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US coronavirus death toll nearing 500K

The first known deaths from the virus in the U.S. happened in early February 2020, both of them in Santa Clara County, California.

California deaths stay high even as virus case rates drop

California’s death toll during the coronavirus pandemic remains alarmingly high, topping 49,000 this weekend, even as the rates of new infections and hospitalizations continue to plummet across the state.

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Sex workers struggle amid pandemic shutdown of Nevada brothels

Legal brothels in the Silver State have been shuttered for nearly a year, leaving sex workers to offer less-lucrative alternatives like online dates or nonsexual escort services.

Skateboarding champ charged for hosting LA party amid pandemic

A skateboarding world champion is among five people prosecutors in Southern California have charged with organizing parties that were possible superspreader events amid the pandemic.

DETR urges patience as it works to implement extended benefits

“We know how important these extended benefits are to Nevadans and ensuring they receive them is our number one priority,” Elisa Cafferata, director of the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, said in a release Friday.

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