Reopening California

By the end of this month, students in one of the biggest school districts in the Inland Empire could be back in class. Corona Norco Unified has been granted a waiver to reopen elementary schools. Tony Shin reports for NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Nov. 6, 2020.

Many California small businesses continue to struggle amid the pandemic. Randy Mac reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Oct. 30, 2020.

The Inland Empire is stuck in the most restrictive tier of the governor’s safer reopening plan. Tony Shin reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Oct. 29, 2020.

Four Los Angeles County schools have been granted waivers to resume in-person instruction for students in pre-kindergarten through second-grade, the first campuses to receive such approvals since the waiver-application process began earlier this month.

Many are starting to feel comfortable venturing out to shops and restaurants, but coronavirus cases could go up because of it. Darsha Philips reports for NBC LA at 11 p.m. Saturday Oct. 10, 2020.

San Bernardino County is expected to be kept in the purple tier, disappointing news for many Inland Empire restaurants and businesses. Tony Shin reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020.

Infectious disease experts and epidemiologists from universities like Stanford, Yale, Harvard and Oxford say current shelter-in-place policies are not effectively protecting vulnerable people from COVID-19, while devastating public health in ways that will lead to irreparable harm for years to come.

California has not seen a link between the reopening of K-12 schools for in-person learning and increased coronavirus transmission

Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Austin Beutner said Monday that the school district has created a COVID-19 testing system in anticipation of students returning to its campuses. “We continue to put in place plans to have students back in schools as soon as health conditions in the area allow,” Beutner said. “Unfortunately, the overall level of the virus is still too…

San Bernardino County may be able to move down to red tier as soon as Tuesday while Riverside County began with looser restrictions this week. Tony Shin reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020.

A steady drop in coronavirus cases across California cleared the way in nine counties for the wider reopening of businesses, including most of the San Francisco Bay Area

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new bill that will give tax breaks to small businesses over the next three months.

For the first time since March, people can say “hey let’s go to the movies.” The Regal Theater in Irvine has reopened after anxiously waiting for state and county officials to give the green light. Hetty Chang reports Sept. 8, 2020.

There is optimism in Orange County as leaders say they’re on track to join the state’s red tier. Hetty Chang reports for NBC LA at 11 p.m. Thursday Sept. 3, 2020.

Until this week, the Bush family feared that their son, who has autism, would not be allowed to return to campus after Labor Day. Now, the state has announced guidelines that will make this possible. Vikki Vargas reports for NBC LA at 5 p.m. Thursday Aug. 27, 2020.

California’s new plan for reopening businesses amid the pandemic is more gradual than the first attempt earlier this summer, with the hope of preventing another virus surge

While students at most schools are learning from home, some schools in Riverside County are a step away from re-opening for in-person classes. 14 schools have applied for a waiver. Tony Shin reports Aug. 25, 2020.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom laid out strict criteria for school reopenings that make it unlikely the vast majority of California’s 6.7 million public and private school students will have classroom instruction in the fall

John Cádiz Klemack reports for NBC LA at 4 p.m. Friday July 17, 2020.