The beauty industry has joined with restaurants in suing Governor Gavin Newsom in an effort to to compel the immediate and permanent reopening of their businesses. High-profile Los Angeles attorney Mark Geragos is their lead counsel. “What has become obvious is that the Governor and so called health officials never...
Supervisors Demand More Vaccine From Newsom or Efforts Will ‘Falter’
"We need more vaccines," said Fresno County Supervisor Brian Pacheco during Tuesday morning's Board of Supervisors meeting. The board voted 5-0 to send a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom and describing the COVID vaccine situation in the county "urgent". In the letter, the county is requesting an immediate increase in...
Bay Area Restaurants, Wineries File Lawsuit Over Outdoor Dining Ban
[aggregation-styles] KTVU-Television NAPA, Calif. - A coalition of Bay Area restaurants and wineries filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against California’s ban on outdoor dining, calling the restriction "arbitrary, capricious, and untethered to evidence." The lawsuit, filed in Napa County Superior Court, named Governor Gavin Newsom and California State Public Health...
Recall Gavin Newsom Activists Threaten Lawmakers: ‘We Didn’t Buy Guns for Nothing!’
[aggregation-styles] Newsweek Three "Recall Gavin Newsom" activists launched a threatening tirade against lawmakers during a budget review hearing in California on Thursday and harassed another official, declaring "we didn't buy guns for nothing!" The three women made the incendiary remarks at a session on the Sacramento governor's 2021-22 budget at...
State’s Small Biz COVID Grant Site Goes Live, but There’s a Short Window to Apply
California's $500 million dollar small business COVID-19 grant program website went live Wednesday morning. Grants range from $5,000 to $25,000 based on annual revenue documented in the business' latest tax return. Funds do not need to be repaid as long as they are used for approved purposes including salary, Isabel...
Motion Filed To Question Gov. Newsom Over COVID-19 Response
[aggregation-styles] CBS Sacramento SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A new motion filed in a Sacramento federal court is looking to depose, or in other words, question Gov. Gavin Newsom and other top state officials over their pandemic response. The motion was filed by plaintiffs suing Newsom over the ban on protests at...
Newsom’s Dinner Party Venue ‘Indoor’ Under New State Guidelines
[aggregation-styles] Politico OAKLAND — California public health officials have quietly settled the debate over what constitutes outdoor dining — with a definition that makes Gov. Gavin Newsom's French Laundry meal decidedly indoors. The Democratic governor initially said several times that his November meal at a lobbyist's birthday party was outside....
Will COVID Vaccine Arrive This Weekend? Local Hospitals to Decide Who Gets It First.
"We expect the vaccine to arrive as early as this weekend," Gov. Gavin Newsom tweeted late Friday afternoon. Fresno County Interim Health Officer Dr. Rais Vohra says his department is expecting 7,800 doses from the initial batch. "It will be up to the hospitals to determine who will get it...
After Divisive Plan to Target Home Gatherings Fails, Council Splits on Next Moves
At the beginning of the week, the Fresno City Council was set to move forward on a controversial COVID-related proposal to issue fines for having more than 15 or more people gathered in a residential household. After an initial uproar from the public, the discussion of the proposed resolution was...
Nearly $3M Meant for Small Businesses Amid Pandemic Went To Companies Gov. Gavin Newsom Founded
[aggregation-styles] ABC30 & ABC7 SAN FRANCISCO -- At least eight companies partially owned by Gov. Gavin Newsom collectively received millions of dollars from the Paycheck Protection Program, according to an ABC7 analysis. While data released by the Small Business Administration earlier this year showed the PlumpJack Group received up to...