California Workplace Regulators To Again Reconsider Mask Standards
California's workplace regulators are set to again reconsider controversial masking rules designed to protect employees against the coronavirus.
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California's workplace regulators are set to again reconsider controversial masking rules designed to protect employees against the coronavirus.
Kaiser Permanente is expanding its COVID-19 vaccine trial to children and says Sacramento residents will be able to participate.
The CDC says fully vaccinated people can do without masks in most situations, but with California's economy set to fully reopen June 15, state regulators say even if one employee in a room isn't vaccinated, everyone has to put on a face covering.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday said he will not lift a state of emergency that gives him broad powers to impose or suspend rules involving the coronavirus when the state fully reopens its economy on June 15. But he still intends to lift most virus-related restrictions on that date.
Governor Gavin Newsom is in the Bay Area Thursday speaking to the media about the state's plan to support bars and restaurants after the state fully reopens on June, 15, according to his office.
The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board meets Thursday and will consider new workplace rules that would only allow workers to go maskless if everyone in a room is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.
The settlement has little practical impact after a Supreme Court ruling led the state in April to lift limits on indoor worship. As the state's case rate of COVID-19 has plummeted since a deadly winter surge and vaccination rates rise, Gov. Gavin Newsom is poised to lift all restrictions on June 15.
resident Joe Biden is announcing a "month of action" to urge more Americans to get vaccinated for COVID-19 before the July 4 holiday, with an early summer sprint of incentives, including free beer, childcare and sports tickets to persuade Americans to roll up their sleeves.
California's official reopening date is two weeks away, but what does that mean for the golden state's tier system?
With just two weeks to go until California fully reopens, Sacramento and several other local counties have moved into the "Orange" less restrictive COVID-19 reopening tier.
California workforce regulators recommended Friday that the state stick with a July 31 deadline for updating certain employer pandemic safety rules instead of June 15, the date Gov. Gavin Newsom set for the state to lift mask and physical distancing requirements in most social settings.
California just launched its COVID-19 vaccine incentive program with a total of $116.5 million being awarded to a handful of people who get the COVID-19 vaccine. But will it bring about the intended result?
A shortage of paramedics and EMTs has led to major issues for ambulance companies.
California is starting its own COVID-19 vaccine incentive program that Gov. Gavin Newsom hopes will entice more people to get the shot.
Moderna announced Tuesday that its COVID vaccine was 100% effective in a study of adolescents aged 12 to 17 in the United States.
With close to half of California fully vaccinated now, the next step to herd immunity in the state will be the effort to vaccinate those who have so far chosen not to get the shot.
Small venues are welcoming back crowds and from a mental health aspect, it couldn't come sooner. As life inches towards normalcy, many are taking a collective sigh of relief, but it can also bring some mixed emotions.
This pandemic school year Nataly Frias took enough Merced College courses online, to also earn two associates degrees, along with her high school diploma.
As we get closer to the June 15 reopening date, the more people who work in restaurants, hotels, and movie theaters, are feeling anxious.
When COVID put the brakes on graduation for another year, Sacramento State University decided to move forward with plans for a ceremony of a different kind.
California has regained nearly half of jobs lost in pandemic
California's top health official says the state no longer will require social distancing and will allow full capacity for businesses when the state reopens on June 15.
State leaders are collecting data that shows the percentage of people who are fully vaccinated by zip code, revealing cities that are building immunity faster than others. But does that mean those communities are safer?
Mask-mandate anger is boiling over in El Dorado County as health officials say they've been bombarded with protests.
California workforce regulators will aim for a mid-June easing of workplace masking and social distancing requirements to conform with a broader state order, asking to delay a debate Thursday on how quickly they should drop coronavirus safety rules for employees.
