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‘People are dying as we wait’: Bid to tighten California nursing home oversight sputters

by Jocelyn Wiener April 16, 2021April 16, 2021

Lawmakers say they’ll take no action this year on a bill requiring nursing home owners and operators to get state approval before they acquire, operate or manage a nursing home.

The state has left the operation of Country Villa Plaza and 17 other nursing homes in licensing limbo for more than five years. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters

“Broken” nursing home oversight

by Ben Christopher April 6, 2021April 6, 2021

Lifelong Oakland Athletics fan Kurt Samuels cheers for a young boy who caught a fly ball several rows away during the season opener against the Houston Astros at Oakland Coliseum on April 1, 2021. Major League Baseball opened for in-person games for the first time since October 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

A fresh start for California

by Emily Hoeven April 2, 2021April 2, 2021

Patients receive COVID-19 vaccines at a mass drive-thru vaccination site at Oakland Coliseum on Feb. 26, 2021. The site which is run as a partnership between state and federal organizations can vaccinate up to 6,000 people daily. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Mad rush for vaccine as millions become eligible

by Emily Hoeven April 1, 2021April 1, 2021

Ouida Dill, left, blows a kiss to her husband David at the end of their near-daily visit at Lincoln Glen Skilled Nursing Facility on March 29, 2021 in San Jose. David has been a resident at Lincoln Glen for more than four years and throughout the pandemic, Ouida has continued to see him almost everyday for visits through a window but now that Ouida is vaccinated they are able to see each other indoors again. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Finally some good news for California nursing home residents

by Barbara Feder Ostrov April 1, 2021April 1, 2021

Gov. Gavin Newsom receives the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at Crenshaw Plaza in Los Angeles on April 1, 2021. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters

Carrots, sticks and jabs: What will California do to win over vaccine skeptics?

by Ben Christopher April 1, 2021April 1, 2021

Patients and hospital staff wear masks outside of Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center on Feb. 12, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Hospitals in much of California begin reopening to visitors

by Rachel Becker March 24, 2021March 23, 2021

A day of historic votes

by Emily Hoeven March 19, 2021March 19, 2021

Leticia Aguilar poses for a portrait holding a picture of her grandmother Betty Ann Sigala in her home in Elk Grove. Photo by Salgu Wissmath, USA Today

California Divide

‘We’re born Indian and we die white’: California Indigenous fear COVID deaths undercounted

by Kate Cimini March 2, 2021March 3, 2021

TK student Jake Schuman, 5, holds up a sign during a rally to reopen schools at Astro Park in Oakland on Feb. 28, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Newsom, lawmakers unveil plan to push some schools to reopen by April 1

by Ricardo Cano, Laurel Rosenhall and Barbara Feder Ostrov March 1, 2021March 2, 2021