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Newsom orders seven counties to close bars as coronavirus surges

by Emily Hoeven June 29, 2020June 29, 2020

Members of the Air National Guard look over a field hospital set up in the Fresno Convention Center to provide additional hospital beds in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Photo by John Walker, The Fresno Bee

CA spent millions on hospitals for few patients

by Emily Hoeven May 21, 2020May 20, 2020

A sign hangs from the door at Cholita Linda, an Oakland counter-service restaurant, informing customers to go next door for take out following an order for Alameda and surrounding counties to shelter in place until April 7 in an effort to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus

With $54.3 billion deficit, cuts ahead

by Emily Hoeven May 8, 2020May 8, 2020

Nurses at the Kaiser Permanente hospital in Fremont including protest urging the hospital to give them the right protective equipment such as N95 masks and goggles, on March 19, 2020, in Fremont. Photo by Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group

Labor wins big on COVID workers’ comp

by Emily Hoeven May 7, 2020May 6, 2020

Members of the National Guard help assemble food packages at Second Harvest Food Bank in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Photo by Randy Vazquez, Bay Area News Group

Farmers: demand -50%. Food banks: +73%

by Emily Hoeven April 30, 2020April 29, 2020

City CERT member Steve Bicker directs traffic into the drive-thru COVID-19 testing facility at Cal Expo in Sacramento. The by-appointment-only facility has been testing upwards of 300 patients per day. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

A lot still unknown about virus spread

by Emily Hoeven April 23, 2020April 22, 2020

Testing can reopen CA. When?

by Emily Hoeven April 22, 2020April 21, 2020

A row of hotels and motels near Oakland airport on March 25, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Newsom: Cities blocking hotels for homeless will be ‘judged’ by history

by Matt Levin April 18, 2020April 18, 2020

Healthcare workers at a Kaiser hospital in San Francisco on April 9, 2020. Today, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that the state would make hotel rooms available to care providers in regions with high rates of COVID-19 infections who need to self-isolate. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

California offers discounted hotel rooms to health workers exposed to coronavirus

by Laurel Rosenhall April 9, 2020April 11, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom writes down a note during a March 28 tour of the Bloom Energy in Sunnyvale, which refurbished ventilators to meet the COVID-19 pandemic. This week Newsom announced the state would loan 500 ventilators to the national stockpile for use by New York and other states, and that it would share excess masks from its massive purchase of them. Photo by Beth LaBerge/Pool Photo via AP

Newsom the Beneficent? California governor steps into pandemic supply vacuum

by Ben Christopher April 8, 2020April 9, 2020