Tag Archives: California

GOP Seeks To End California’s State Of Emergency

Courthouse News reports: A pair of Republican lawmakers in California say they’re prepping a bill aimed at restricting the unprecedented power wielded by Governor Gavin Newsom during the Covid-19 health emergency. The bill by Assemblymen James Gallagher, R-Yuba City, and Kevin Kiley, R-Rocklin [photo], seeks to end Newsom’s emergency powers by enacting a resolution that overturns the state’s declaration of …

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California Governor Eases County Reopening Criteria

The Sacramento Bee reports: California is changing its criteria for counties that want to reopen faster than the rest of the state. Counties will have to demonstrate that their hospitalization rates are stable and their rate of positive cases are low. The new criteria represent a move away from the previous rules, which among other standards required that counties have …

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6.4 Magnitude Quake Rattles Nevada And California

KTLA reports: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 struck in a remote part of western Nevada early Friday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor hit at 4:04 a.m. about 130 miles southeast of Reno and 60 miles east of Mono Lake — about halfway between Las Vegas and Reno. A USGS map shows the location …

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Trump Endorsee Flips US House Seat In California

The Washington Post reports: Mike Garcia, a businessman and former Navy pilot, defeated state Assemblywoman Christy Smith, who conceded the election Wednesday. Although mail-in ballots remained uncounted, Garcia had a comfortable 12-point lead over Smith in the 25th District, north of Los Angeles. Garcia will finish the term of Katie Hill, the Democratic congresswoman who resigned last year amid allegations …

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Cal State Universities Cancel In-Person Classes For Fall

ABC News reports: The California State University (CSU) system said it plans to cancel all in-person classes for the fall and to continue instruction online, due to the coronavirus pandemic. CSU Chancellor Timothy White [photo] made the announcement Tuesday, which will affect all 23 of its universities. “This virtual planning approach for the next academic year is necessary because of …

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LA County Lockdown Likely To Continue Through July

The Los Angeles Times reports: Los Angeles County’s stay-at-home orders will “with all certainty” be extended for the next three months, Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer [photo] acknowledged during a Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday. Ferrer, though she didn’t issue an official order, said that timeline would only change if there was a “dramatic change to the virus and …

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Tesla Reopens Factory In Defiance Of CA County Orders, Musk Says If Anyone Is Arrested, It Should Be Only Him

Politico reports: Tesla defied San Francisco Bay Area health officials on Monday by reopening a factory during an escalating standoff over a stay-at-home order that kept the plant closed. The rebellion by the globally recognized electric automaker underscores the competing pressures on elected officials to reopen the economy. Rising calls for officials to restart commerce are competing with warnings from …

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COVID Cluster Linked To Coughing Woman At Party

CNN reports: A birthday party was behind a cluster of coronavirus cases in Pasadena, California, according to health officials. A “large number” of extended family members and friends were at the party, the Pasadena Public Health Department said. One patient at the party was coughing and not wearing a face covering, health officials said, and other party guests were also …

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California Gov Signs Exec Order Allowing Vote-By-Mail

CNBC reports: California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Friday allowing all registered voters in the state to receive a mail-in ballot this November. The move comes as several states weigh how to carry out their remaining 2020 elections while keeping voters safe from contracting and spreading the deadly coronavirus. “I signed an executive order,” Newsom said, “that …

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Newsom: Some CA Businesses Can Reopen This Week

The San Francisco Chronicle reports: California retailers can begin to reopen their businesses to curbside pickup as soon as the end of this week, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday night, while some regions of the state with few coronavirus cases will be able to go even further in loosening restrictions on public life. “We are entering into the next phase,” …

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CA Man Shops In KKK Hood After Local Mask Order

Newsweek reports: Officials have condemned a man in California who was pictured wearing a makeshift Ku Klux Klan hood while shopping at a supermarket. Pictures of the man wearing a white hood similar to one worn by the hate group at a Vons store in Santee, San Diego emerged on social media over the weekend. The incident occurred one day …

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32 Arrests At Wild CA Protest Led By Anti-Vax Nutbags

Sacramento Capitol Radio reports: As Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the state was “many days, not weeks” away from relaxing its stay-at-home order, California Highway Patrol officers arrested 32 demonstrators during a protest against it at the state Capitol. Most of the protesters on Friday did not observe social-distancing guidelines as people rushed the building and carried signs decrying the governor …

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California Pol Suggests Letting COVID Run Its Course In Order To “Reduce Burdens” On Housing, Social Security

The East Bay Times reports: In a long post on Facebook, Antioch commission Chairman Ken Turnage II compared the spread of COVID-19 to a forest fire that burns off all the “old trees, fallen brush and scrub-shrub sucklings” that drain resources. The nation and planet “would strengthen when this is all settled,” he surmised. “We would have significant loss of …

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Los Angeles First Major US City To Offer Free Testing

Courthouse News reports: Los Angeles Major Eric Garcetti announced today that LA will now offer free coronavirus testing for all residents, becoming the first major city in the United States to do so. Garcetti made the announcement Wednesday evening during a press conference where he made clear that all residents of Los Angeles County, regardless of whether or not they …

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California Gov Expected To Close All Beaches And Parks

NPR reports: A California Police Chiefs Association memo sent Wednesday informed its members that Gov. Gavin Newsom will order all California beaches and state parks to close, effective Friday, May 1. “After the well-publicized media coverage of overcrowded beaches this past weekend, in violation of Governor Newsom’s Shelter in Place Order, the Governor will be announcing [Thursday] that ALL beaches …

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San Francisco’s Folsom Street Fair To Be “Held Virtually”

The SFist reports: It’s official: Up Your Alley and Folsom Street Fair will continue on as digital events for 2020, with plans underway to champion each happening’s celebrated sex-positivity and sense of community — from behind a screen. It doesn’t take having a Ph.D. in epidemiology to realize that now’s not an opportune time to plan large-scale physical gatherings, especially …

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Vast Majority Back CA Gov On Continuing Lockdown

Courthouse News reports: The vast majority of Californians support stay-at-home orders issued by state leaders as a means of stemming the surge of Covid-19 infections, even if the restrictive measures continue to weigh down the economy, according to a California Health Care Foundation poll released Friday. His decision to continue social distancing and keep businesses closed is backed by 75% …

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CA Lockdown Protester Charged With Kidnapping News Crew, Wanted Them To Delete Video Of Him At Protest

The Sacramento Bee reports: A 36-year-old man pulled a knife Friday on a television news team covering an anti-lockdown protest in Huntington Beach, California. Christien Francis Petersen of Costa Mesa has been jailed on suspicion of exhibiting a deadly weapon other than a firearm and kidnapping. Petersen approached a KTTV cameraman and reporter, produced a pocket knife and forced them …

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CA Gov Needs “Army Of Volunteers” For Food Banks

Courthouse News reports: Courting an army of volunteers, California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday urged healthy residents to fill in gaps at food banks and nonprofits overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic. California food banks have lost 70% of their staff in recent weeks and Newsom pushed those capable to sign up on a new state website that will connect volunteers …

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First US COVID Death Was Weeks Earlier Than Thought

NBC San Francisco reports: An autopsy report has revealed the first COVID-19-related death in the United States happened much earlier than previously thought. Officials in Santa Clara County, California, initially reported its first coronavirus death March 9, but an autopsy revealed there was one in the county on Feb. 6. Not only is it the first death in the county, …

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