Coronavirus in California

California's school reopening plan was approved by the state legislature Thursday, allocating $6.6 billion to help kids get back in class.

Indoor sports in California can soon resume after Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by two high-school athletes.

Major League Baseball could see actual fans in the stands on Opening Day, not just the cardboard cutouts we've grown used to seeing.

The parent advocacy group, Open Schools California, called the governor's plan a failure because it doesn't require minimum hours of instruction. Districts could reopen for as little as one hour of classroom instruction a week - and still count as reopened and qualify for the money.

California will begin setting aside 40% of all vaccine doses for the state's most vulnerable neighborhoods in an effort to inoculate people most at risk from the coronavirus and get the state's economy open more quickly.

The state of California is making a change to its COVID-19 vaccine distribution.

A staff member from California Governor Gavin Newsom's office has tested positive for COVID-19 this week, a governor's office spokesperson says. 

San Diego Comic-Con will remain virtual for the July event, but organizers are planning for a smaller-scale gathering later this year.

A deputy health officer with Contra Costa County was recently appointed to the California Department of Public Health's Office of Health Equity, Contra Costa Health Services said Friday.

Public health officials welcome the imminent launch of Johnson & Johnson vaccine, expected this weekend.

Some of California’s 300,000 teachers have already been vaccinated, but many of those who haven’t, and their unions, say they don’t feel safe to return unless they’ve been vaccinated and schools improve ventilation. 

Deaths have hit the poor, and Latino and Black communities especially hard. People working essential jobs have greater exposure to the virus and are more likely to bring it home to others who share crowded living quarters.

Group codes were shared over email and passed on, leading some people to sign up for shots who were not eligible because of their age or occupation.

Los Angeles County on Wednesday reported another 806 deaths from coronavirus during the winter surge, pushing California's toll above 50,000, or about one-tenth of the U.S. total from the pandemic.

There are 92 residents in the independent living facility.   

The most pressing questions focused on reopening schools. Would he consider forcing schools to reopen and or using his emergency powers to suspend local bargaining? Why do teachers unions have so much say when firefighters and grocery workers have to report to work in person? When specifically will schools reopen, and who is to blame for their failure to resume in-person classes so far?

California lawmakers on Monday cleared the way for 5.7 million people to get at least $600 in one-time payments, part of a state-sized coronavirus relief package aimed at helping those with low-to-moderate incomes weather the pandemic.

The payments are part of a state-sized coronavirus relief package aimed at helping those with low-to-moderate incomes weather the pandemic.