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Justin Sullivan/Getty Images toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A sign posted in San Franciscos Chinatown neighborhood on March 8 encourages people to call a police tip line if they witness a crime. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A surge in anti-Asian attacks reported since the start of the pandemic has left Asian Americans across the country scared and concerned, but a Los Angeles-based civil rights group says the actual number of hate incidents c...

Listen • 3:48 A sign posted in San Franciscos Chinatown neighborhood on March 8 encourages people to call a police tip line if they witness a crime. A surge in anti-Asian attacks reported since the start of the pandemic has left Asian Americans across the country scared and concerned, but a Los Angeles-based civil rights group says the actual number of hate incidents could be even higher. "There are far more people who have not reported incidents than those who have," Conn...

Eric Westervelt Eric Westervelt is a San Francisco-based correspondent for NPRs National Desk. He has reported on major events for the network from wars and revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa to historic wildfires and terrorist attacks in the U.S. For a decade as a foreign correspondent, Westervelt served as NPR reporter and bureau chief in Baghdad, Jerusalem, and Berlin. Hes covered the Pentagon, the war in Afghanistan, and the U.S. invasion and troubled occupation of Iraq, includ...

The nation's most populous state says it's pivoting fast following a chaotic and inefficient county-based rollout of the vaccine. Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris tells NPR about the do-over.

The nations most populous state says its pivoting fast following a chaotic and inefficient county-based rollout of the vaccine. Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris tells NPR about the do-over.

Moderna is creating a booster shot for its COVID-19 vaccine to help protect against variants. California lifts regional stay-at-home orders, and social isolation may contribute to drug overdoses.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Californians got some welcome news on Monday. Governor Gavin Newsom lifted regional stay-at-home orders. He cited a drop in coronavirus infections and hospitalizations. But as NPRs Eric Westervelt reports, that good news is tempered by ongoing problems with the vaccine rollout. ERIC WESTERVELT, BYLINE: The lifting of the stay-at-home order is welcome relief to some struggling businesses, including restaurants that in some places can now resume outdoor dining. But county and...

Clinicians care for COVID-19 patients in a makeshift ICU at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center last Thursday in Torrance, Calif. California is lifting regional stay-at-home orders, but county and local authorities can keep other restrictions in place. California is lifting stay-at-home orders for all regions in the state, including Southern California, the Bay Area and the San Joaquin Valley — the three regions that had still been under the order — citing a drop in intensive care unit projections. ...

On this edition of Your Call, we're discussing what the Biden administration needs to do to defeat extremism and white supremacy in the United States.

Allison Shelley / NPR Eric Westervelt is a San Francisco-based correspondent for NPRs National Desk. He has reported on major events for the network from wars and revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa to historic wildfires and terrorist attacks in the U.S. For a decade as a foreign correspondent, Westervelt served as NPR reporter and bureau chief in Baghdad, Jerusalem, and Berlin. Hes covered the Pentagon, the war in Afghanistan, and the U.S. invasion and troubled occupation of ...