Coronavirus

President Joe Biden on Monday reassured Americans that the omicron variant “is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic” — raising questions about the strategy Gov. Gavin Newsom will employ to respond to a form of COVID-19 about which much remains unknown. The governor, who returned to California late Sunday night after a […]

EN RESUMEN La respuesta es no en muchas partes de California: Dieciocho condados, en su mayoría rurales, tienen más pacientes COVID-19 hospitalizados hoy que hace un año. Pero a los condados urbanos les va mejor. Read this article in English.  Las fiestas están aquí y la gente está lista para reunirse, abrazarse y festejar. Pero, ¿está […]

The answer is no in many parts of California: Eighteen counties, mostly rural ones, have more hospitalized COVID-19 patients today than a year ago. But urban counties are faring better.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom could continue to govern by decree indefinitely, eroding the American concept of democracy.

Health officials have tried to reach out to hundreds of thousands of people speaking Mixteco and other Indigenous languages but barriers remain, leaving them vulnerable to COVID.

En resumen Los funcionarios de salud han tratado de llegar a cientos de miles de personas que hablan mixteco y otras lenguas indígenas, pero persisten barreras que las deja vulnerables al COVID. Read this article in English.  Ismael Patia y su familia llegaron a una clínica de vacunación en el centro de Fresno un sábado por […]

Experts hope continued masking will reduce this season’s dual threat of COVID and flu.

Ten percent of people who have undergone transplants this year in California had their lungs wrecked by COVID-19. Doctors worry there are more transplants to come, and that non-COVID patients will be waiting longer for new lungs.

Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, October 12. Nothing back to normal What do dog blood, brooms and teachers have in common? California is facing a severe shortage of all of them — evidence that the state’s labor pool, supply chain and morale are far from returning to normal nearly four months after the Golden State […]

A lawsuit describes nursing home magnate Shlomo Rechnitz and his companies as the “unlicensed owner-operator” of a troubled Redding facility.