July 13, 2020July 13, 2020

A nursing student does patient check-in and hands out requisition forms allowing patients to get their COVID-19 test results online at Cal Expo in Sacramento. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Testing re-emerges as major challenge

by Emily Hoeven July 10, 2020July 10, 2020

Schools may return to 100% distance learning

by Emily Hoeven July 9, 2020July 9, 2020

Portrait of Ohio State President Michael V. Drake in front of Bricker Hall on The Ohio State University campus. Photo via Wikimedia Commons

UC names Michael Drake first Black president

by Emily Hoeven July 8, 2020July 8, 2020

Cleverson Davis, a waiter at Palermo Italian Restaurant in San Jose tends to customers while wearing a mask on June 5, 2020. Photo by Dai Sugano, Bay Area News Group

State cracks down on bars, restaurants

by Emily Hoeven July 7, 2020July 7, 2020

ICU admissions up 49% before 4th of July

by Emily Hoeven July 3, 2020July 3, 2020

Surfers carry their boards down to the water at noon despite daytime beach closures at Pleasure Point in Santa Cruz on May 7, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Now closed: Bars, beaches, indoor dining

by Emily Hoeven July 2, 2020July 2, 2020

While parking lots remained closed at Huntington Beach State Park due to COVID-19, the beaches opened to the public for limited activities, May 8, 2020. Photos by Lisa Hornak for CalMatters.

Don’t count on big 4th of July plans

by Emily Hoeven July 1, 2020July 1, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom, wears a face mask as he answers a reporters question during his visit to the Queen Sheba Ethiopian Cuisine restaurant in Sacramento on Friday, June 19, 2020. Newsom visited the restaurant that is participating in the Great Plates Delivered program that provides meals to older adults who are at-risk to COVID-19. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo/Pool

Newsom warns ‘restrictive’ orders may return

by Emily Hoeven June 30, 2020July 1, 2020