California
How the ‘California miracle’ dissolved into a winter coronavirus nightmare
Experts say California’s brutal winter COVID-19 surge is largely driven by complacency on masking and distancing. One calls it ‘COVID resentment.’
Essential California: State runs low on vaccine, as Biden gets to work
Dr. Anthony Fauci has returned to the White House and stood by the president’s side as Biden signed a number of executive orders on the pandemic.
Essential California: Change at the Capitol
Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, with Kamala Harris, the country’s barrier-shattering vice president, by his side.
Essential California: Inauguration Day is here
Four years of a presidency unlike any other in American history have ended, but don’t expect the changing of the guard to resemble a return to normalcy.
L.A. County won’t be fully vaccinated till 2022 unless pace improves, Garcetti warns
Mayor Eric Garcetti says he’s confident manufacturers will meet demand and additional COVID vaccines will be approved. But many more doses are needed.
LAPD’s use of horses to clear crowd condemned by activists, civil rights leaders
The LAPD’s use of officers on horseback to confront a crowd in downtown L.A. on Inauguration Day is being condemned as a violation of past reforms.
California attorney general launches civil rights probe of L.A. County Sheriff’s Department
California Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra’s office says it will look at whether the department has engaged in a pattern of unconstitutional policing.
Proponents give up on controversial plan to place observation wheel in Balboa Park
Backers abandon plans for a temporary Ferris wheel-like attraction they presented as a COVID-safe diversion at San Diego’s Balboa Park.
Man pleads guilty to deaths of 36 people in Ghost Ship warehouse fire
The master tenant of a San Francisco Bay Area warehouse where 36 people died when a fire ignited during a dance party in 2016 pleads guilty to the deaths.
UC San Diego developing face mask sensor that detects coronavirus
The test strip will help determine whether the wearer has the coronavirus or has been exposed to it.
