Lost your employer-provided health insurance? Finding new coverage is complicated

About 12.7 million Americans have lost their employer-provided health insurance due to the coronavirus pandemic, but finding new coverage can be daunting. Here's what you need to know.

Women released from ICE detention in California following hunger strike

A coalition of attorneys that included the San Francisco public defender’s office and the ACLU filed a lawsuit in April calling on ICE to release inmates from Mesa Verde and Yuba County Jail.

Oakland closing additional streets to cars to promote social distancing

As part of Oakland's Slow Streets program supporting Alameda County's shelter-in-place order, several streets will be closed to vehicle through traffic beginning Friday.

Outbreak at Tyson plant infected 1,031 workers

The outbreak at Tyson has devastated the community. At least three Waterloo Tyson employees have died, and a fourth is in a medical coma.

Popular Camp Galileo files for bankruptcy

Galileo let go of many of its employees when it was forced to cancel programs because of shelter-in-place orders.

Masks to become part of life in California

For Californians venturing outside, donning a mask will be as common as putting on a cap or sunglasses when the state begins gradually easing stay-at-home orders on Friday. But rules about face coverings vary from county to county, and it’s unclear what enforcement might look like.

Why farmers dump food and crops while grocery stores run dry and Americans struggle

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wage a silent war across the country, American farmers are being forced to pour out milk, crush eggs, toss fresh fruits and vegetables, euthanize livestock and plow under perfectly robust crops

Vitamin D levels may impact COVID-19 mortality rates, study claims

Researchers have discovered a strong correlation between vitamin D deficiency and mortality rates from the novel coronavirus, a new study reveals.

Mysterious COVID-19 linked illness afflicting children in the US

Three pediatric patients at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles who tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies were showing symptoms of a rare autoimmune response doctors are calling Pediatric Inflammatory Multi-System Syndrome or PIMS which is similar to the autoimmune condition known as Kawasaki Disease.

Three Bay Area counties to implement "Phase Two" of reopening, remaining six counties delay modifications

Sonoma, Napa and Solano counties will follow the state modifications on Friday. Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties will not ease restrictions for non-essential businesses.