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A protester shouts slogans during a rally calling for an end to California Gov. Gavin Newsom's stay-at-home orders, a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, outside of City Hall in downtown Los Angeles, April 22, 2020. Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP Photo

Even harder than shutting down: How does Newsom reopen California?

by Laurel Rosenhall April 23, 2020April 24, 2020

As California gradually reopens amid a pandemic that has killed nearly 48,000 Americans and left more than 3 million Californians unemployed, Gov. Gavin Newsom is faced with his toughest decisions yet: When and how do we return to normal?

Joshua Martin and his two children, 4-year-old Olivia and 9-year-old Matthew, play Jumanji with their grandmother Shelley McCall. McCall has been babysitting the children since schools closed because Martin and his wife are both healthcare workers but they worry about her health. Photo courtesy the Martin Family

California eases child care regulations for critical workers

by Elizabeth Aguilera April 6, 2020June 8, 2020

Bonnie Castillo, registered nurse and executive director of National Nurses United and the California Nurses Association, speaks during a press conference presenting the findings from a national survey on Coronavirus preparedness on March 5, 2020

As coronavirus toll rises, so does health care workers’ alarm

by Ana B. Ibarra March 11, 2020March 16, 2020

A health care rally at California's Capitol. AP Photo by Rich Pedroncelli

In California, medical care means big money — and big politics

by Dan Walters December 10, 2019December 6, 2019

Marchers walk to the California Capitol last spring to protest the high cost of rental housing in the state. Photo by Steve Yeater/AP Images

In California, a blue wave and progressive governor: So why are so many leftist plans going under?

by Laurel Rosenhall and Ben Christopher June 13, 2019June 23, 2020

Single-payer health care isn't in California's immediate future, but Gov. Newsom is pursuing less ambitious tactics to get health coverage for more people. Here, a doctor consults wit her patient.

Newsom’s move: Not yet health care for all, but health care for more

by Elizabeth Aguilera January 25, 2019June 23, 2020

As Gavin Newsom becomes governor, how he could shape California’s future—issue by issue

by CalMatters November 6, 2018June 23, 2020

Snakes, slaps, climate, fever, risks to teen girls

by Dan Morain September 26, 2018July 8, 2019

GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter being sworn into Congress, alongside his wife.

Bail, stoned drivers, bad nights at bars and an indictment

by Dan Morain August 22, 2018July 8, 2019

Brown’s lament as he honors fallen officers

by Dan Morain May 8, 2018June 23, 2020