Hundreds of protesters gathered in the Orange County city of Huntington Beach on Saturday night as California’s new curfew went into effect.
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The holidays are coming. Does the COVID-19 pandemic mean you should skip even small family gatherings? What experts say.
Holiday gatherings carry the risk of spreading the coronavirus among loved ones. For those determined to see family and friends, here are some tips.
These are the last 3 counties in America with no COVID-19 cases: How did they avoid the virus?
Esmeralda County in Nevada, Loving County in Texas and Skagway in Alaska have had no COVID-19 cases. But that doesn’t mean they haven’t been impacted.
As heat wave brings ‘critical risks’ of wildfires, California contends with two new blazes
A heat wave in the Western U.S., combined with windy conditions in California, have increased the risk of fire in an area already battered by blazes.
‘Small events add up to a lot’: Limited gatherings quietly emerge as source of coronavirus infections
Limited get-togethers of family and friends are emerging as sources of coronavirus infections, according to contract tracers.
Is COVID-19 worse than the 1918 Spanish flu? Study shows deaths in New York quadrupled in early months
The study compares the two months since the first recorded death of COVID in New York City with the deadliest two months of the 1918 calamity.
Drive the plastic highway? How a California company’s innovative repaving process could lead to the ‘holy grail’ of road construction.
An innovative process by a California company that adds recycled plastic to asphalt may be a “game-changer” for the future of road construction.
Coronavirus pandemic tearing through Latino communities – and it may get worse
The coronavirus’ continued rampage through the southern and western United States is almost certain to leave an especially deadly trail among Latinos
California university system makes ethnic studies or social justice a required class
The nation’s largest four-year public university system votes to require a class on ethnic studies or social justice.
Harvard, MIT sue Trump administration over ICE foreign-student rule, deeming it cruel and reckless
Harvard and MIT sue the U.S. government to block an attempt by ICE to bar foreign students from attending schools that teach only online this fall.