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A nursing student does patient check-in and hands out requisition forms allowing patients to get their COVID-19 test results online at Cal Expo in Sacramento. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

‘Game changer’ in California coronavirus testing to double capacity and speed up results

by Ana B. Ibarra August 26, 2020August 26, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new deal today with a diagnostics company that he says will add 150,000 more tests a day, with results back in 24 to 48 hours.

Eduardo Mendoza, a 66-year-old AIDS survivor, sits for a portrait by his apartment window where he can watch the comings and goings of trains and boats in Martinez, California. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Open reporting: How one man found freedom from his struggle to survive in the Bay Area

by Jackie Botts March 2, 2020March 3, 2020