To be fully up to date with COVID vaccine protection, people need to have a booster shot, said County Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody.

Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, Alameda, and Sonoma counties said their rules won't change, despite the month long statewide mandate that went into effect Wednesday morning.  

With case rates increasing 47% since Thanksgiving, the California Department of Public Health will require universal masking to increase protection to individuals, families, and communities during the holidays.

The quantity of SARS-CoV-2 genes, the virus that causes Covid-19, has doubled in Gilroy over the past two weeks, according to samples taken from the South County Regional Wastewater Authority.

Shlomo Rechnitz is the Los Angeles-based, multi-billionaire owner of Brius, which owns two nursing homes in Santa Clara County, Cupertino Healthcare & Wellness Center and San Jose Healthcare & Wellness Center, plus five in Alameda County and one in Contra Costa County.

While urban counties like Santa Clara show improved COVID-19 data over a year ago, mostly rural regions have more hospitalized COVID-19 patients today than in 2020.

The governor cited a possible surge in COVID cases and short-staffed hospitals, as some pockets of resistance to mandates grow.

The guidelines outlined by the state's top public health official are looser for booster shots than those set by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

One website, MyTurn, part of California’s technological response to the pandemic, proved difficult even for epidemiologists. 

The City of Los Angeles requires proof of vaccination for many indoor businesses beginning today.

The California Department of Education admitted to mismanaging $187 million for 547 private schools that had applied and were approved for the first round of Emergency Assistance for Non-Public Schools.

Approximately 80 school locations have been identified in Santa Clara County for on-site COVID vaccinations. The first locations opened today with vaccinations being provided by the county’s Mobile Vaccination Teams.

In a statement, the airline said: “We received reports last month about the off-duty disagreement between crew members on an overnight trip."

At an Oct. 25 rally, nurses accused the hospital of violating state-mandated nurse-to-patient rules, putting patients at risk and overworking nurses to the point of burn out.

Data show that there are plenty of empty job openings in the leisure and hospitality sector, and not enough job seekers to fill them.

Without better oversight, state education officials won't know if local school districts are misapplying the money or wisely using the massive, unprecedented aid, California State Auditor Elaine Howle wrote in an audit.