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January 25, 2021 at 11:18 pm

California reveals data used to lift stay-at-home order VIEW

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s health department on Monday released to the public previously secret projections for future hospital intensive care unit capacity throughout the...

January 25, 2021 at 8:18 pm

California reveals data used to lift stay-at-home order VIEW

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s health department on Monday released to the public previously secret projections for future hospital intensive care unit capacity throughout the... Updated 1:38 am

Mike Douglass, left, gives Kent Kjestrom a haircut at East J Barbers in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Local officials and businesses in the 13-county Greater Sacramento region were caught off guard last week when outdoor dining and worship services were OK again, hair and nail salons and other businesses could reopen, and retailers could allow more shoppers inside. It’s still a mystery how the state made the decision or how and when it will lift the most serious restrictions on the bulk of the state’s population because officials won’t share their data. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) SC401 SC401

January 22, 2021 at 6:29 am

California keeps key virus data out of public sight VIEW

California officials said coronavirus policy decisions are based on a very complex set of measurements that would confuse and potentially mislead the public if they...

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January 20, 2021 at 10:23 pm

Despite reactions, California says virus vaccine can be used

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California said it's safe to immediately begin using a batch of coronavirus vaccine doses after health officials urged a halt to...

January 19, 2021 at 9:06 pm

California: OK to use Moderna vaccine after illness reports VIEW

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California on Wednesday said it’s safe to resume using a batch of Moderna coronavirus vaccine after some people fell ill and...

January 19, 2021 at 4:57 pm

California sees hopeful signs as counties fight for vaccines VIEW

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Vaccine supply issues continued to plague California on Tuesday even as other indicators about the spread of the coronavirus showed what...

Hospital doctors and nurses treat COVID-19 patients in a makeshift ICU wing on the West Oeste at Harbor UCLA Medical Center on Dec. 29, 2020, in Torrence, California. The hospital has no open beds for incoming patients and have worked tirelessly to create additional beds for the influx of COVID-19 patients. (Dania Maxwell/Los Angeles Times/TNS) 5616093W 5616093W

January 11, 2021 at 7:14 am

Virus deaths surging in California, now top 30,000 VIEW

Over the weekend, state officials reported a two-day record of 1,163 deaths. Hospitalizations also have exploded and many hospitals are stretched to the limit. But...

January 9, 2021 at 8:59 am

California is desperate, but volunteer health corps dwindles

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California desperately needs more medical workers at facilities swamped by coronavirus patients, but almost no help is coming from a volunteer...

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Registered nurse Merri Lynn Anderson tends to her patient in a COVID-19 unit at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif. Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) NYOTK NYOTK

January 7, 2021 at 10:58 pm

For nurses, California’s virus outbreak has a personal toll

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — For Caroline Brandenburger, the coronavirus outbreak that has overwhelmed California hospitals comes with a very personal toll. “Just today we had...

January 6, 2021 at 9:29 pm

California virus deaths rocket higher as ICU space tightens

Los Angeles County, the nation's most populous with 10 million residents, is one of nearly two dozen in Southern California and the agricultural Central Valley...