Sarah Wire

Jason Mezilis (aka Jason Achilles) helped design a microphone that hopped aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover, which landed on Mars on February 18, 2021.

If it wasn’t obvious before, COVID-19 has made it crystal clear: Deep racial disparities result in varying medical outcomes.

On Monday, a judge blocked LA District Attorney George Gascón from enforcing one of his major promises: ending the use of prison sentencing enhancements in thousands of criminal cases.

Elderly Asian Americans in the Bay Area have been targets of violence in the past few weeks.

Cleaner, cheaper and more reliable. That’s what the town of Gonzales is hoping for energy-wise as it sets out to build the state’s first municipal microgrid.

The central and southern U.S. is still reeling from a winter storm that brought snow, ice, and the coldest temperatures in decades.

California’s vaccine rollout has been less than smooth.

Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday suggested that in-person instruction in public schools could resume if teachers are prioritized in coronavirus vaccinations.

Indoor museums are still closed — while malls, tattoo shops, hair and nail salons have been open since Gov. Gavin Newsom lifted parts of the state’s stay-at-home order last month.