California

With the coronavirus death toll in California jumping past 7,000 and cases continuing to surge, more parts of the state are rolling back reopening plans as they try desperately to slow outbreaks and prevent more hospitals from hitting capacity.California has seen coronavirus cases and hospitalizations skyrocket in the last month as the economy has reopened…

The disease investigators arrived at the apartment in street clothes, carrying their gowns, gloves and face shields in Whole Foods bags. They didn’t knock on the door. Instead, they called the resident — a man in his 50s, then California’s first known coronavirus case — by phone.When he answered, he was instructed to move to…

The coronavirus crisis nationwide is not only deepening, it is growing more deadly. The country's three biggest states — California, Florida and Texas — are reporting their largest single-day death tolls since the pandemic began.Hospitals there are struggling to keep up with an exploding number of patients. And in Arizona, where about 1 in every…

California recorded its highest single-day COVID-19 death toll Wednesday, with 149 fatalities reported, according to a Los Angeles Times county-by-county tally.The previous high was recorded on May 19, according to The Times’ California coronavirus tracker, when 132 deaths were tallied.For weeks, daily coronavirus deaths had remained steady even as the number of newly confirmed cases…

DEIRDRE: GOOD MORNING. I AM DEIRDRE FITZPATRICK. TY: I AM TY STEELE. TEO TORRES IS WORKING FROM HOME. THE SACRAMENTO KINGS HAVE CLOSED THE TRAINING FACILITY AT THE GOLDEN 1 CENTER AFTER ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE TEAM TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. DID CALIFORNIANS HEED THE WARNINGS TO AVOID CROWDS AN WHERE I FACE MASK OVER…