Health
Next up: Californians brace for the ‘twindemic’
As we head toward fall, and COVID-19 persists, experts forecast how our lives may look and the challenges we are likely to confront.
Imperial County
WhatMatters
At last: some good coronavirus news
Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, August 4. Newsom guardedly optimistic For the first time in a long while, California has some good coronavirus news. The state’s positive case rate declined by 7%, hospitalizations by 10% and intensive-care admissions by 5% over the past two weeks, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday. One month ago, California’s positive […]
Housing
Exclusive: California county with highest COVID death rate violated court rules for evictions
Virus hot spot Imperial County went forward with eviction proceedings barred by the state judicial system.
Dan Walters
Imperial County, the COVID-19 epicenter
California's COVID-19 epicenter is Imperial County, an impoverished agricultual oasis with an unusual history.
Coronavirus
The trouble with hot spots: Hard-hit counties send COVID-19 patients to other areas
Imperial County on the Mexican border has the state's highest rate of COVID-19 cases, straining hospitals and forcing the transfer of 500 critically ill patients outside the region.
WhatMatters
Newsom orders seven counties to close bars as coronavirus surges
Good morning, California. It’s Monday, June 29. Some parts of California are going back under lockdown. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday ordered bars to close in seven counties and recommended they close in eight others following a week in which each day heralded a new all-time high of coronavirus-related hospitalizations. Newsom: “COVID-19 is still circulating […]
Coronavirus
After record COVID week, some California counties to reverse reopening plans
As Gov. Gavin Newsom demands Imperial County return to sheltering-in-place, 14 other counties are on the state's watchlist.
Coronavirus
California just hit all-time high number of people hospitalized with coronavirus
Lea este artículo en español. Updated June 22, 2020 Climbing over the past week, California’s numbers for statewide coronavirus-related hospitalizations this weekend exceeded the record levels set in late April, CalMatters’ hospital data tracker shows. The tracker, which pulls from state data, shows that on Sunday, 3,702 patients who’ve tested positive for the novel coronavirus were […]
WhatMatters
Feds to make a big water proposal, while Imperial County seeks Newsom’s help with Salton Sea
Feds to announce big changes to state water system. Imperial County wants help with Salton Sea crisis. Is Gavin Newsom actually a moderate?
Newsletters
Internet privacy, online sales tax and Jerry Brown’s pension
Defending California's internet privacy law, the plan to tax online sales, the air in Imperial County and Jerry Brown's pension.