Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 15,000 in California; Nearly 200,000 Nationwide
California's death count from the coronavirus surpassed 15,000 on Sunday even as the state saw widespread improvement in infection levels.
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California's death count from the coronavirus surpassed 15,000 on Sunday even as the state saw widespread improvement in infection levels.
Arthur Gies has lived in Northern and Southern California his entire life. Now, after weeks of smoky air plus sporadic heat waves he's looking to leave the Golden State. He's not alone.
All of that mask wearing, hand washing and social distancing is not only paying dividends in reducing the spread of COVID-19, but may have another silver lining, in flu season.
The Jewish new year may look different in the age of COVID-19 but restaurants across the Bay Area are trying to preserve tradition with special meal kits.
The University of California's executive vice president and head of UC Health had a sobering message for the system's leaders this week: School won't go back to normal for at least another year.
The dismissed captain of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier knew he was jeopardizing his military career when he broke protocol and sent a now-famous email warning of possible sailor deaths due to a coronavirus breakout on board.
A raft of temporary government jobs for the U.S. Census boosted California's economy in August as the state added 101,900 jobs as the unemployment rate fell below the high-water mark of the Great Recession for the first time since March.
Back-to-school health inspections are now underway in San Francisco and, with the health department's blessing, some schools plan to bring back younger students soon.
Thursday saw some big wins for employees in California as the state made key rulings to step up safety precautions against COVID-19 in the workplace.
Since the pandemic began not many of us have adapted like Adrian Williams who shifted her non-profit from helping young San Francisco children to those in need on the other end of the age spectrum.
Contra Costa County's health officer and one county supervisor said a health order mandating more testing by providers is in order, and in the works.
A new law in California lets more people than almost anywhere else in the country take up to three months off from work to care for a family member.
The state of California has partnered with other western states to pilot a mobile app designed by Google and Apple that notifies a user when they have been exposed to someone infected with the novel coronavirus.
California companies must warn their workers of any potential exposure to the coronavirus and must pay their employees workers compensation benefits if they get sick with the disease under two laws that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Thursday.
The study of psychedelic drugs is seeing a resurgence and the University of California at Berkeley is going to take part, university officials said this week.
