Covid-19

Los Angeles Unified has had necessary COVID safety precautions in place since returning to in-person learning in August.

Although state and federal rules require COVID tests to be free or covered by health insurance, people often have to pay hundreds of dollars upfront.

State public health officials project that in this California COVID surge, more than 70,000 will be hospitalized at the end of January.

California hospitals are struggling to keep up with increasing COVID cases at the same time they're facing staffing shortages.

The state discloses little about COVID in its juvenile prisons, but an internal memo reveals that one youth recently was hospitalized with severe symptoms.

Gov. Gavin Newsom, Democratic leaders in the Legislature and labor unions are negotiating how to bring back extra paid sick leave for COVID. One big issue: Will businesses get state help to offset their costs?.

How long will California be able to avoid shutdowns of schools, health care facilities and businesses if the omicron wave doesn't peak soon?

Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing a $2.7 billion COVID relief package, including $1.4 billion in emergency spending, largely for testing.

Multiple members of the California Legislature, including Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, were absent Jan. 6 after potential COVID-19 exposure at a going-away event for colleague the first week of the new session.

While some California courts pull back amid the Omicron surge, others forge ahead with business as usual.