California News Archives

Calfornia tops 30,000 coronavirus deaths

January 11, 2021 10:06 AM Lisa Sturgis

California has passed another tragic coronavirus milestone. Monday the state surpassed 30,000 deaths from the…

WATCH NOW: Gov. Gavin Newsom to unveil proposed budget for California

January 8, 2021 11:57 AM Sumiko Keil

California Governor Gavin Newsom will introduce his proposed state budget for fiscal year…

UC San Diego installs Covid-19 testing vending machines on campus

January 6, 2021 5:19 PM CNN

Students and staff at the University of California, San Diego, can now get Covid-19 tests by picking them up — from vending…

Search continues for 2 kids swept by ocean in Sonoma County

January 5, 2021 12:44 PM The Associated Press

Authorities were searching Tuesday for two children who were swept off their feet by a powerful wave along with their parents over the weekend.…

California is third state to pass 25,000 coronavirus deaths

December 31, 2020 4:30 PM The Associated Press, Jenny Day

California on Thursday surpassed 25,000 coronavirus deaths since the start of the pandemic, the third state to do so after New York and…

California hits record COVID-19 deaths as new variant found in San Diego

December 31, 2020 8:49 AM The Associated Press, Gabriel Salazar

Los Angeles County surpassed 10,000 deaths from the coronavirus Wednesday as California also hit a record high number of fatalities.…

California Variant COVID-19 Strain Found in San Diego County

December 30, 2020 8:04 PM Christian Galeno

SAN DIEGO (KYMA/KECY) — During Wednesday’s San Diego County COVID-19 update it was announced that the more contagious COVID-19 strain or UK…

California announces first case of virus variant

December 30, 2020 2:54 PM The Associated Press, Jenny Day

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced the first known case of the new and apparently more contagious variant of the coronavirus in the…

Oxygen supply issues forced five Los Angeles-area hospitals to declare an ‘internal disaster’

December 29, 2020 2:10 PM CNN

Oxygen supply issues led at least five Los Angeles County hospitals to declare an “internal disaster” Sunday, which included turning patients…

California court: Sex offenders can qualify for early parole

December 28, 2020 1:27 PM The Associated Press

The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that inmates who have been convicted of nonviolent sex crimes may be eligible for early…

Southern California wildfire stalls as Santa Ana winds ease

December 25, 2020 4:45 AM The Associated Press

Evacuation orders were issued for about 7,000 residents on the west side of the community of Fallbrook and for some Camp Pendleton…

Crash at San Ysidro Port of Entry kills driver, pedestrian

December 24, 2020 12:51 PM Sumiko Keil

A Santa Ana man dies after crashing at the San Ysidro Port of…

Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a virtual meeting with California’s next U.S. Senator Secretary of State Alex Padilla

December 23, 2020 1:00 PM Lisa Sturgis

Gov. Newsom announced on Tuesday Secretary Padilla will become the first Latino to represent California in the U.S. Senate and Assemblymember Dr.…

U.S. hospitals facing worrisome shortage of nurses, doctors

December 23, 2020 4:57 AM The Associated Press

U.S. hospitals are again worried about finding enough medical workers to meet demand just as infections from the holiday season threaten to add to…

California could see 100,000 hospitalizations within a month

December 22, 2020 4:58 AM The Associated Press

Conditions at El Centro Regional Medical Center in the southeast corner of the state are desperate, even worse than during a summer surge that caught…

California man dies after being arrested by Riverside County deputies

December 20, 2020 2:07 PM CNN

A California man died last week after he was arrested at a Jurupa Valley store, where the local sheriff’s department says he tried to grab a security…