California has severe income inequality, high living costs and a lack of affordable housing, and it now has more than 171,000 people who are homeless — 30 percent of the U.S. total. The new study found that they tend to be older than average and are disproportionately Black or Native American.

California’s mask mandate requires people to wear a face covering at all times indoors or on public transit unless actively eating or drinking.

What does the state plan to do when it comes to proving that people are vaccinated in the coming months and years?

Roughly 20 million vaccine doses have been administered statewide, state officials say.

Some Silicon Valley law enforcement agencies say they’ll take a cue from Fresno and Sacramento counties by urging voluntary compliance.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was “pulling the emergency brake” by placing most of the state back into the purple tier.