A new strain of the coronavirus has been found in California. But no need to worry, experts say, since Lambda is rarely detected, and Delta dominates.

Caltrain still has a way to go before its ridership returns to pre-COVID-19 levels, reporting 12% of pre-pandemic levels and 40% weekend pre-pandemic numbers, when it counted 65,000 total riders on weekdays

California’s Department of Public Health announces first-in-the-nation rules to stop the spread of COVID-19, effective Aug. 12.

More than 5,300 people with COVID-19 were hospitalized in California on Sunday, almost twice the number two weeks earlier.

Californias school districts are required to provide an independent study option, but quality is likely to vary among districts.

The California Department of Public Health also mandated that all people visiting a health care setting must confirm their vaccination status or have tested negative for COVID-19 within 72 hours prior to their indoor visit.

Limited online accessibility remains a critical barrier in discouraging California renters from applying for funds to ease pandemic-induced financial losses, despite promises of increased economic relief.

The county order, which goes into effect at 12:01 am Tuesday, Aug. 3, “is made in light of the recent significant increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Santa Clara County due primarily to the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.”

CSU Chancellor Joseph Castro cited the ultra-contagious Delta variant as one reason the university system will require the vaccine to protect CSU students and employees. 

The new vaccination requirements are part of the state's push to get more people vaccinated as a wave of new cases, spurred by the ultra-contagious delta variant and cases among unvaccinated people, threatens to halt the state's progress in mitigating the virus' spread.

The recommendation comes amid an increase in COVID-19 cases, almost exclusively among the unvaccinated, and the proliferation of the more-transmissible Delta variant. 

Annual survey of California voters gives state schools highest marks in a decade.

Beginning Monday, county libraries will add 18 more hours a week for patrons to visit the library, browse collections, use the public computers and printers, reserve a meeting room or read in the library.

Dr. Marty Fenstersheib, whose planned departure was announced at the June 22 Board of Supervisors, says he is making his “second attempt at retirement” this week.

The proposal would extend California’s statewide evictions moratorium through Sept. 30.

We may be on the path toward normalizing the subject, but even as we have transitioned to remote schooling it is hard to ignore when students display signs of distress, anxiety and depression.