Throughout California, as COVID-19 infections deplete their staff of nurses, anesthesiologists and other essential workers, hospitals are canceling or postponing so-called 'elective' surgeries to repair injured knees and aching back, remove kidney or bladder stones, and repair cataracts or hernias, among other procedures.

A new state law is designed to make it easier for California to prevail in enforcement actions against nursing homes. Sponsored by Assemblyman Ash Kalra, a San Jose Democrat, the legislation raised nursing home fines — which hadn’t changed in about 20 years — by 20 to 50%. 

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.

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

More than 251,000 Californians signed up to help, some hoping to get an early shot. Few got the chance to volunteer.

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

The new variant so far has been detected in six people in the Golden State, after its initial discovery in the U.S. in a Colorado National Guardsman.

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine will get a $5.5 billion reboot after voters narrowly passed Proposition 14.

Forecasting models need to be fed reliable info, which is in short supply without widespread testing for the virus that causes Covid-19.