November 12, 2020 | Megan Manata
Planning on getting together with family and friends for the upcoming holidays? Health experts say be careful because the next few weeks might be the “darkest days” in the COVID-19 pandemic.
November 12, 2020 | Sammy Caiola
During the past two months, ten counties have contested their COVID-19 tier status using the state’s readjudication process. Some counties are arguing that it’s unfair to penalize businesses when they are not a main source of spread.
November 11, 2020 | Megan Manata
Sacramento County is one of 11 counties moving back into the most restrictive reopening tier soon. How will a cycle of reopening and close affect local small businesses and restaurants?
November 10, 2020 | Emily Zentner | Chris Hagan
Sacramento, Placer and El Dorado counties were all moved into more restrictive tiers of the state’s COVID-19 reopening system on Tuesday as the virus spreads there, meaning many businesses will have to alter operations in the counties.
November 9, 2020
Watch as Gov. Gavin Newsom provided an update on the state's response to COVID-19.
November 6, 2020 | Sammy Caiola
Sacramento County is taking public comment on how to create alternative response teams for 911 calls involving mentally ill individuals.
November 5, 2020 | Sammy Caiola
Several California counties are struggling to keep COVID-19 case rates down due to senior care facility outbreaks and more indoor gatherings.
November 4, 2020 | Sammy Caiola
Sacramento County representatives say distancing protocols and people not wearing masks led to longer wait times at the polls Tuesday.
October 31, 2020
The governor announces the opening of a PerkinElmer lab in Santa Clarita that will help double statewide COVID-19 testing capacity by March.
October 30, 2020 | Sammy Caiola
Health experts say with the appropriate planning and the cooperation of the public, voting in-person can be done relatively safely.
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November 24, 2020
Operation Warp Speed is allocating the first batch of 6.4 million COVID vaccines to states, based on population. This circumvents a CDC advisory committee, which proposed allocation based on risk.
November 24, 2020
Nurses and doctors across the U.S. pitched in when New York City was overwhelmed with the coronavirus. Now with the pandemic simmering coast to coast, hospitals can't count on reinforcements.
November 24, 2020
Dr. Peter Hotez is part of a team working to develop a low-cost COVID vaccine that could be distributed globally. "Vaccines are coming," he says. "We have to get everybody through to the other side."
November 23, 2020
As more hospitals across the U.S. reach the level of rationing care, NPR explains what that move, called "crisis standards of care," means in practical terms.
November 23, 2020
When Kansas issued a mask mandate, 81 counties opted out. Researchers found coronavirus infection rates rose sharply in the opt-out counties, while falling in those that required masks.
