The county's seven-day average of new Covid cases has held below 550 for six consecutive days. 

Bills in Congress are aimed at the California senator and others in Congress who have had strangely good timing when it comes to stock investments.

Starting Saturday, new federal rules also will require private insurers to cover the at-home coronavirus tests that Americans buy in pharmacies and other stores.

Legislators may work on paid leave policies, employee data protections, farmworker elections, while ballot measure proposals could impact businesses and business groups will raise the issue of California’s unemployment insurance fund debt.

Monthly poll panelists believe that mandatory lockdowns aren't necessary because of widespread availability of vaccines, and roughly half believe that Sheriff Laurie Smith should resign or serve out the balance of her term and not seek re-election.

How risky is it to attend a New Year’s Eve party?

In his annual State of the City report, Mayor Sam Liccardo said that in 2021, the city suffered through 'the loss of loved ones to a lingering pandemic, the horrors of mass shootings, the sight of encampments and shuttered storefronts, and the struggles of too many families unable to pay rent.'

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.

At a CalMatters/Milken Institute event, experts discuss how the pandemic has changed the California economy,and say why there’s reason for hope.

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.

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.

Long-simmering disputes with hospital employee unions over staffing are reaching crisis points, as almost a third of California hospitals report insufficient numbers of critical workers, including nurses, technicians and janitors.

Indeed, a year and a half into the pandemic, many workers appear to be burned out and at a breaking point.

Teachers at the six high schools in the Campbell district received a $5,000 one-time payment last year. The teachers' union wants that raise to be permanent, plus a permanent 4% increase.