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Cleverson Davis, a waiter at Palermo Italian Restaurant in San Jose tends to customers while wearing a mask on June 5, 2020. Photo by Dai Sugano, Bay Area News Group

State cracks down on bars, restaurants

by Emily Hoeven July 7, 2020July 7, 2020

Surfers carry their boards down to the water at noon despite daytime beach closures at Pleasure Point in Santa Cruz on May 7, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Now closed: Bars, beaches, indoor dining

by Emily Hoeven July 2, 2020July 2, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom, wears a face mask as he answers a reporters question during his visit to the Queen Sheba Ethiopian Cuisine restaurant in Sacramento on Friday, June 19, 2020. Newsom visited the restaurant that is participating in the Great Plates Delivered program that provides meals to older adults who are at-risk to COVID-19. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo/Pool

Newsom warns ‘restrictive’ orders may return

by Emily Hoeven June 30, 2020July 1, 2020

Voters to weigh in on affirmative action

by Emily Hoeven June 25, 2020June 24, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom at the CalFire/Cameron Park Fire Station in Cameron Park on May 13, 2020. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo/Pool

Newsom: Hospitalizations threaten reopening

by Emily Hoeven June 23, 2020June 24, 2020

Orange County Chief Health Officer Dr. Nichole Quick resigned June 8, after receiving threats over her order for residents wear to face masks in public to protect against the coronavirus. Quick is one of several local health officers in California to quit since the pandemic began. Photo by Jeff Gritchen/The Orange County Register via AP

‘Things have gotten ugly’ — pandemic pushback drives health directors to quit

by Barbara Feder Ostrov June 16, 2020June 25, 2020