Sacramento County Local News: COVID-19

10/13/2022
From a new fire engine to a renovated public pool: Elk Grove’s Cosumnes Community Service District allots $5 million in federal and state COVID relief funds for citywide projects.

09/27/2022
Republicans sense opportunity in school board races because of the parent activism COVID-19 inspired. Parent Revolt recruits and trains parents to run for school board positions.

09/27/2022
Galt City Council reinstated the hotel tax at its Sept. 20 meeting and ended the city’s state of emergency, bringing a close to two pandemic policies. It also approved new housing design standards.

09/19/2022
As California settles into a third year of pandemic, the demographics of those falling victim to COVID-19 has shifted notably from the first two years. Each week, the virus is killing hundreds of Californians, hitting hardest among the unvaccinated.

09/14/2022
The Folsom City Council adopted an ordinance to make outdoor dining “parklets” a permanent option for businesses in the city. The ordinance will replace a temporary program established under to help support restaurants during the pandemic.

08/28/2022
Downtown Sacramento and other older, large cities have not fully recovered from the COVID-19 economic downturn more than two years into the pandemic, according to a study from the University of California, Berkeley.

08/17/2022
Although COVID-19 cases in California have started to plateau, some may face another infection as new variants spread. UC Davis infectious disease specialist Dr. Natascha Tuznik talks about reinfection, and if repeated bouts can worsen health risks.

07/15/2022
COVID-19 transmission among the student body in Elk Grove Unified, the largest school district in Northern California, was above average in comparison to other schools in the Sacramento region.

06/13/2022
Sacramento County Public Health officials once again are encouraging residents to keep their masks on.

04/14/2022
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization to the first COVID-19 test that detects chemicals associated with the coronavirus in breath. The InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer gives results in less than three minutes.

04/13/2022
California is delaying a coronavirus vaccine mandate for schoolchildren until at least the summer of 2023. The state was the first to announce a mandate, but it will not take effect until federal regulators give final approval to the vaccine for children.

04/10/2022
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, telehealth visits in California increased by 61 percent, with one in five patient visits now being conducted remotely. But how long will this major boost to telehealth services last?

04/03/2022
Sacramento County supervisors “abandoned” the public health department in the early months of the pandemic, failing to quickly provide support, oversight and funds to the agency at the epicenter of the COVID-19 crisis, a grand jury report concluded.

03/31/2022
For the first time in more than two years, UC Davis Health said its hospital had no COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit for two consecutive days, and other local hospitals said their ICUs had seen a similar trend.

03/31/2022
The Elk Grove Western Festival, a 65-year-old springtime tradition, has been canceled again. Festival Board President Ken Johnston said the board decided to nix this year’s festival and instead focus on the 2023 event.

03/29/2022
California state departments are requiring employees who have been working remotely to return to their offices. Some employees are resisting going back to the office, saying they have performed at least as efficiently working from home.

03/12/2022
Placer County was ground zero for the COVID culture wars. The Sacramento Bee examines how the county’s approach worked out.

03/09/2022
A project called Healthy Davis Together put UC Davis and its adjoining city inside a coordinated health bubble. Both town and gown have experienced COVID-19 infection and test positivity rates markedly lower than those in the surrounding region and statewide.