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Gov. Gavin Newsom wears a protective mask on his face while speaking to reporters at Miss Ollie’s restaurant during the coronavirus outbreak in Oakland on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Photo by Jeff Chiu, AP Photo/Pool

Faced with dying Californians and withering businesses, Gov. Newsom steers a middle path. Can it last?

by Laurel Rosenhall August 6, 2020August 5, 2020

As coronavirus infections and deaths rise dramatically, the Democratic governor navigates pressure to both tighten restrictions and ease up on businesses.

Federal officers form a line facing west outside the Justice Center after protesters removed fencing around the front entrance of the federal courthouse in Portland, Ore., on July 20, 2020. Photo by Alex Milan Tracy, Sipa USA/Sipa via AP Images

Will Trump send federal police to Oakland?

by Emily Hoeven July 21, 2020July 21, 2020

Newsom may have erred on re-opening amid pandemic, but he has embraced accountability

by Guest Commentary July 21, 2020July 27, 2020

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

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

Members of the state Assembly met as a “Committee of the Whole on the State Budget” to question Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration about its plan to fill an estimated $54.3 budget deficit because of the coronavirus at the Capitol on May 26, 2020. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo/Pool

Lawmakers to pass budget sans gov’s OK

by Emily Hoeven June 15, 2020June 14, 2020

Fireworks and smoke grenades go off in the background as protesters stand along the police line during a protest calling for justice for victims of police brutality May 29, 2020 Downtown Oakland. Thousands took to the streets Friday night in solidarity with protesters in Minneapolis against the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police earlier this week. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Much of CA under curfew as unrest continues

by Emily Hoeven June 1, 2020May 31, 2020

The Uptown theater in downtown Napa remains closed to the public on May 8, 2020. Today, businesses in Napa County were permitted to reopen for curbside pickup. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

As cases rise, some counties hit brakes

by Emily Hoeven May 29, 2020May 29, 2020

Tisha Fernhoff separates the hair of a client receiving a color refreshing at the Beauty Bar Salon in Auburn on April 29, 2020. Fernhoff closed her shop in March because of the mandatory stay-at-home order but began taking occasional clients in order pay her rent and meet other expenses. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo

Why some counties won’t reopen hair salons

by Emily Hoeven May 27, 2020May 27, 2020

More than a thousand gathered in front of the California Capitol building to protest Gov. Gavin Newsom's stay at home order and demand that the state re-open on May 1, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Businesses, counties to state: Try to stop us

by Emily Hoeven May 22, 2020May 21, 2020