LA cannabis businesses deemed essential during pandemic

Among the Los Angeles businesses deemed essential and urged to remain open are those with city permits to sell cannabis, authorities said.

People take to sidewalks with colorful chalk to share messages of encouragement amid COVID-19 crisis

A post on social media encouraged residents who were under isolation orders in cities across the U.S. to reach out to others with bright messages of hope etched onto sidewalks and driveways.

Teachers dance, struggle with assignments and tech during quarantine

At Parkmead Elementary School in Walnut Creek, Calif., some educators are hosting dance parties online. Other students don't have access to tech at all.

New York joins California in asking residents to stay home to contain COVID-19

New York state moved to join California on Friday in ordering nearly all residents to stay in their homes, as governors undertook their most sweeping efforts yet to contain the coronavirus and fend off the kind of onslaught of patients that has caused southern Europe to buckle.

List of California cities ordered to 'shelter in place’

Officials in several California counties have issued ‘shelter in place’ mandates in response to curb the spread of coronavirus. 

Deputies: 8 arrested in California for price-gouging toilet paper, hand sanitizer

Deputies with the San Diego County Sheriff's Department arrested eight people involved with reselling items like toilet paper and hand sanitizer for outrageous prices.

40 million Californians told to stay at home with no firm end date

“I can assure you home isolation is not my preferred choice, I know it’s not yours, but it’s a necessary one,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said

Buying binge: Marijuana users stocking up during quarantine

New York, San Francisco and Palm Springs, California, are among the cities labeling dispensaries “essential” businesses that can remain open during virus lockdowns, in some cases with limitations.

Glendora man, 34, dies from coronavirus; recently visited Disney World in Florida: Report

A Glendora man who died just days ago after testing positive for COVID-19 recently visited Walt Disney World and Universal Studios in Florida, it was reported Thursday.

Jails across California, country release inmates because of coronavirus

San Francisco jails only hold the most violent inmates, so they have one of the lowest incarceration rates in the country. That makes social distancing easier, jail officials said.

675 positive COVID-19 cases reported in California

The California Department of Public Health has released the latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state. 

Clarifying remarks, California governor says virus called unlikely to prompt martial law

On Wednesday, Brian Ferguson, spokesman for the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, said the governor doesn’t envision tanks and armed soldiers in the streets.

California governor's wife says she's running out of toilet paper

Her remarks were met with scorn. Several critics responded with the famous line attributed to Marie Antoinette: “Let them eat cake!”

COVID-19 patient arrives at LAX in negative pressure isolation chamber

A 65-year-old resident from Orange County is back in Southern California after being diagnosed with COVID-19 while on the island of Aruba. 

60,000 homeless could get infected with coronavirus, Gov. Newsom says

As worries about the spread of the coronavirus confine millions of Californians to their homes, concern is growing about those who have no homes in which to shelter. Gov. Gavin Newsom estimates up to 60,000 homeless could end up infected.