CalMatters

What happens when a chronically homeless veteran gets a chance at permanent supportive housing in Los Angeles.

The teacher shortages and unprecedented absenteeism are disrupting learning, extending the long-term academic fallout of COVID-19.

At least 40 California schools have tried to implement their own vaccine mandate ahead of the state mandate that will take effect next fall.

The proposal, though subject to negotiation, is a sign of increased concern amid rising opioid overdoses nationwide.

The number of California children diagnosed with COVID-19 during the omicron variant surge has “skyrocketed,” challenging earlier notions that the coronavirus largely bypassed children. Child vaccination rates are relatively low, and children who contract COVID-19 could be at increased risk for rare conditions and diabetes.

Although state and federal rules require COVID tests to be free or covered by insurance, people often have to pay hundreds of dollars upfront.

Updated COVID workplace rules go into effect Friday. Several of the changes increase protections for vaccinated workers.

Gov. Gavin Newsom, Democratic leaders in the Legislature and labor unions plan to bring back as much as two weeks of sick leave, retroactive to Jan. 1.

As part of a fraud recovery campaign, California is asking some 1.4 million unemployment recipients to prove their eligibility months after receiving aid. But some people say they don’t have the documents to be cleared, and they're on the hook for tens of thousands of dollars.

The state discloses little about COVID in its juvenile detention centers, but an internal memo reveals that one youth recently was hospitalized with severe symptoms.

In Sacramento, a union-backed Democratic proposal would establish a state-appointed council to enact industry-wide minimum standards for wages, working hours and work conditions.

As a third of hospitals report critical staffing shortages, California’s health department is considering issuing an order postponing many elective surgeries. Many procedures, including a lung transplant, already have been canceled.