Emily Hoeven
CalMatters-
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With the California COVID test positivity rate dropping to 1.9%, local governments are racing to reverse strict pandemic policies.
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It’s full speed ahead for zero-emission cars in California.
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California’s statewide mask mandate is set to expire on Feb. 15, and state health officials may not extend it in an endemic COVID strategy.
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The state's Employment Development Department says it suspects 98% of the 27,000 medical providers associated with disability claims are fraudulent.
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California hospitals are struggling to keep up with increasing COVID cases at the same time they’re facing staffing shortages.
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How long will California be able to avoid shutdowns of schools, health care facilities and businesses if the omicron wave doesn’t peak soon?
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Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez, a key union backer in the California Legislature, will step down to take over the California Labor Federation.
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A little more than a year after the first COVID-19 vaccines arrived in California, the state is bracing for yet another surge — and piling back on protections.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom promised Saturday to give private citizens the power to enforce the state's ban on assault weapons, much like the recent law in Texas that relies on private lawsuits to enforce a ban on most abortions at about six weeks into a pregnancy.
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President Joe Biden on Monday reassured Americans that the omicron variant “is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic” — raising questions about the strategy Gov. Gavin Newsom will employ to respond to a form of COVID-19 about which much remains unknown.
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The omicron variant has not yet entered the U.S., but California is already bracing for a surge in COVID cases.