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First responders at a Kaiser emergency room 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

CA only using 32% of ventilators

by Emily Hoeven April 10, 2020April 10, 2020

Questions swirl around California ventilator supply. Assembly speaker adjusts to life in an empty Capitol. Health care workers may get hotel discounts.

Trending: #PresidentNewsom

by Emily Hoeven April 9, 2020April 8, 2020

Cages of ventilators, part of a shipment of 400, are displayed, Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at the New York City Emergency Management Warehouse where they will be distributed. Photo by Mark Lennihan, AP Photo

CA gives feds 500 ventilators

by Emily Hoeven April 7, 2020April 6, 2020

Medical student Shreya Thatai holds up a sign outside of Berkeley Bowl asking for mask donations to help health care workers. California Gov. Gavin Newsom promises to have solved the shortage by cutting a massive deal for new masks. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Why wasn’t CA better prepared for a pandemic?

by Emily Hoeven March 30, 2020March 29, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom at a press conference in the state capitol following the first COVID-19 death in California. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

California ramps up output of ventilators as COVID-19 cases grow

by Nigel Duara and Ana B. Ibarra March 28, 2020March 29, 2020

Health care personnel test a person in the passenger seat of a car for coronavirus at a Kaiser Permanente medical center parking lot in San Francisco, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Photo by Jeff Chiu, AP Photo

Coronavirus in California by the numbers

by Ana B. Ibarra, Elizabeth Castillo and Erica Yee March 24, 2020June 10, 2021