Shane Twilla News Today

Downtown Sacramento businesses are seeing a new energy in the streets as the NBA Playoffs games come to town.

Moderna says U.S. health regulators have given full approval to its COVID-19 vaccine after reviewing additional data on its safety and effectiveness, according to the Associated Press.

COVID-19 case numbers are decreasing in Los Angeles County, but a top health official says it’s too soon to consider relaxing mask and vaccination requirements in LA — as San Francisco plans to do next week.

After missing out the past two years due to the pandemic, Sacramento’s Sol Blume festival of new age R&B, soul and hip-hop artists plans to return this spring.

Gov. Gavin Newsom, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins want to give workers more paid sick time as the state grapples with the omicron surge.

The Los Angeles Unified School District said it’ll prohibit students from wearing cloth masks as the highly transmissible omicron variant continues to spread.

The Los Angeles Unified School District said it’ll prohibit students from wearing cloth masks as the highly transmissible omicron variant continues to spread.

While Sacramento County is starting to see the omicron surge taper off, hospitalization rates are still at record-breaking levels.

Next week, many colleges and universities will return from a winter break marked by record numbers of COVID-19 cases.

With the highly contagious omicron variant surging in California, UC Davis Medical Center is reporting a record number of COVID-19 hospitalizations.