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California TodayTuesday: A top state public health official resigned as California struggles with the pandemic. Also: A swarm of earthquakes; and women’s suffrage.Aug. 11, 2020Updated 1:15 p.m. ETImageDr. Sonia Angell, the director of the California Department of Public Health, at a news conference in February. She resigned Sunday night.Credit...Randall Benton/Associated PressGood morning.In recent weeks, California’s…

Is it safe to ride public transit during the coronavirus pandemic?It depends on a variety of factors, but there are ways to minimize risk.RARE CORONAVIRUS-LINKED SYNDROME AFFECTS 11 CHILDREN IN WASHINGTON STATE: OFFICIALSThe main way that the virus spreads is through droplets people spray when they talk, cough or sneeze. That means the best way…

Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Teresa Frankovich, sitting outdoors this time, begins her latest media availability video with a dash good news: The county is adjusting its case count down by three because it turns out their initial tests, performed outside the county, returned false positives. “They re-ran the specimens. They were negative and confirmed as…

Washington (CNN)Congressional lawmakers and the American public will have a chance to pay their respects to the civil rights icon and late congressman, Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, this week as his bo…

Valerie Kindt wants to return to work full time. Kindt, the mother of a rising third-grade son, scaled back her hours to part time at an international nonprofit organization in April so she could guide her son through his daily four hours of remote-learning lessons at his D.C. public school. But she thinks this is…