Surprise ambulance bills can leave families deeply in debt after a medical emergency. A new state law that forces insurance companies to negotiate payments is expected to save Californians tens of millions of dollars a year.

The federal government suspended an annual Medicaid renewal requirement during COVID-19. Now that it has resumed, many Californians are losing coverage for procedural reasons.

The state program has sent more than $4.7 billion to nearly 370,000 lower-income households, but a sizable, unlucky minority of applicants — tenants and landlords alike — have had to wait.

The iconic California burger chain known for its not-so-secret menu and cups printed with Bible verses banned its employees in five states from wearing masks at work, except California and Oregon.

A Bay Area woman sued her husband’s employer after she became infected with COVID-19. The California Supreme Court found that giving her workers’ comp could set a precedent that would imperil the system.

Workers who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic and are enrolling in a college program have until June 15 to apply for a California relief grant to receive up to $2,500 as state lawmakers seek to cut programs to plug a budget hole.

The county also plans to train staff at local schools and non-profit organizations about vaccination requirements to attend public schools.

Judge Evette Pennypacker ruled that Calvary Chapel San Jose is liable to pay the fines and interest after the church held indoor services and other gatherings and did not require attendees to wear a face covering.

With some Medi-Cal enrollees no longer qualifying or unaware they need to renew their coverage, officials estimate 2 million to 3 million people could lose their health insurance.

San Jose and San Francisco scored well in just one category -- investment -- with the San Jose metro area attracting the most venture capital funding of the 25 measured regions. San Francisco ranked eighth, near Philadelphia and New York.

The city of San Jose has set aside $2.75 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to provide up to 400 grants of up to $15,000 each to small businesses towards owners' outstanding COVID-related rent debt.

State test results show California students overall performed much worse in math and English language arts than pre-pandemic, but a persistent achievement gap didn't worsen, as initially feared. The results left education officials and experts neither surprised nor hopeless.

Vaccination or frequent testing had been a requirement for workers in settings with a high-risk of viral transmission since last summer.

Mark Schena, 59, of Los Altos, president of Arrayit Corporation, was convicted in federal court in San Jose of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, wire fraud, health care fraud and securities fraud, plus conspiracy to pay kickbackd and payment of kickbacks.

The last statewide eviction protections for low-income California tenants affected by COVID-19 ended July 1, but many still haven’t heard back about their rent relief applications.

The county parks system and its staff are still bringing back more in-person programs and events to local facilities. Such programming was cut off for months at the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic.