Quarantined Health Workers Compound Staffing Shortages At California Hospitals With a spike in COVID-19 infections, hospitals in California's San Joaquin Valley are suffering from a staffing shortage. It's made worse because hundreds of health care workers are quarantined. Lulu Garcia-Navarro
California Voters Give Uber, Lyft A Win But Some Drivers Aren't So Sure Uber and Lyft are cheering the passage of Prop 22, which says they don't have to treat their drivers as employees and provide benefits like paid sick leave. Critics say they'll keep fighting. Shannon Bond
Uber And Lyft Must Make Drivers Employees, California Court Rules The ruling is a blow to Uber and Lyft, which have argued they are not subject to state labor law. But the court's order could still be upended by a ballot measure backed by the ride-hailing companies. Shannon Bond
California's Theme Parks Won't Reopen Anytime Soon Thousands of workers at California's theme parks won't be able to get back to work anytime soon. New guidelines from the state require coronavirus numbers to be at "minimal risk." Greg Allen
White House Reverses Decision And OKs Wildfire Aid For California Gov. Gavin Newsom says President Trump has approved some $350 Million in wildfire recovery funds. A FEMA statement had said the state and local governments could handle the damage. Scott Neuman
California Officials Tell State GOP To Stop Distributing Ballot Drop Boxes Unauthorized boxes — many marked "official" — have been discovered across California, including at state Republican party offices and churches. Anastasia Tsioulcas
California Governor Signs Order Banning Sales Of New Gasoline Cars By 2035 Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Wednesday that amounts to the most aggressive clean-car policy in the U.S. and would end the sale of new gas vehicles in the state in 15 years. Scott Neuman
A Firefighter Is Killed In California Wildfire Sparked By Gender Reveal Party The firefighter died on Thursday in the El Dorado Fire, some 70 miles east of Los Angeles. The blaze began two weeks ago after an expectant couple set off fireworks to reveal the sex of their child. Marisa Peñaloza
Wildfires Make Dangerous Air For Farmworkers: 'It's Like You Can't Breathe' As fires ravage California, farmworkers are dealing with dangerous air in incredible heat. Hernan Hernandez of the California Farmworker Foundation says there's "nowhere near" enough protective gear. James Doubek
Golden State Killer Sentenced To Life In Prison Without Possibility Of Parole Joseph James DeAngelo, now 74, admitted to committing more than a dozen murders in the 1970s and '80s after investigators identified him using public genealogy websites to trace his DNA. Laurel Wamsley
