2021 Grammy Awards postponed amid surge of COVID-19 cases, deaths in LA County

The 2021 Grammy Awards will no longer take place this month in Los Angeles and will broadcast on March 14, 2021 due to a recent surge in coronavirus cases and deaths.

Santa Clara Co. launches loan program for small businesses

Santa Clara County small businesses have a new lifeline to ring in the new year -- a low-interest loan program of up to $100,000 now available for qualifying establishments. 

San Francisco health leader says vaccine doses will not stop current COVID surge

The effort to speed up vaccinations is encouraging, but San Francisco public health leader Dr. Grant Colfax said it will have little impact on the city's current surge or the anticipated post-holiday spike.

Paramedic proposes to nurse during COVID-19 vaccine appointment

Two health care heroes are engaged after a paramedic proposed as his nurse boyfriend administered the coronavirus vaccine.

Napa County seeks volunteers to help administer COVID vaccine

Napa County health officials are putting out a call to medical volunteers to help administer coronavirus vaccinations.  

Some stimulus payments delayed for H&R Block customers

If you went to the IRS stimulus tracking website and saw a bank account number that wasn't yours, H&R Block says don't worry. You're not alone. 

COVID-19 outbreaks at SoCal warehouse stores on the rise

Essential workers at big-box stores and warehouses across Los Angeles County are seeing an increase in COVID-19 outbreaks, officials said. 

California has six confirmed cases of the new coronavirus strain

Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state health department is investigating to see how those people were infected: "Did they travel? Did they not travel? Did they have contact with someone who was traveling?"

Larry King out of ICU after being hospitalized with COVID-19

Larry King has been moved out of the intensive care unit at a Los Angeles hospital and is breathing on his own after contracting COVID-19, a spokesman said on Monday.

'Not good enough': Just 1% of Californians immunized amid slow vaccine rollout

Distribution hiccups and logistical challenges have slowed the initial coronavirus vaccine rollout in California, setting a pace that’s "not good enough," Gov. Gavin Newsom said.

Debate over how to speed up California's slow vaccine rollout

Across the state and nation, however, the vaccination rollout has been slow, prompting some doctors to question whether the doses are best used right away instead of being set aside and stored for the second dose 3 to 4 weeks later, which follows the clinical trials' protocols.

California dentists may be asked to administer coronavirus vaccines

The CDA welcomed an emergency public health waiver from the California Dept. of Consumer Affairs, officially allowing dentists to administer the COVID vaccine.

California extends deadline to apply for small business relief grant

Gov. Gavin Newsom's Office of Business and Economic Development announced Monday that the deadline for the first round of applications for the Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program has been extended.