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Long lines of people wait for over two hours for a COVID-19 test at a testing site in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 5, 2022. Photo by Raquel Natalicchio for CalMatters

California teeters on edge of more COVID shutdowns

by Emily Hoeven January 12, 2022January 12, 2022

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

People fill out forms before getting vaccinated at the Clínica Monseñor Oscar A. Romero in the Pico-Union district of Los Angeles, July 26, 2021. Photo by Damian Dovarganes, AP Photo

Inside California’s confusing COVID numbers

by Emily Hoeven August 25, 2021August 25, 2021

COVID-19 patient Brian Parisi, 53, from Orange County, is treated by staff in the ICU at Providence St Joseph Hospital in Orange, on July 23, 2021. Photo by Omar Younis, Reuters

COVID patients have doubled in California hospitals

by Barbara Feder Ostrov and Ana B. Ibarra August 10, 2021September 28, 2021

electric grid

Temporary use of phased-out power plants could help keep the lights on

by Guest Commentary July 27, 2021August 3, 2021

Big Lots! went big on help wanted sign as signs around the region are getting the cold shoulder from workers reluctant to resume service-industry jobs in Moreno Valley on July 5, 2021. Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG

Why California is still on the economic brink

by Emily Hoeven July 20, 2021July 20, 2021

Veronica Vieyra, San Jose State University Class of 2021 graduate poses for a photograph on campus in San Jose on Saturday, July 3, 2021. Vieyra is one of 72 foster youth to receive payments of $1,000 a month in Santa Clara county’s first guaranteed basic income pilot program. Photo by Anda Chu, Bay Area News Group

California Divide

Universal basic income? California moves to be first state to fund pilot efforts

by Jesse Bedayn July 16, 2021July 21, 2021

Jordan Lyric se toma una foto en su apartamento en Los Ángeles el 6 de mayo de 2021. Jordan, de 28 años, se mudó a Los Ángeles desde Wisconsin para estudiar cine en la USC. Foto de Shae Hammond para CalMatters

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¿Puede la lotería de Los Ángeles distribuir equitativamente el alivio del alquiler?

by Nigel Duara May 19, 2021May 19, 2021

People with and without masks walk along Santa Monica Pier on May 13, 2021. In Los Angeles County, about 45% of the eligible population — or a little over a third of the entire county population — was fully vaccinated as of last week. Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP Photo

Herd immunity? Only two counties are even close

by Ana B. Ibarra May 18, 2021September 28, 2021

Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference after getting vaccinated for COVID-19 at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza in Los Angeles on April 1, 2021. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters

Newsom wants to send stimulus checks to two-thirds of Californians

by Emily Hoeven May 10, 2021May 10, 2021

Nine-year-old Tag, a 1,000 lb Kodiak bear, lays in the sunshine while recall candidate John Cox speaks to the press at a campaign event at Miller Regional Park in Sacramento on May 4, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Recall circus begins

by Emily Hoeven May 5, 2021May 5, 2021