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People ride the rollercoaster at Santa Monica Pier on May 29, 2021. Photo by Damian Dovarganes, AP Photo

After 453 days, California reopens

by Emily Hoeven June 15, 2021June 15, 2021

Rick Moran, kneeling, who lost his wife, Georgina, a hospital phlebotomist, to COVID-19 last year, holds a framed photo of her as he is comforted by his colleague Wallace Pippen during an event held to honor health care workers and those who lost loved ones to the virus at Providence St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton on May 10, 2021. Photo by Jae C. Hong, AP Photo

As California reopens, 6 things you need to know about COVID-19

by Ana B. Ibarra June 14, 2021June 16, 2021

A Coliseum service employee carries a mask through the stands reminding fans to wear as mask. Coliseum implemented a number of safety protocols for the season opener including masking, distancing and touch free payments for concessions. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Masks at work, unless everyone’s vaccinated

by Emily Hoeven June 4, 2021June 4, 2021

People with and without masks walk along Santa Monica Pier on May 13, 2021. In Los Angeles County, about 45% of the eligible population — or a little over a third of the entire county population — was fully vaccinated as of last week. Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP Photo

Herd immunity? Only two counties are even close

by Ana B. Ibarra May 18, 2021May 18, 2021

Nine-year-old Tag, a 1,000 lb Kodiak bear, lays in the sunshine while recall candidate John Cox speaks to the press at a campaign event at Miller Regional Park in Sacramento on May 4, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Recall circus begins

by Emily Hoeven May 5, 2021May 5, 2021

Alyssa Jenkins has a phone call with a person in search of a vaccine while using MyTurn at her Pacifica home on April 19, 2021. Jenkins has made appointments for more than 400 people since February. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

State’s ‘MyTurn’ website bypassed for most vaccine appointments

by Barbara Feder Ostrov April 22, 2021June 23, 2021

Jesse Hamblen, 3, has his temperature checked by Shruti Agarwal he arrives in the morning to her home-based daycare center in Livermore on April 13, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Children and Youth

Child care providers ask state to hold off on in-person inspections

by Elizabeth Aguilera April 19, 2021April 19, 2021

Gov. Gavin Newsom tours a vaccination site at Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Union City on April 15, 2021. At a press conference following the tour, Newsom said the only challenge for vaccine distribution for the state is “manufacture and supply.” Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

California hits huge vaccine milestone

by Emily Hoeven April 16, 2021April 16, 2021

Alameda County Fire Department employee Max Shih dispenses of a syringe after administering a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during a distribution clinic at St. Rose hospital in Hayward on Jan. 27, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Vaccine supply shrinks ahead of state’s 16+ expansion

by Emily Hoeven April 12, 2021April 12, 2021

A mule team makes its way down North Main Street during the 2017 Mule Days parade in Bishop. Photo by The Greater Southwestern Exploration Company via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

And then there were two: Inyo and Merced stuck in strictest tier

by Ana B. Ibarra April 9, 2021April 16, 2021