California

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams Wednesday offered words of hope on Good Day LA after issuing a dire warning that this is going to be one the “hardest and saddest weeks of most Americans lives,” in anticipation of a nationwide peak in the coronavirus pandemic. 

DFS Green has been donating its cleaning services to the Menlo Park Fire Protection District twice a week since the shelter in place order went into effect.

Like so many high school seniors, Kate Brubaker is all dressed up with nowhere to go.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Tuesday mandated that workers in essential businesses such as grocery stores and restaurants wear face coverings due to the coronavirus outbreak, while also authorizing businesses to refuse service to customers who aren't wearing them.

Some activists and academics across the country believe wearing a mask can lead to racial profiling for people of color. 

At the Kensington, Assisted Living Center in Redondo Beach four people died, reportedly from COVID-19 and at least 22 others became infected with coronavirus.

Staying at home is hard for many people, Gov. Gavin Newsom noted, adding that some people are coping while others are struggling.

In these uncertain times, people all across the Bay Area are stepping up to help. 

Los Angeles County health officials said that from their initial data, African-Americans are believed to have a slightly higher mortality rate than other races and ethnicities.

Just days after recommending that people wear masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Riverside County went a step further and ordered all residents to cover their faces when leaving home. Now, the sheriff is warning residents who violate the order that they could face fines or even jail time.

The San Joaquin County Health Department had ordered the church to shut down last week. 

Dermatologists are seeing some severe dermatitis, due to the skin's natural oils being leeched away. 

The order delays all eviction cases from moving forward, not just those related to people not being able to pay rent due to the virus. It follows an executive order last month by Gov. Gavin Newsom banning the enforcement of eviction orders that advocates said didn’t go far enough.

The Los Angeles Fire Department announced on Monday the launch of their new Telemedicine program aimed to help people who are mildly ill and to ease the coronavirus load on emergency rooms.

A small group of engineers and healthcare workers in California are creating emergency ventilators using a relic from the U.S. Army in the 1960s.

One of the only places we are frequenting while in quarantine is the grocery store, but that could be how many of us could contract the coronavirus.

Public Health officials on Monday announced an additional 15 deaths and 420 new COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles County, bringing the county's death count up to 147 and total number of cases to 6,360.

"We can’t turn our back on Americans whose lives depend on having a ventilator now." -- Gov. Gavin Newsom

A statewide stay-at-home order in California couldn’t keep a woman considered to be the oldest living female Marine west of the Mississippi River from celebrating her 104th birthday last week.

Gilead has given remdesivir to more than 1,700 patients on a case-by-case emergency basis, but more people ultimately will be helped if the company does the needed studies to prove safety and effectiveness.