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An Oakland resident receives a COVID-19 vaccination at the La Clinica de la Raza community vaccination site in Oakland on Jan. 4, 2022. Photo by Martin do Nascimento/CalMatters

California legislators propose new slate of COVID-19 vaccine laws

by Elizabeth Aguilera March 2, 2022March 2, 2022

A group of California legislators has crafted vaccine laws that would be the most aggressive state approach to vaccines in the nation.

Kindergarteners wear masks while listening to their teacher amid the COVID-19 pandemic at Washington Elementary School in Lynwood on Jan. 12, 2022. AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

Get ready for new school mask rules, California

by Emily Hoeven February 28, 2022February 28, 2022

California Governor Gavin Newsom discusses the next phase of the state’s comprehensive pandemic response, California’s SMARTER Plan, at a press conference in Fontana, California on February 17, 2022. The press conference took place in one of many warehouses where PPE supplies are stored. Photo by Alisha Jucevic for CalMatters

New COVID plan leaves many questions unanswered

by Emily Hoeven February 18, 2022February 18, 2022

Eddie Daniels administers rapid COVID-19 tests at Greater St. Paul Church in downtown Oakland on Jan. 4, 2022. Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters

‘SMARTER’: Newsom administration outlines future plans for COVID

by Ana B. Ibarra and Kristen Hwang February 17, 2022February 17, 2022

Kindergarteners wear masks while listening to their teacher amid the COVID-19 pandemic at Washington Elementary School in Lynwood on Jan. 12, 2022. AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

Parents lose patience over school mask mandate

by Joe Hong February 15, 2022February 15, 2022

A student wears a mask while waiting for class to start amid the COVID-19 pandemic at Washington Elementary School on Jan. 12, 2022, in Lynwood. Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP Photo

Masks still required in California schools — for now

by Emily Hoeven February 15, 2022February 15, 2022

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

A sign reminds people to wear a mask along the Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica on Dec. 8, 2020. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

Mask up: Statewide mandate returns

by Emily Hoeven December 14, 2021December 14, 2021

Rick Moran, kneeling, who lost his wife, Georgina, a hospital phlebotomist, to COVID-19 last year, holds a framed photo of her as he is comforted by his colleague Wallace Pippen during an event held to honor health care workers and those who lost loved ones to the virus at Providence St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton on May 10, 2021. Photo by Jae C. Hong, AP Photo

As California reopens, 6 things you need to know about COVID-19

by Ana B. Ibarra June 14, 2021September 28, 2021

Alex Armstrong, 51 and his wife, Paula Armstrong, 45, prepare pick up orders during lunch hour at their Long Beach restaurant, VBurger, on June 8, 2021. "It's been very challenging for us, but we couldn't back out," said Armstrong of opening mid-pandemic last year. Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters

Masks at work? California can’t decide

by Emily Hoeven June 10, 2021June 10, 2021