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Patients enter Levi’s Stadium to receive Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines on Feb. 9 2021 in Santa Clara. The 49ers arena opened on Tuesday as a vaccine distribution site for Santa Clara County residents 65 and older and is expected to inoculate up to 15,000 people per day once supplies become available. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

California’s new COVID-19 vaccine system to start Monday

by Ana B. Ibarra and Barbara Feder Ostrov February 26, 2021February 26, 2021

The new system, operated by Blue Shield, aims to streamline a confusing county-by-county patchwork of vaccination efforts. “Give us a chance to make this work,” Blue Shield’s CEO said.

OptumServe is opening vaccine clinics across California despite several counties expressing dissatisfaction with a vaccination pilot program and COVID-19 testing sites. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Counties raise concerns as OptumServe gets bigger role in vaccination

by Emily Hoeven February 26, 2021February 26, 2021

Detainees wait to be processed at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in Adelanto on Aug. 28, 2019. Because detainees are in federal custody, state health officials said last week that they aren’t sure who is responsible for vaccination at the detention centers. Photo by Chris Carlson, AP Photo

Immigration detention centers showcase California’s vaccine chaos

by Ana B. Ibarra February 22, 2021February 22, 2021

Alameda County Fire Department employee Max Shih, left, administers the second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Julia Jackson, a volunteer at a Berkeley needle exchange program, at St. Rose hospital in Hayward on Jan. 27, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Who’s getting vaccinated in California? A county-by-county look at racial data

by CalMatters staff February 19, 2021February 18, 2021

An aerial view of the small rural community of Bloomington on Dec. 18, 2020. Photo by Tash Kimmell for CalMatters.

California Divide

When a package at the front door means a warehouse next door

by Orlando Mayorquin February 12, 2021February 19, 2021

Sara Kruzan sits for a portrait in Coto de Caza on Jan. 14, 2021. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters

Victims behind bars: Trafficking survivors still struggle despite state laws

by Byrhonda Lyons January 27, 2021January 26, 2021

Voters cast early ballots, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, at the vote center inside the Martin Luther King Jr. Library in San Jose, Calif. Photo by Karl Mondon, Bay Area News Group

Trump’s rhetoric behind California’s big gains in Latino voter registration

by Lewis Griswold January 12, 2021January 13, 2021

Poll workers use tongs to collect ballots and hand out stickers at a curbside voting location at Alameda County courthouse on Nov. 3, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Which California county voted the most? The least? Let’s compare

by Michael Lozano December 21, 2020December 22, 2020

A voter exits a polling place in the West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles on Nov. 3, 2020. Photo by Tash Kimmell for CalMatters.

Poor and diverse voters fuel California’s record ballots cast

by Phillip Reese and Lewis Griswold December 10, 2020December 10, 2020

Most of California under curfew

by Emily Hoeven November 20, 2020November 20, 2020