California Department of Public Health

COVID-19 spread prompts state order to close L.A. County bars; shutdown recommended in Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties

A graph from AP shows the increase of COVID-19 cases in California through June 28, 2020.

California shares coronavirus modeling tool online for researchers and residents alike

Medical personnel work to stabilize a COVID-19 patient at Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Californians ordered to wear face masks in public after ‘too many people with faces uncovered’: Gov. Newsom

Gov. Gavin Newsom visits Harun Coffee in Leimert Park on June 3.(Los Angeles Times)

Riverside and San Bernardino counties reopen places of worship after state grants permission

Simon Cooper offers prayers to people who attended an online Sunday Service inside their cars at the Christian '412 Church Murrieta' parking lot on April 19, 2020, in Murrieta, California. (APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images)

California allows in-store shopping across state with approval by county health officials

A pedestrian and cyclist wear face masks outside a branch of department store chain Nordstrom in Santa Monica on May 11, 2020. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

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State lets O.C. resume in-person dining, reopen malls with restrictions

Surfers catch waves near the pier in Huntington Beach on May 2, 2020. (APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images)

Riverside County moves further ahead in state plan with reopening of malls, restaurants

Residents who want public health orders rescinded crowd together in the lobby to watch video monitors of an emergency Riverside County Board of Supervisors meeting at the County Administrative Center on May 8, 2020. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

More than 1,200 California pastors say they’ll resume in-person services on May 31, in defiance of stay-at-home order

Demonstrators hold signs demanding their church to reopen during a rally against stay-home orders in San Diego on May 1, 2020. (Sandy Huffaker / AFP / Getty Images)

State OKs quicker reopening in Butte, El Dorado counties as others await approval

Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a news conference on May 12, 2020.

Masks to become part of life in California, but rules vary and enforcement is unclear

A masked volunteer looks on as vehicles arrive at a Los Angeles Regional Food Bank drive-thru giveaway in Pico Rivera on April 28, 2020. (Credit: Frederic J. Brown / AFP / Getty Images)

Reopening plan has big changes for California restaurants

Bon Vivant restaurant in Los Angeles was selling its stock as groceries on April 15, 2020. (Credit: Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)

Newsom says 2 NorCal counties who reopened businesses in defiance of state order made ‘a big mistake’

Gov. Gavin Newsom delivers a coronavirus briefing from a small business in Sacramento on May 5, 2020.

With limits, retail businesses can reopen as soon as Friday as CA moves into next phase of COVID-19 response

A security guard wears a face mask while standing outside shuttered shops and a 'For Lease' sign amid the global coronavirus pandemic on March 30, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Every California resident with coronavirus symptoms should be tested, state officials say

A police cruiser is seen at a drive-through coronavirus testing site at Malibu City Hall on April 8, 2020. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

California schools may reopen as early as July, Gov. Newsom says

On March 31, 2020, a closure sign is seen outside Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)