Coronavirus Pandemic

Full coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak and how it impacts you

California 6 hours ago

State Issues Guidelines for K-6 Schools Seeking Waivers for Classroom Instruction

California health officials released guidelines Monday for elementary schools to seek waivers that would allow them to offer classroom instruction, but recommended that local health officials not even...

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Virus Ravages Poor California County Along Mexican Border
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Oceanside Gym Owner Explains Refusal to Comply With Shut Down Order

Latest Numbers

San Diego County 21 hours ago

Latest Coronavirus Impacts: August Numbers, So Far, Are ‘Encouraging'

Covid-19 22 hours ago

Monthly Snapshot of Coronavirus Cases by San Diego ZIP Codes

DONALD TRUMP 1 hour ago

Virus Updates: Trump Says Death Toll ‘Is What It Is'; Clorox Can't Meet Demand for Wipes Until 2021

Videos

what's up 6 hours ago

What's Up: Updates in San Diego for Morning of August 4, 2020

school 8 hours ago

Elementary School Waiver Process

coronavirus vaccine 9 hours ago

Why This Expert Has Hope for a 'Silver Bullet' Against Coronavirus

Public Impact

domestic violence 19 hours ago

San Diego Sees Spike In Domestic Violence Arrests

Education 6 hours ago

Parents Unhappy With School Options Assemble Learning ‘Pods'

Rockettes 10 hours ago

No Rockettes This Christmas: Radio City Show Canceled Due to COVID-19

Business & Economic Impact

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Garage Sales Back On in Chula Vista

ramona 3 hours ago

1st Business Owner Faces Charges for Violating San Diego County’s Public Health Order

small business relief fund Aug 3

Small Business Owner Recreates Outdoor Studio With Help From San Diego's Business Relief Fund

Personal Stories

Orange County 21 hours ago

Orange County Library Quarantines Books to Prevent COVID-19 Spread

Goodnight Zoom Aug 3

Pandemic Parody of `Goodnight Moon' to Be Released in Fall

HBCUs Aug 3

Pandemic Ushers in ‘New Normal' for Historically Underfunded HBCUs

Health Tips

19 hours ago

Study Shows Some Immune Systems May Have Head Start on Fighting COVID-19

mask mandate 4 mins ago

Why You Shouldn't Hang Masks From Your Car's Mirror

Anthony Fauci 19 hours ago

Fauci Says He Thinks There Is ‘a Degree' of Airborne Coronavirus Spread

The Latest

DONALD TRUMP 4 mins ago

Fact Check: Trump's Misleading COVID-19 Comparisons to Other Countries

In a flurry of tweets and remarks, President Donald Trump continued to distort the facts on the coronavirus pandemic: In a series of comments focused on the surging number of COVID-19 cases elsewhere in the world, Trump left the misleading impression that the U.S. is doing better than several countries seeing recent upticks in cases. But nearl...
CONGRESS 6 mins ago

Progress Slow as Urgency Grows on Virus Relief Legislation

The latest negotiating session on a coronavirus relief bill has wrapped with modest concessions being made by both sides
Chicago White Sox 4 hours ago

MLB Reschedules ‘Field of Dreams' Game With White Sox for Next Summer

Major League Baseball has officially rescheduled next week’s “Field of Dreams” game featuring the Chicago White Sox to next summer. The league announced the news Tuesday, saying the game will now be played in August 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic with the White Sox as one of the participants. An exact date was not yet announced. “We made ever...
Education 21 hours ago

Fall Semester Begins at Home for Thousands of Students

Thousands of children sat blurry eyed and tired in front of a computer screen Monday morning. It was the first day of the fall semester for roughly 39,000 students in the Sweetwater Union High School District. It was Ethan Stroberg’s first day of his junior year at Eastlake High School in Chula Vista. “Not expected at all when I thought…...
what's up Aug 3

What's Up: Updates in San Diego for Morning of August 3, 2020

NBC 7’s Greg Bledsoe shares what you need to know in San Diego County on the morning of August 3, 2020.
coronavirus Aug 3

There May Never Be a ‘Silver Bullet' for COVID-19

Despite multiple promising vaccine candidates, World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns we may not ever have a “silver bullet” to stop the disease.
coronavirus Aug 3

WHO Says There's No ‘Silver Bullet' to Defeat Coronavirus and ‘There Might Never Be'

The World Health Organization said Monday there may never be a “silver bullet” for the coronavirus even as scientists and drugmakers across the globe race to find a safe and effective vaccine. Scientists have made progress in identifying treatments that can help people with the most severe forms of Covid-19, and a number of vaccines are i...