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FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2021, file photo, street musician Roberto Hernandez, originally from El Salvador, plays &quot;Lambada&quot; on his trumpet outside Buddy's, a restaurant temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in downtown Los Angeles. Los Angeles County could move into the next phase of reopening with fewer restrictions as early as next week, though any actual lifting of coronavirus-related constraints would not happen immediately, health officials said Wednesday, March 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

California to give 40% of vaccine to Latino, high-risk areas

By JANIE HAR and KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

FILE — In this Thursday April 9, 2020 file photo California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly, discusses the state's response to the coronavirus at a news briefing held at the the Governor's Office of Emergency Services in Rancho Cordova Calif. Ghaly discussed the math behind the state's calculation of when is safe to lift it's stay-at-home order and overnight curfew, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California discloses math behind easing stay-at-home order

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Elliot Ibanez, left, receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine given by LAFD paramedic Anthony Kong at Station 4, Monday, Dec. 28, 2020, in Los Angeles. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)

California lockdowns extended as some hospitals limit care

By JANIE HAR - Associated Press

A closed outdoor dinning space is in the parking lot of a shopping mall in Rowland Heights, Calif., Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. The vast region of Southern California went into a lockdown Monday in an effort to curb spiraling coronavirus infections and hospitalizations. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

California warns of rising virus cases, broad transmission

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10 California counties see restrictions eased, risks remain

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press

In this Aug. 19, 2020 file photo, teachers Andrea Gordon, left, and Melissa Stacy go over plans for the possibility of classroom learning, among socially-distanced desks at Palm Vista Elementary School in Twentynine Palms, Calif. California has not seen a link between the reopening of K-12 schools for in-person learning and increased coronavirus transmission. Dr. Mark Ghaly, the state's top public health official, says Tuesday it can take time for trends to emerge but so far the results are encouraging. California requires counties to report coronavirus levels and infection rates below certain thresholds before they can allow K-12 schools to broadly reopen for in-person instruction. On Tuesday, Oct. 6, 32 of the state's 58 counties were deemed eligible to do so, up from 28 a week earlier. The state has seen a broad decline in the number of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

No link seen between California school openings, virus cases

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020 file photo Wesley Thomas works out at Fitness SF Transbay during the coronavirus outbreak in San Francisco. A steady drop in coronavirus cases across California cleared the way Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, for the wider reopening of businesses in nine counties, including much of the Bay Area, the state said. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu,File)

California reopens more widely as infections hit lowest rate

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 22, 2020, file photo, workers collect samples at a mobile coronavirus testing site in Los Angeles. A month after California disclosed its COVID-19 tracking system had produced inaccurate case numbers, state officials Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, awarded a $15 million contract to a software company to design a successor capable of collecting greater amounts of more detailed data on the spread of the virus. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

California inks deal for new system after COVID data backlog

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

California health officials fret about mix of COVID, flu

By AMY TAXIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 25, 2020, file photo, physician assistant Nicole Kramer collects a nasal swab sample from a patient for COVID-19 testing in Tustin, Calif., in Orange County. A technical problem has caused a lag in California's tally of coronavirus test results, casting doubt on the accuracy of recent data showing improvements in the infection rate and number of positive cases, and hindering efforts to track the spread, the state's top health official said Tuesday, Aug. 4. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Technical issue has California under-reporting virus cases

By AMY TAXIN - Associated Press