The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services launched a new home COVID-19 test collection program Friday, which allows certain county residents to do free testing from the comfort of their own homes. The home test collection program is set to run from Dec. 1, through Jan.15, 2021. It aims to help address the current surge in demand for testing ...

Governor Gavin Newsom spoke at a new $25 million COVID-19 testing facility in Valencia on Friday, which is expected to significantly increase the state’s testing capacity. Newsom spoke at the new facility on Livingston Avenue in Valencia, which opened Friday. The lab is expected to be able to process up to 150,000 test kits daily, focusing on the most commonly ...

14 additional Santa Clarita Valley coronavirus cases have been reported Saturday as well as 1,177 new cases across Los Angeles County, officials said.  The total number of cases in the Santa Clarita Valley is now 5,510 with the Los Angeles County total reaching 253,176, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.  Public health officials are reminding residents ...

The governor announced a new partnership to improve testing efficiency and capacity by opening a new lab in Valencia.  Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a new partnership with PerkinElmer to create a lab that will double the state’s capacity of daily testing, increasing it to over 250,000 tests per day.  This “first-of-its-kind” agreement aims to disrupt the testing marketplace, help ...

CVS Health expanded its COVID-19 no-cost testing program Thursday by announcing 91 additional test sites at select CVS Pharmacy drive-thru locations across California, including Santa Clarita.  The opening of the additional test sites on Friday added to the 14 locations opened in California on May 22, including three Orange County locations. The company late last month committed to establishing 1,000 ...