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California hospital officials talk to CalMatters' Ana Ibarra about preparations the projected surge of COVID-19 patients — and life after the pandemic.

Newsom calls on retired doctors, medical students to help with coronavirus response as number of ICU cases triples in span of four days.

City and state leaders issued dire warnings that Los Angeles County is headed for the same surge in COVID-19 cases as New York City. The announcement comes as a $2.2 trillion federal stimulus package will pump billions into the state’s flailing economy.

California needs 50,000 more hospital beds because of coronavirus. Newsom orders "soft closure" of state parking lots. PG&E pleads guilty to wildfire charges.

Gov. Gavin Newsom contradicted President Donald Trump's claim that restrictions will end shortly, adding that parking lots in state parks will close to deter a repeat of last weekend's too-close-for-comfort crowds.

Gov. Newsom says more hospital beds, masks and equipment will be available soon to help California's response to the coronavirus.

Hospitals gear up for surge of patients from coronavirus, while working families look for financial relief from government.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has said that if as many coronavirus patients as feared need hospitalization, surge capacity could be outstripped by up to 10,000 beds.

As the Bay Area sheltered in place and the death toll from COVID-19 mounted, California's Legislature funded an unprecedented ramp-up of ventilators, hospital beds and potential quarantine hotels.  

Gov. Gavin Newsom says California still doesn't have enough capacity to test for coronavirus. Private industry and public laboratories are stepping up, but will help arrive quickly enough?