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A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot at the Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center's vaccination site at Our Lady of the Rosary church in Union City, Calif., Thursday, April 15, 2021. The state expanded vaccine eligibility to all Californians aged 16 and older on Thursday. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group via AP)
California allows vaccinations for everyone age 16 and up

By Amy Taxin And Don Thompson Apr. 15, 2021 06:05 PM EDT

California inmate pleads guilty to $100,000 COVID fund fraud

Apr. 12, 2021 06:37 PM EDT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California prison inmate pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to steal more than $100,000 in unemployment benefits designed to help...

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2013, file photo, is an entryway into a Foster Farms chicken plant in Fresno, Calif. Local health officials gave a heads-up to a California chicken processing plant about a state inspection during the largest known COVID-19 workplace outbreak in Fresno County, The Fresno Bee reported, Wednesday, March 17, 2021, citing emails obtained through the Public Records Act. Hundreds were infected in the outbreak late last year at a Foster Farms plant in Fresno and at least five workers have died. (AP Photo/The Fresno Bee, Craig Kohlruss)
Report: Fresno chicken plant got tip about virus inspection

Mar. 18, 2021 02:54 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 9, 2020, file photo, a correctional officer closes the main gate at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. Prison guards are refusing coronavirus vaccines at alarming rates. That's causing some public health experts to worry about the prospect of controlling the pandemic both inside and outside of prison. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
US prison guards refusing vaccine despite COVID-19 outbreaks

By Nicole Lewis Of The Marshall Project And Michael R. Sisak Of The Associated Press Mar. 15, 2021 06:00 AM EDT

California inmate charged with unemployment benefits fraud

Mar. 03, 2021 07:05 PM EST
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A California prisoner is one of two people accused of stealing more than $100,000 in unemployment benefits in the latest allegation...

FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2021, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom takes questions from the media during a visit to a mobile vaccination site at Ramona Gardens Recreation Center in Los Angeles. Newsom signed a $7.6 billion coronavirus relief package on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, that will give at least $600 one-time payments to 5.7 million people while setting aside more than $2 billion in grants for struggling small businesses. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
California expects 1.1 million J&J vaccines in next 3 weeks

By Don Thompson Feb. 26, 2021 03:44 PM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2021, file photo, California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks at a news conference at Petco Park, which will host a vaccination site in a parking lot next to the ballpark in San Diego. California's new system of delivering, tracking and scheduling coronavirus vaccines goes live Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021, for 7 million people in a handful of counties as Gov. Gavin Newsom attempts to smooth out what has been a confusing and disjointed rollout hampered by limited national supply. (Sandy Huffaker/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)
New vaccine delivery system starts in parts of California

By Janie Har, Amy Taxin And Kathleen Ronayne Feb. 21, 2021 11:29 AM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2021, file photo, Governor Gavin Newsom addresses a press conference held at the launch of a mass COVID-19 vaccination site at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. California could become the next testing ground for the nation's roiled, unpredictable politics: It's possible the state known as a Democratic stronghold and beacon for progressive ideals could dump Newsom. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool, File)
California governor gets vaccine tour boost as recall looms

By Kathleen Ronayne Feb. 18, 2021 05:55 PM EST

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, center, gestures in front of local officials while speaking about COVID-19 vaccines at the Fresno Fairgrounds, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, in Fresno, Calif. (John Walker/The Fresno Bee via AP)
2 cases of South African virus variant found in California

By Kathleen Ronayne Feb. 10, 2021 12:45 PM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2021 file photo a LifeLine Ambulance arrives at the CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center (CHA HPMC) in Los Angeles. California health authorities reported on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, a record high of 695 coronavirus deaths as many hospitals strain under unprecedented caseloads. The state Department of Public Health says the number raises the state's death toll since the start of the pandemic to 29,233. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
Virus deaths surging in California, now top 30,000

By Don Thompson Jan. 11, 2021 10:14 AM EST

In this photo provided by The Mendocino Voice, people line up outside the Adventist Health Ukiah Valley Medical Center, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, in Ukiah, Calif., to get the Moderna COVID-19 vaccination during an emergency vaccine drive. A power failure for the freezer holding the county's ration of the Moderna vaccines forced the emergency distribution of 850 doses of that vaccine. (Jethro Bowers/The Mendocino Voice via AP)
California hospital, in midst of COVID-19 crisis, maxes out

By Brian Melley Jan. 05, 2021 12:00 AM EST

From left, Warren Harding, Wayne Merry and George Whitmore wave their handkerchiefs in elation at scaling the unclimbed face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in 1958. The picture was taken by Fresno Bee staff photographer Loyal Savaria within a few minutes after they walked up to the summit. Whitmore, a member of the first team of climbers to scale El Capitan in Yosemite National Park and a conservationist who devoted his life to protecting the Sierra Nevada, has died. He was 89. Whitmore died on New Year's Day from complications caused by COVID-19, said his wife, Nancy. (Loyal Savaria/Fresno Bee Archive via AP)
George Whitmore, legendary climber of El Capitan, dies at 89

By Jocelyn Gecker Jan. 04, 2021 06:43 PM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2020 file photo an unidentified patient receives oxygen on a stretcher, while Los Angeles Fire Department Paramedics monitor him outside the Emergency entrance, waiting for admission at the CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles. California hospitals are facing increasingly difficult decisions about which services to postpone amid a crushing load of coronavirus patients. Intensive-care beds are full in Southern California and the Central Valley, with statewide availability at only 1.1%. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes,File)
California hospitals delay surgeries amid virus surge

By Elliot Spagat Dec. 26, 2020 11:23 AM EST

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2013, file photo, a truck enters the Foster Farms processing plant, in Livingston, Calif. A court says the chicken processing plant in central California that saw a deadly coronavirus outbreak must provide its workers with masks and follow a raft of other anti-COVID-19 health orders. A judge in Merced County on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, granted a temporary restraining order sought by a union against Foster Farms. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Court orders virus safety rules for Foster Farms plant

Dec. 23, 2020 07:54 PM EST

Registered Nurse Gurpinder Kaur works inside an ICU room with a COVID-19 positive patient at Sutter Roseville Medical Center in Roseville, Calif. on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. The state has recorded a half-million coronavirus cases in the last two weeks, and Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that a projection model shows California could be facing nearly 100,000 hospitalizations within a month. (Renee C. Byer/The Sacramento Bee via AP, Pool)
California sees near-record deaths, modest signs of hope

By Don Thompson Dec. 23, 2020 05:33 PM EST

Phlebotomist lab assistant Jennifer Cukati cares for a COVID-19 patient inside Sutter Roseville Medical Center ICU in Roseville, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. The patient came in the night before "code blue" and COVID-19 positive. His heart stopped and he had to be intubated, and is on a respirator. The state has recorded a half-million coronavirus cases in the last two weeks, and Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that a projection model shows California could be facing nearly 100,000 hospitalizations within a month. (Renee C. Byer/The Sacramento Bee via AP, Pool)
California's new virus message: 'Don't share your air'

By Don Thompson Dec. 22, 2020 12:23 AM EST

An unidentified patient uses his mobile phone while receiving oxygen on a stretcher, as Los Angeles Fire Department Paramedics monitor him outside the Emergency entrance, waiting for his room at the CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Increasingly desperate California hospitals are being "crushed" by soaring coronavirus infections, with one Los Angeles emergency doctor predicting that rationing of care is imminent. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Hospital staffs stretched thin during California virus surge

By Christopher Weber Dec. 20, 2020 12:24 AM EST

An unidentified patient uses his mobile phone while receiving oxygen on a stretcher, as Los Angeles Fire Department Paramedics monitor him outside the Emergency entrance, waiting for his room at the CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Increasingly desperate California hospitals are being "crushed" by soaring coronavirus infections, with one Los Angeles emergency doctor predicting that rationing of care is imminent. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Overwhelmed California hospitals contemplate rationing care

Dec. 19, 2020 01:18 AM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo, medical personnel prone a COVID-19 patient at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles. Hospitals across California have all but run out of intensive care beds for COVID-19 patients, ambulances are backing up outside emergency rooms, and tents for treating the sick are going up as the nation’s most populous state emerges as the latest epicenter of the U.S. outbreak. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Hot spot: California hospitals buckle as virus cases surge

By Alanna Durkin Richer And John Antczak Dec. 17, 2020 04:03 PM EST

FILE - In this July 1, 2017, file photo, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti kisses his wife, Amy Elaine Wakeland, and their daughter, Maya, as he is sworn in for his second term at Los Angeles City Hall. Garcetti said Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, that his 9-year-old daughter, Maya, has tested positive for COVID-19, and that he and his wife are quarantining at home. Garcetti said his daughter Maya felt ill on Monday, developed a fever and tested positive for COVID-19. He said he and his wife have tested negative. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
California: More than 1,000 virus deaths in last 5 days

By John Antczak And Amy Taxin Dec. 17, 2020 12:20 AM EST