
Residential Alternate Care Sites Are Being Established Across the State to Care for the Most Vulnerable as COVID-19 Hospitalizations Surge
SACRAMENTO – In an effort to help decompress California’s healthcare delivery system during the statewide surge in COVID-19 cases, Alternate Care Sites and Residential Alternate Care Sites are being established across California. The Residential Alternate Care Sites,...

State Officials Announce Latest COVID-19 Facts
SACRAMENTO – Today, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced the most recent statistics on COVID-19, including data on intensive care unit (ICU) capacity across the state. Based on ICU data, four regions, San Joaquin Valley, Southern California,...

Deadlines Approaching in California for SBA Working Capital Loans Due to Drought
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Director Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West today reminded California small nonfarm businesses of the deadline dates to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury....

COVID-19 Response Efforts Continue to Expand as State of California Deploys Additional Medical Personnel Statewide
SACRAMENTO – The State of California – through the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services and the Health and Human Services Agency – today announced the deployment of additional medical personnel to healthcare facilities statewide. In total, nearly 1,900 medical...

Images from the Montecito Mudslides on January 9, the Three Year Anniversary
It's been three years since short but intense rainfall created the mudslides and debris flows that devastated Montecito in Santa Barbara. Here's a short yet poignant look back at that event that happened on January 9, 2018. ...