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Pandemic Pushes Hospitals to Brink of Catastrophe

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Clinicians for a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at Providence St. Mary Medical Center amid a surge in COVID-19 patients in Southern California on Dec. 23, 2020 in Apple Valley, California.  (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

1,200 Medical Workers Deployed to Respond to Pandemic

The extra staff includes more than 800 contract workers, but those workers are from the same pool that a lot of hospitals around the state already pull from to get extra help.
Reporter: Marco Siler-Gonzales, KQED

Lake Tahoe Ski Resorts Grapple with Handling Stay-at-Home Orders

Last week, stay at home orders were extended for another 3 weeks for the Greater Sacramento region, due to low ICU capacity and rising coronavirus numbers.
Reporter: Kate Wolffe, KQED

California Starts New Year with New Laws Tied to COVID-19 Safety and Minimum Wage

Companies are now requirement to notify employees within 24 hours if there's been a COVID-19 exposure in the workplace. In labor news, the minimum wage is now $14 dollars an hour for larger companies.
Guy Marzorati, KQED

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