Sources: KABC-TV
California reimposes its indoor mask mandate due to fears of the spread of the Omicron variant. The mandate will last until at least January 15. 2021-12-15
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announces that the state will require COVID-19 vaccines or negative COVID-19 tests for state workers, making New York the second U.S. state to do so after California. 2021-07-28
California will require face masks in schools despite CDC guidelines saying that vaccinated students are not required to wear a mask. 2021-07-9
Virginia reports its two first cases of the highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant first detected in California. 2021-03-25
California surpasses New York as the U.S. state with the highest number of COVID-19 deaths. 2021-02-11
California reports 52,281 new cases and 379 deaths in the past 24 hours, both a new single-day record for the state and nationwide since the beginning of the pandemic. 2020-12-17
California Governor Gavin Newsom introduces a regional stay-at-home order that requires the closure of bars, wineries, hair salons, and barbershops for three weeks in regions where ICU capacity falls below 15% and also restricts non-essential travel in those regions. The order divides the state into five regions. 2020-12-3
Governor Gavin Newsom announces that he has pulled an "emergency brake", which means that starting the following day, California will implement more closures and stricter restrictions, which will cover 41 counties containing 94% of the state's population. 2020-11-16
California reports the first prison inmate death from complications related to COVID-19. 2020-04-19
Los Angeles County, California, announces a near-lockdown, urging residents to stay in their homes and to only go out in public for essential needs. 2020-03-19