It was news that sounded too good to be true. And, critics say it was. Two doctors who are co-owners of Accelerated Urgent Care in Bakersfield held a news conference last week to say that California's statewide stay at home order is an unnecessary response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Their...
Northern California County Is 1st to Ease Stay-Home Orders
Sparsely populated Modoc County in California's northeast corner plans to allow the reopening of its schools, hair salons, churches, restaurants and the county’s only movie theater Friday, becoming the first county in the state to ease out of stay-at-home orders and flout the governor's mandate. Ned Coe, a cattle rancher...
Fresno State Has Free Online Courses for 1st Responders, Essential Workers
Contributed by Fresno State News In support of those who continue to work and provide service to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic, Fresno State’s Division of Continuing and Global Education is offering three online, professional development courses free for local first responders and essential workers. The online courses are...
Over 70% of Tested Inmates in Federal Prisons Have COVID-19
WASHINGTON — Michael Fleming never got to say goodbye to his father. He didn’t know his dad was fading away on a ventilator, diagnosed with coronavirus at the federal prison where he was serving time for a drug charge. His father, also named Michael, was held at FCI Terminal Island...
30 Million Have Sought US Unemployment Aid Since Virus Hit
WASHINGTON — More than 3.8 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as the U.S. economy slid further into a crisis that is becoming the most devastating since the 1930s. Roughly 30.3 million people have now filed for jobless aid in the six weeks since the coronavirus outbreak began forcing...
US Officials Crafting Retaliatory Actions Against China Over Coronavirus as President Trump Fumes
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Subscription Senior U.S. officials are beginning to explore proposals for punishing or demanding financial compensation from China for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to four senior administration officials with knowledge of internal planning. The move could splinter already strained relations between the two superpowers...
Surf’s Down in California: Governor Set to Close Beaches
SACRAMENTO - Gov. Gavin Newsom closed beaches in Orange County on Thursday, overriding some local officials who had rejected his pleas to limit access as the coronavirurs continues to spread throughout the state. A memo to the state's police chiefs on Wednesday indicated Newsom was preparing to close all beaches in...
US Intel: Coronavirus Not Manmade, Still Studying Lab Theory
WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that the new coronavirus was “not manmade or genetically modified" but say they are still examining whether the origins of the pandemic trace to contact with infected animals or an accident at a Chinese lab. The statement from the Office of the Director of National...
3 Coronavirus Facts Americans Must Know Before Returning To Work, School
[aggregation-styles] Forbes We can’t un-bungle our nation’s COVID-19 response. Political leaders acted too slowly, health agencies committed unforced errors with testing kits and, amid the confusion, an information fog settled over the land. Americans remain afraid, perplexed and chronically misinformed (despite wall-to-wall coronavirus coverage across the leading cable-news programs and...
Wuhan Shows the World That the End of Lockdown Is Just the Beginning of the COVID-19 Crisis
[aggregation-styles] CNN All around the world, people are waiting for the announcement that the coronavirus pandemic is contained and they can return to normal life. But the Chinese city at the center of the pandemic has shown that normal might still be a long way off. When Wuhan officials eased...