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A California appeals court has ordered state corrections officials to cut the population of one of the world’s most famous prisons to less than half of its designed capacity. -
KPBS Midday EditionTurns out, far more people have died during the pandemic than previously known. Our latest story uncovers new details about the death toll in San Diego County. -
Epidemiologists have used this calculation for more than a century to estimate the death toll of hurricanes, heat waves, virus outbreaks and other disasters. We consulted with eight epidemiologists and mortality researchers for this story and its methodology. -
New research has found few links between in-person K-12 schooling and COVID-19 case rates. "There is not a consistent pattern," one study author said. -
When a Latina woman went to a Bay Area hospital, a doctor was dismissive of her COVID symptoms. Is unconscious bias one reason people of color are disproportionately affected by the coronavirus? -
California will allow fans to attend outdoor professional sporting events in areas at less risk for the coronavirus even as it prohibits larger theme parks from reopening. -
Despite an unadjusted daily COVID-19 case rate of 7.8 per 100,000 population, San Diego County was again able to avoid being pushed into the most restrictive purple tier of California's four-tier reopening system Tuesday. -
The model uses data such as death certificates, previous movements of COVID-19 victims and information on counties’ opening restrictions for its predictions. -
“Operation Masks For All” has an ambitious goal to provide personal protective equipment for California’s entire homeless population. -
The California Department of Public Health on Tuesday returned Riverside County to the most restrictive purple tier under the governor's color-coded coronavirus regulatory scheme, meaning some businesses that have opened are supposed to close again — a move one supervisor said equals "putting the nail in the coffin" of some operations.
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