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The announcement comes days after the state’s inspector general said corrections officials “caused a public health disaster” at San Quentin, north of San Francisco. Cal/OSHA says employees were not given adequate training, equipment or proper medical services. -
On the heels of announcing federal rental assistance in late January, Mayor Todd Gloria announced Friday the state will provide $45.5 million in assistance for San Diego residents unable to pay rent due to the impacts of COVID-19. -
The investment will "rapidly surge domestic testing capability," said Tim Manning, supply coordinator for the COVID-19 Response Team. -
President Joe Biden has called for setting up 100 mass vaccination centers around the country within a month. Two are opening in California, and Slavitt said military personnel will arrive at those centers in a little over a week. -
After two straight days with fewer than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases, San Diego County public health officials have reported 1,598 new cases, along with 55 additional deaths from the disease. -
U.S. employers added 49,000 jobs last month, after a pandemic-driven slump in December. Unemployment fell to 6.3%. -
Getting some teachers comfortable with opening schools will hinge in part on elected officials showing they have educators' "best interest in mind," says union leader Randi Weingarten. -
Traditionally, red is the color associated with alarm, but in California, Colorado and Ohio the worst COVID-19 tiers are purple. So how did purple become the cautionary color of the pandemic? -
Airport workers push state officials to get the COVID-19 vaccine even though they are not currently eligible. -
Johnson & Johnson asked U.S. regulators Thursday to clear the world’s first single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, an easier-to-use option that could boost scarce supplies.
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