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Burners can attend an art class, DJ dance party — or even join a virtual group hug — via webcam or virtual reality. In place of statue burning, the event will end with backyard fires and candles.

As cases of COVID-19 increase around California and the country, people of color continue to bear the burden of the virus. But Pacific Islander and Native Hawaiians have the highest prevalence of the disease.

This is the June 2021 archive of breaking news about the coronavirus pandemic.

The retail guidance for in-person shopping that is already in place for certain counties, including San Diego, now applies statewide.

New software the companies plan to add to phones would make it easier to use Bluetooth wireless technology to track down people who may have been infected by coronavirus carriers. The idea is to help national governments roll out apps for so-called “contact tracing” that will run on iPhones and Android phones alike.

Working with the National Park Service, Mariposa County health officials began taking samples of untreated wastewater and sent it to a lab for analysis. The lab told the County it's possible about 170 people were infected in Yosemite Valley.

The Mountain West Conference, which includes San Diego State, announced Tuesday it was postponing its football and other fall sports season indefinitely because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Monday, San Diego County restaurants, gyms, salons and other businesses are allowed to reopen for indoor operations — with restrictions — but some business owners said they cannot survive on severely limited capacity.

"If there is to be college sports in the fall, we need to get a much better handle on the pandemic," said NCAA President Mark Emmert.

The coronavirus, the rescue of an abused elephant, harassment of Black diplomats and the hunt for Nazi-looted instruments are some of the subjects of the year's most popular NPR international stories.