CalMatters

Despite investing more than any other state, California's response rate is off more than 10% from the final 2010 count. Even with extensions, there's a possibility for a record low turnout that would sink the state's $187 million investment.

California needs thousands of contact tracers. But counties and cities are overwhelmed and understaffed. "Woefully inadequate," said one public health director.

As California gradually reopens amid a pandemic that has killed nearly 48,000 Americans and left more than 3 million Californians unemployed, Gov. Gavin Newsom is faced with his toughest decisions yet: When and how do we return to normal?

Traditionally marginalized groups have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. Advocates want more demographic data to see who has been tested and who has died.

Fear, loss, economic stress, the angst of a seemingly endless crisis -- coronavirus is taking a toll, not just physically but on our mental health. Here are some tips and tweaks from California mental health professionals.

California's scientists are sheltering in place because of coronavirus restrictions, shutting down research, or switching to study the novel coronavirus.

CalMatters reporters will ask state leaders how Californians can file for unemployment, get paid sick leave and more during the pandemic. Watch live starting at 1 p.m.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom called for seniors and people with chronic conditions to isolate themselves during the coronavirus pandemic, raising questions about the state's capacity to ensure delivery of food, medicine and services to some of its most vulnerable residents.

In an urgent attempt to prepare California for a surge of critically ill coronavirus patients, state lawmakers Monday allocated up to $1 billion for an unprecedented ramp-up of hospital capacity.

Government policy is one thing, real life another. What happens if your germ-carrying preschoolers suddenly pose a lethal threat to their elderly grandparents?

The biggest spenders in California have two things in common: Both are billionaires who have dropped out of the race.

California is teeming with people -- roughly 40 million of them, more than in 21 of the smallest states combined. Why an undercount is so worrisome.