California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday the state would loan 500 ventilators to the national stockpile for use by New York and other states experiencing a crush of coronavirus-related hospitalizations. California chose to loan some of its equipment because it is not yet in as dire a situation as New York, now the nation’s epicenter for the crisis, said Jesse…

People on the frontlines of the war against COVID-19 will have access to state-subsidized childcare programs under an executive order signed Saturday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The order allows the California Department of Education and California Department of Social Services to waive certain requirements to  allow childcare and after-school programs to serve essential workers, including healthcare professionals, emergency responders, law...

Melissa Gong was completing her final semester of the nursing program at Cabrillo Community College when COVID-19 brought her studies to a halt. The facility where she was doing clinical training closed its doors to protect patients from potential exposure.

President Donald Trump approved Governor Gavin Newsom’s request Sunday to declare a major disaster in California to bolster California’s COVID-19 emergency response efforts.

A sweeping order issued by California Gov. Gavin Newsom restricts non-essential activities across the state to control the spread of a virus that has spread at an alarming rate.

“I want to be clear about this that the only time you should leave your home is for essential activities and needs,” LA Mayor Eric Garcetti echoed. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Thursday, Mar. 19, 2020. 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a stay-at-home order Thursday to aid in preventing the spread of the coronavirus. Here is what you need to know about the order and what it means for you.

As the coronavirus spreads through California, the restrictions placed on its 40 million residents have varied by county and community, the result of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s early decision to largely allow local governments to set their own rules.

Sweeping guidance for Californians to avoid unnecessary gatherings will likely extend beyond March as health experts grapple with a fast-moving pandemic virus that has infected nearly 200 people in the nation’s most populous state.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife reported more than $1.2 million in income during his final year as the state’s lieutenant governor, the majority of it from outside business interests. Newsom made good on a campaign promise by allowing reporters to review his 2018 income tax filing on Friday. He also plans to release returns every year he’s governor….

California’s first coronavirus fatality — an elderly patient who apparently contracted the illness on a cruise — prompted the governor Wednesday to declare a statewide emergency as six new cases, including a medical screener at Los Angeles International Airport, were confirmed.

As more people around the country test positive for the coronavirus, Governor Gavin Newsom is reassuring people that there’s no need to panic but it’s also important to prepare.

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to consolidate the state’s confusing array of child care programs that are run by multiple state agencies to make getting the services easier for for low-income parents of young kids. But the first-term Democratic governor’s proposal — which would spend up to $10 million a year to create a new Department of Early Childhood Development —…

California’s governor announced Wednesday that he is posthumously pardoning a gay civil rights leader while creating a new pardon process for others convicted under outdated laws punishing homosexual activity.

Pacific Gas and Electric is pledging to overhaul its board of directors in an attempt to avoid a potential takeover attempt by the state of California and prove the nation’s largest utility is turning over a new leaf as it works through its second bankruptcy in less than 20 years. The promise to shake things up came late Friday as…