California may be headed to an earlier-than-normal start to the summer COVID-19 season, with coronavirus concentrations in sewage rising in some areas along with the statewide positive-test rate. The ...

Coronavirus levels in California’s wastewater now exceed last summer’s peak, an indication of the rapid spread of the super-contagious new FLiRT strains. California has “very high” coronavirus levels ...

In many cases, it doesn’t matter if you get tested out of network or when you get the vaccine. Your health insurance plan should still be picking up the tab until November. California’s state of ...

Shasta, Siskiyou and other North State counties collectively had some of the highest COVID-19 test positivity rates in California in August during what state public health officials are calling a ...

Surge in unemployment claims prompts Employment Development Department to buy thousands of cell phones, but they weren’t used, audit finds.

A woman visiting from Florida wears a mask while sitting on the Santa Monica Pier in March 2021. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) When California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis take the ...