The good news: The state is far better prepared to meet this challenge than it was a decade ago. The bad news: It will need help from the feds, and a lot of it.

San Francisco will allow certain businesses to reopen beginning May 18 as it eases its stay-at-home orders. But officials warn that they will keep track to make coronavirus infections don't spike.

Newsom cited the case when asked why personal services, such as nail salons, must remain closed.

Beverly Hills-based William Morris Endeavor said it is reducing its workforce by 20% through furloughs, layoffs and moving people to part-time employees.

Souplantation's owner says there was no way the restaurants' longtime self-serve model could survive in the era of COVID-19

Nursing facilities account for a large percentage of COVID-19 deaths. Better protection and testing can change that.

Republicans, once confident of keeping their Senate majority in the fall election, now fear Democrats have a fresh advantage as the coronavirus crisis has reshaped campaigns.

It was impossible to maintain any kind of social distance and there was no way to protect oneself from COVID-19.

Trump admits that he's putting Americans at grave risk by encouraging economices to reopen. He should protect us with testing.

Marriage, like many aspects of life, has changed. Here's what you need to know about getting a license and the rest of a process that was already complicated.

Reopening California begins -- but very slowly, cautiously and under the shadow of a second wave.

Norwegian Cruise Line says it's in danger of going out of business. Maybe that's not the worst thing for an industry of floating petri dishes.

Doctors have recently identified a condition called pediatric inflammatory multi-system syndrome among children who have tested positive for antibodies against COVID-19.

It was one of last year's hot tickets: Gustavo Dudamel, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Zubin Mehta, on the same stage at the same time. How to see it for free.

LAX and many airlines are now requiring face coverings to avoid coronavirus spread. TSA agents will don them too.

The Ramirezes never thought the coronavirus would get them. They took every precaution, but the virus still found its way into their home. Over the course of days, each member of the 10-person household became infected. Three were hospitalized. And one, the family patriarch, died.

California college students will get emergency CARES grants

Even as Mayor Eric Garcetti has extended testing to everyone in L.A. County, doing the same for homeless people has proved to be far more challenging.

Parts of California, including Los Angeles County, are allowing some businesses to offer curbside service Friday.

Many countries saw the coronavirus as a "rich man's disease" imported by overseas travelers. It has since hit marginalized groups the hardest.

Carson Meyer, daughter of an NBCUniversal executive and sister of jewelry designer Jennifer Meyer, is reaching parents-to-be virtually in the COVID-19 age.

City and county trails reopen this weekend. Almost every day, the rules change in the beaches and parks of Southern California. Here's the latest.

The vast majority of California isn't close to meeting Gov. Gavin Newsom's reopening requirements, a Times analysis finds.

The America that condones mass murder of children is allowing the coronavirus to spread.

Amid a plateau in the number of new coronavirus-related deaths in Los Angeles County, officials Friday were easing into an economic recovery plan.

Orange County continues to confirm more coronavirus cases. Here's the latest community breakdown.

Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered ballots be mailed to the state's 20.6 million voters for the November election while imposing new rules for in-person voting.

COVID-19 victims in their 20s and 30s make headlines, but does it mean the coronavirus has become more dangerous to younger people? Here's what we know.

Three more inmates died of coronavirus and the number who are infected has more than doubled at the California state prison in Chino, officials said.

Tesla must follow the same rules that apply to other nonessential businesses, Alameda County officials said.

The U.S. death toll in the coronavirus outbreak surpasses 77,000 as states continue to ease restrictions and President Trump pushes for faster reopening.

In the past week, Orange County has announced 21 deaths linked to COVID-19, pushing the total since the pandemic began to 71.

Merchants rejoice they finally reopen businesses and greet customers, with social distancing

The group of Yosemite Hospitality workers were told this week layoffs require them to leave Yosemite by May 21.

California reopening: On Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, the normally bustling shopping district that has been largely vacant amid the coronavirus, there were signs of life Friday as some retailers opened for curbside service.

Enough is enough, says a growing number of creatives from the fashion industry, including designer Kimora Lee Simmons, stylist Jeanne Yang and designer Prabal Gurung.

Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration sent letters to Modoc, Sutter and Yuba counties warning that the areas could be ineligible for disaster funding unless they adhere to the state's coronavirus reopening plan.

U.S. leadership, or the lack thereof, in the time of coronavirus

Three members of the group Indivisible OC 48 staged an hourlong protest to bring attention to the people who are following Gov. Gavin Newsom's stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The "Plandemic" video was the latest breakout hit from the coronavirus conspiracy theory industry. Social media companies are scrambling to ban it from their platforms.

Roy Horn, the dark-haired half of Siegfried & Roy, raised the white tigers and other animals in the duo's extravagant shows that were one of the biggest draws on the Las Vegas Strip.

New data analyzed by the Los Angeles Times show that nearly half of all COVID-19 deaths in the state are associated with elder care facilities.

After nearly seven hours of debate, Riverside County officials voted unanimously late Friday to rescind all of the county's stay-at-home orders that go beyond the governor's restrictions.

Did community spread of the coronavirus start at a nail salon? Governor said so, and now immigrant owners worry about getting business.

Despite President Trump's statements that the coronavirus was released from a laboratory in Wuhan, scientist say the evidence points to a natural origin.

Older Americans deserve our protection from coronavirus. They want to get back to their busy lives, too

Celebrate Mother's Day with a livestream of the musical bio-drama "Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin"

By Karla L. Palmer —

The most important thing to know is that the FDA has not approved any at-home diagnostic tests and only one at-home collection kit for the coronavirus.

Experts caution that even promising early results don’t guarantee that vaccines will be widely available anytime soon.