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California must quickly implement policies for tracking and controlling health care costs and price increases

by Guest Commentary July 24, 2020July 23, 2020

To protect Californians from rising health care costs, the state needs to strengthen price transparency and price competition.

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

Abundance or shortage? Newsom and hospitals at odds over mask supply for health care workers

by Laurel Rosenhall and Ana B. Ibarra July 22, 2020July 22, 2020

El Centro Regional Medical Center staff attend to patients who are suspected COVID-19 positive on May 30, 2020. Photo by Omar Ornelas, The Desert Sun

The trouble with hot spots: Hard-hit counties send COVID-19 patients to other areas

by Ana B. Ibarra July 2, 2020July 2, 2020

Medical staff walk into work as first responders show gratitude by clapping and cheering them on at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose on April 15, 2020. Photo by Randy Vazquez / Bay Area News Group

Wanted: Health care workers. Wait! Never mind…

by Ana B. Ibarra May 6, 2020May 6, 2020

Protective face masks like N95 respirators are in short supply — but new California efforts aim to change that in part through a coronavirus mask decontamination effort. Photo by Liliboas via iStock.

Cleaning and reusing hospital masks: Is it safe?

by Rachel Becker April 8, 2020April 8, 2020

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Listen: California hospitals prep for coronavirus — and life afterward

by Ana B. Ibarra April 3, 2020April 3, 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

Newsom: We’re not waiting on feds

by Emily Hoeven March 31, 2020March 30, 2020

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA—MARCH 27, 2020—California Governor Gavin Newsom listens as Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks in front of the hospital ship USNS Mercy that arrived into the Port of Los Angeles on Friday, March 27, 2020, to provide relief for Southland hospitals overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic. (POOL PHOTOGRAPHS BY Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles will mirror New York as coronavirus surges, Newsom and Garcetti warn

by Judy Lin, Ben Christopher and Matt Levin March 27, 2020March 28, 2020

This 2013 image depicts Whalers Cove on Point Lobos State Reserve. On Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that parking lots at many state parks and beaches would close down in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19. Photo by David Iliff via Creative Commons

“Soft closure” of state parks

by Emily Hoeven March 24, 2020March 23, 2020

People crowd Venice Beach in Los Angeles on March 21, 2020, despite government orders to stay home to curb the spread of coronavirus. Photo by Mark J. Terrill, AP Photo

California closes parking lots at beaches and parks to stem spread of coronavirus

by Laurel Rosenhall March 23, 2020March 23, 2020