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Advocates say the greatest risk of the spread of coronavirus doesn’t come from the detainees themselves, who have been kept isolated from the larger world for weeks and months, but from the guards and other employees at facilities.

So what if we can't go to a concert or play? San Diego may be on lockdown because of the coronavirus, but that doesn't mean performers have stopped performing or that we can't see or hear them.

California's governor reached out to retired doctors and medical and nursing students to help treat an anticipated surge of coronavirus patients. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed an order waiving certain professional licensing and certification requirements to allow health care facilities to staff at least an additional 50,000 hospital beds.

Arts, music and performance venues have been re-evaluating their COVID protocols with the rise of the Delta variant. Many are now requiring proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test, but for some, it comes down to what can or can't be implemented.

Seven massive pieces by the artist Robert Longo are on view in the exhibition Storm of Hope: Law & Disorder at the Palm Springs Art Museum in California. They look like photographs — but are they?

PBS has announced $11 million in grants to boost diversity among documentary filmmakers months after an open letter accused the service of unfairly favoring white creators.

In June, about 340 couples a day were getting hitched in Sin City, a rate higher than even before the pandemic.

The unanimous vote came despite misgivings on both sides about whether it goes too far or not far enough and capped days of difficult negotiations as Washington confronted a national challenge unlike it has ever faced.

On Tuesday, San Diego County officials announced the greatest single-day jump in fatalities: 12 more people in the county have died from the virus. That's a total of 31. Also on the San Diego News Matters podcast: the overall coronavirus testing ability in San Diego is ramping up, a wearable device researchers say could help healthcare workers stay safe during the coronavirus pandemic, some creative downtown coronavirus communications and more local news you need.

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