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Rejecting a judge's ruling that sought to limit Gov. Gavin Newsom's powers during the coronavirus pandemic, a state appeals court said Wednesday that lawmakers had authorized Newsom to issue wide-ranging executive orders to protect Californians' health until the emergency is over. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

As spectators return to sports venues across the nation - including A's and Giants home games earlier this month, and Warriors home games starting April 23 - they convene amid scarce data measuring the impact of such crowds on the coronavirus pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

State officials announced Friday they will allow some spectators to attend events at outdoor stadiums and ballparks - including Oracle Park for the Giants and the Oakland Coliseum for the A's - starting April 1. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

On a recent Sunday, Paola Laverde logged onto her computer from her Berkeley apartment and joined dozens of fellow Latino residents on Zoom in an hourlong conversation about coronavirus vaccines with a UCSF physician. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SACRAMENTO - The number of Californians dying of COVID-19 has increased so rapidly that the state ordered 5,000 additional body bags to help hospitals cope with the surge, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SACRAMENTO - Hoping to reduce the number of Californians who unwittingly carry and spread the coronavirus, the state will launch a new smartphone app that alerts users if they may have been exposed to people with the virus. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Oakland's celebrated Mountain View Cemetery, a 226-acre jewel set into the hills above Piedmont Avenue, closed to the public in March, shuttered like so many other places amid the spread of the coronavirus. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

San Francisco on Tuesday became the first Bay Area county to advance to the least restrictive tier in California's economic reopening blueprint, clearing the way for nonessential businesses to reopen at a limited capacity next week and expanding several activities in the coming weeks, from pools to movie theaters to houses of worship. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

For public health leaders and community advocates across the Bay Area, California's new health equity metric, which aims to tackle coronavirus disparities in communities of color, is a forward-thinking plan that will aid those hit hardest by the virus. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signaled a major retreat in the state's two-month effort to recover from the economic collapse caused by the coronavirus, ordering the closure of bars, indoor restaurants, movie theaters and many other recently reopened businesses across California. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A day after California reimposed parts of its stay-at-home order for much of the state, Gov. Gavin Newsom gently implored protesters and mask scofflaws to consider the consequences of ignoring health orders. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

California Rep. Katie Porter is a rising star in the Democratic Party, and the coronavirus pandemic is providing her an even greater opportunity to shine, starting with the viral video of how she persuaded the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month to provide free coronavirus tests for all Americans - live on C-SPAN. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The new NextSeq 550 sequencing machine at UCSF's clinical lab on Berry Street looks like a microwave with a computer keyboard, but to microbiologist Charles Chiu, it is the key to California's fight against the deadliest, most invasive virus to strike humanity in decades. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A chain-link fence went up at San Francisco's Pier 39. Knick-knack vendors disappeared from a trendy stretch of the Mission District, where streets were all but deserted. Grocery stores allowed only a few shoppers in at a time. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]