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

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 ...

The state's excessive cellphone bills date to the COVID-19 pandemic, when it shifted call center employees to remote work and ...

California recently updated its COVID-19 guidelines to focus on high-risk individuals and reduce social disruptions. The state’s new guidance no longer recommends that those who test positive for the ...

The state recently adopted some of the most lax Covid guidance in the nation. By Soumya Karlamangla What a long four years it’s been. It was March 4, 2020, when Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of ...

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 ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the hiring of two former top officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...