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FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2021 file photo, an officer stands in front of a sign advising of vaccine appointments at a drive-up vaccination center at City College of San Francisco during the coronavirus pandemic in San Francisco. San Francisco city workers will be required to be vaccinated against the coronavirus when a vaccine receives full federal approval. The policy covering 35,000 municipal workers may be the first by any city or county in the U.S., the San Francisco Chronicle reported Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu,File)
San Francisco to require vaccinations for all city employees

Jun. 24, 2021 11:09 AM EDT

This photo provided by Bill Mathis shows him and his first grade teacher in the mid-1990s in Michigan, where he grew up. He credits her and another teacher with inspiring him to become a teacher. (Courtesy Bill Mathis via AP)
Public service in the US: Increasingly thankless, exhausting

By Martha Irvine May. 12, 2021 01:04 AM EDT

Bill Mathis packages THC products in Hazel Park, Mich., Thursday, April 29, 2021. A former teacher, Mathis has taken a new job in Michigan’s newly legalized cannabis industry. The pay is better, the hours more regular, the stress less, he says. No longer does he worry that he’ll catch COVID-19. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Public service in the US: Increasingly thankless, exhausting

By Martha Irvine May. 12, 2021 01:03 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 8, 2021 file photo, the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is seen at a pop up vaccination site in the Staten Island borough of New York. University of California, San Francisco officials say a man in his 30s is recuperating after developing a rare blood clot in his leg within two weeks of receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
California man hospitalized with clot after J&J vaccination

Apr. 26, 2021 04:58 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 11, 2020, file photo, people wear masks while walking past Wheeler Hall on the University of California campus in Berkeley, Calif. Two of the nation's largest university systems say they intend to require COVID-19 vaccinations for all students, faculty and staff on University of California and California State University campuses this fall once the Food and Drug Administration gives formal approval, Thursday, April 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
California's public universities to require COVID-19 vaccine

By Jocelyn Gecker Apr. 22, 2021 05:25 PM EDT

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

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2020 file photo, people emerge from the Pino Suarez subway station, in Mexico City. According to a report released the third week of April, by the University of California, San Francisco, Mexico would have had a significantly lower COVID-19 death toll if it had reacted as well as the average government. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
Report: Mexico's COVID-19 policies cost huge number of lives

By Eduardo Verdugo Apr. 14, 2021 04:51 PM EDT

University offers students $75 to avoid spring break travel

Mar. 10, 2021 03:29 PM EST
DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — The University of California, Davis is offering students $75 to be used for “staycations” to encourage them to avoid nonessential travel...

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2021, file photo, a police officer takes pictures of a burned-out coronavirus testing facility in the fishing village of Urk in the Netherlands after it was set on fire the night before by rioting youths protesting on the first night of a nationwide curfew. A new report by the Geneva-based Insecurity Insight and the University of California, Berkeley’s Human Rights Center identified hundreds of attacks linked to fear or frustration around the coronavirus against health care workers and facilities in the past year. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
COVID-19 pandemic fuels attacks on health workers globally

By Helen Wieffering And Joshua Housing Mar. 02, 2021 12:47 AM EST

FILE - In this March 11, 2020 file photo people walk in front of Wheeler Hall on the University of California campus in Berkeley, Calif. A surge of COVID-19 cases at the university has prompted school officials to extend a lockdown on about 2,000 students living in residence halls and ban them from outdoor exercise as part of strict new measures to curb the spread of infections. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu,File)
Outdoor exercise banned in UC Berkeley COVID-19 lockdown

By Jocelyn Gecker Feb. 11, 2021 02:39 PM EST

California News Digest

Jan. 30, 2021 04:18 PM EST
Hello! Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up in California. Questions about coverage plans are welcome and should be directed to the AP...

A health care worker labels a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at UC Davis Health on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, Pool)
California lifts stay-home order for Sacramento region

By Kathleen Ronayne Jan. 12, 2021 12:43 AM EST

Dr. David Tom Cooke, head of general thoracic surgery at UC Davis Health, poses outside the UC Davis Medical center in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Cooke participated in Pfizer's clinical trial for the coronavirus as part of an effort to reduce skepticism about the vaccine among African Americans. He's now promoting the vaccine's safety and the importance of taking it on his social media pages. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Black California surgeon 'walks the walk' on virus vaccine

By Kathleen Ronayne Jan. 04, 2021 11:52 AM EST

The University of California, Davis Medical center is seen in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. The medical center is one of more than a half-dozen California health centers that are expected to receive the 327,000 doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine soon after it is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
California hospitals prepare to get first vaccine doses

By Amy Taxin And Don Thompson Dec. 11, 2020 06:53 PM EST

Lori Gonzalez, left, and Rachel Spray carry flowers to the temporary grave marker of Gonzalez's sister and Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center nurse, Sandra Oldfield, at the Sanger Cemetery in Sanger, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020. Oldfield died after being exposed to the novel coronavirus. Workers at the hospital said they did not have the proper personal protective equipment. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)
US medical supply chains failed, and COVID deaths followed

By Juliet Linderman And Martha Mendoza Oct. 06, 2020 10:23 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 16, 2012, file photo, researcher Terry Storm works in a stem cell research lab at the Lorry I. Lokey Stem Cell Research Building on the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, Calif. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has doled out nearly $3 billion for stem-cell research since 2004. Now, with the institute running out of money, its advocates are asking California voters to approve Proposition 14, to give it a $5.5 billion cash infusion. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
California's stem-cell research program nearly out of money

By John Rogers Oct. 02, 2020 10:13 AM EDT

UC Berkeley virus outbreak linked to fraternity parties

Jul. 10, 2020 04:13 PM EDT
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — A spike of coronavirus infections at the University of California, Berkeley, is tied to a series of fraternity parties, officials said....

FILE - Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) kneels in prayer before the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Los Angeles Friday, May 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, Pool, File)
Church singing ban strikes sour note with California pastor

By Don Thompson Jul. 10, 2020 03:49 PM EDT

AM Prep-Cooler Copy

By The Associated Press Jul. 08, 2020 03:05 AM EDT
BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT TESTS POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for the new...

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2018, file photo, Ohio State University President Michael Drake makes a statement during a press conference in Columbus, Ohio. The University of California system has named Drake to replace Janet Napolitano and become its first Black president. A physician, Drake was unanimously approved Tuesday, July 7, 2020, by the Board of Regents. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon, File)
University of California system names 1st Black president

By Jocelyn Gecker And Julie Watson Jul. 07, 2020 08:24 PM EDT