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FILE - In this April 30, 2021, file photo, guests walk down Main Street USA at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. Los Angeles and San Francisco are reopening more businesses under California's least restrictive coronavirus safety rules, even though they have more infections than many other big counties, state data shows. (AP Photo/Jae Hong, File)
In California, vaccinations are priority but testing matters

By Amy Taxin And Stefanie Dazio May. 06, 2021 07:20 PM EDT

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 19, 2021 file photo, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla speaks at a Pfizer manufacturing site, in Portage, Mich. Bourla is participating along with Dr. Anthony Fauci, soprano Renee Fleming, the CEO of Moderna and the lead guitarist of Aerosmith among others in a unique three-day Vatican conference starting Thursday, May 6, 2021, on COVID-19, other global health threats and how science, solidarity and spirituality can address them. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The Latest: LA, San Fran opening business despite infections

By The Associated Press May. 06, 2021 02:14 AM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, March 11, 2021, file photo, a health worker loads syringes with the vaccine on the first day of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine being made available to residents at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza in Los Angeles. California officials say much of the state will be able to reopen next week to indoor activities as coronavirus case rates remain low. At the same time, more than 4 million residents with certain disabilities or health concerns become eligible for a vaccine. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
Most of California to reopen as vaccine eligibility expands

By Janie Har Mar. 12, 2021 08:34 PM EST

Cal Fire air tankers help stop the spread of a brush fire in Larkfield Calif, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP)
California braces for power shutoffs and warm, windy weekend

By Daisy Nguyen Sep. 25, 2020 08:48 PM EDT

People look out at the view of San Francisco Bay Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, in Sausalito, Calif. California is sweltering under a dangerous Labor Day weekend heat wave that was expected to spread triple-digit temperatures over much of the state while throngs of people might spread the coronavirus by packing beaches and mountains for relief. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Crowds pack beaches as California bakes in weekend heat wave

Sep. 05, 2020 05:17 PM EDT

A Coast Guard helicopter flies above the setting sun while patrolling the waters near the Golden Gate Bridge, viewed from Treasure Island Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in San Francisco. Triple-digit temperatures are likely over a vast stretch of the state, and even coastal areas could see higher temperatures, forecasters said. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group via AP)
California Labor Day weekend brings heat, fire, virus fears

By John Antczak And John Rogers Sep. 04, 2020 05:21 PM EDT

Los Alamitos Elementary School in Los Alamitos, Calif., is shown Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. The Los Alamitos School District received a state waiver to open in-class instruction for elementary schools. (Jeff Gritchen/The Orange County Register via AP)
Dozens of California elementary schools allowed to reopen

By Amy Taxin Aug. 20, 2020 08:31 PM EDT

The Apple Fire burns behind mountains near Beaumont, Calif., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Vehicle malfunction sparked Southern California wildfire

Aug. 03, 2020 02:43 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2018, file photo, Tony Thurmond appears at a debate in Sacramento, Calif. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Thurmond on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, applauded the state's two largest school districts, Los Angeles and San Diego, for this week's decision not to reopen classrooms this fall amid rising coronavirus cases but said the same rules need not apply in counties with low rates of infection. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
San Francisco, Sacramento say school term to start online

Jul. 15, 2020 09:27 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 4, 2020 file photo, people play blackjack at the reopening of the Bellagio hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Some Las Vegas casinos are updating their smoking policies to limit the practice, which causes people to remove the protective face masks that they're required to wear inside. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
The Latest: 2 more big Calif cities keeping schools shut

By The Associated Press Jul. 15, 2020 01:45 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 26, 2020, file photo, an indoors sitting bar is closed inside the Gelson's Market in Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday, June 28, 2020, ordered bars that have opened in seven California counties to immediately close and urged bars in eight other counties to do the same, saying the coronavirus was rapidly spreading in some parts of the state. The counties under the mandatory bar closure order are: Los Angeles, Fresno, San Joaquin, Kings, Kern, Imperial and Tulare. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
Governor orders bars in 7 California counties to close

Associated Press Jun. 28, 2020 03:41 PM EDT

Coronavirus cases, patients up in nine California counties

By Cuneyt Dil Jun. 09, 2020 07:24 PM EDT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Nine California counties are reporting a spike in new coronavirus cases or hospitalizations of confirmed cases, some from Memorial...

3 California prison inmates die from COVID-19 complications

By Robert Jablon May. 07, 2020 11:43 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three inmates from a California prison have died from what appear to be COVID-19 complications while hundreds more at a federal lockup have...

FILE - In this April 14, 2020, file photo, Shield of Faith Family Church stands in Fontana, Calif. A federal judge on Wednesday, April 22, said he will deny a bid by three Southern California churches, including Shield of Faith Family Church, to hold in-person church services during the coronavirus pandemic, saying that government's emergency powers trump what in normal times would be fundamental constitutional rights. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
US judge denies bid to open California churches in pandemic

By Don Thompson Apr. 22, 2020 07:20 PM EDT

EMT's move a stretcher at the Gateway Care and Rehabilitation Center on Thursday, April 9, 2020, in Hayward, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
California offers ship, support to nursing homes amid virus

By Kathleen Ronayne And Amy Taxin Apr. 10, 2020 05:51 PM EDT