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lockdown

State senator and pandemic expert call for strict lockdown

by Guest Commentary January 5, 2021January 5, 2021

It is time for a strict lockdown. We need a four-week shelter-in-place lockdown that allows only truly essential human interaction.

First grade teacher Mary Samis gives students instructions on the first day of in-person classes at Arroyo Vista Elementary School in Rancho Santa Margarita on September 29, 2020. Arroyo Vista is offering both full day in-person classes and half-day hybrid instruction. Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG

Newsom announces $450-per-student incentive to reopen schools

by Ana B. Ibarra and Mikhail Zinshteyn December 30, 2020December 30, 2020

What the federal stimulus package means for California

by Laurel Rosenhall December 22, 2020December 21, 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

‘Game changer’ in California coronavirus testing to double capacity and speed up results

by Ana B. Ibarra August 26, 2020August 26, 2020

So you think your California county is tracing contacts of sick people? Maybe not.

by Rebecca Sohn, Ana B. Ibarra and Manuela Tobias July 29, 2020August 10, 2020

contact tracing

California must invest in a contact tracing workforce led by people of color

by Guest Commentary July 23, 2020July 29, 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

For 90% of students, school will be online

by Emily Hoeven July 20, 2020July 20, 2020

The back window of a studio seen from the street at San Francisco Art Institute. The private art college has been forced to closed due to financial pressures related to the coronavirus. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

State of the state: grim

by Emily Hoeven July 17, 2020July 17, 2020

california coronavirus contact tracing merced

Without a trace: This California county has stopped contact tracing as coronavirus surges

by Rebecca Sohn July 16, 2020July 23, 2020

Coronavirus testing is offered in the parking lot of San Jose 's Antioch Baptist Church, on May 20. Targeted outreach may be key to ensuring that California's black and Latino residents do not continue to be disproportionately affected by the pandemic. Photo by Karl Mondon, Bay Area News Group

Coronavirus, Health

Trust barriers pose challenge for coronavirus testing, tracing among black and Latino Californians

by Ana B. Ibarra May 28, 2020May 28, 2020