WASHINGTON — The captain of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier facing a growing outbreak of the coronavirus on his ship was fired Thursday. Navy leaders said he created a panic by sending a memo pleading for help to too many people. Capt. Brett Crozier was the commander of the USS...
Economic Fallout Mounts, Worldwide Cases Top 1 Million
NEW YORK — The coronavirus outbreak has thrown 10 million Americans out of work in just two weeks, the swiftest, most stunning collapse the U.S. job market has ever witnessed, and economists warn unemployment could reach levels not seen since the Depression, as the economic damage piles up around the...
California Governor Wants Sales Tax Relief for Businesses
LOS ANGELES — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday called for letting small businesses keep up to $50,000 in sales tax receipts for the next year as the COVID-19 outbreak has forced people to stay home and many shops to close. Gov. Newsom said the reprieve would function as a loan...
Fresno Teachers Handing Out Meals Tonight at Addams Elementary
Dinner tonight for 500 families living near Addams Elementary is being hosted by the Fresno Teachers Association, in conjunction with Live Again Fresno and Quesadilla Gorilla. The free grab-and-go meals prepared by Quesadilla Gorilla will be handed out starting at 5 p.m. at the school, 2117 W. McKinley Ave., in...
Fresno Unified Trustees Vote To Keep Schools Closed Through June
Fresno Unified School District trustees voted Wednesday night to extend school closings through June 12 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their 7-0 vote came on the heels of a mounting campaign earlier Wednesday by California's top officials urging districts to keep schools closed through the end of the school year...
Within 24 Hours, 25,000 Medical Professionals Apply to Join California’s New Health Corps
[aggregation-styles] KTLA Less than 24 hours after the governor’s call to action, more than 25,000 medical professionals applied to join California’s new Health Corps as hospitals prepare for an expected surge in COVID-19 cases. “I’ve never been more damn inspired in my life,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said during a news...
Unsung Heroes: Mexican Laborers Still Working Hard In The Fields, Providing Our Food
[aggregation-styles] Latin Live Without them, everything ceases to exist. The people who put food on our table don't get to work from home. As the majority of Americans "shelter in place," farmworkers head out to the fields, rain or shine, for 12 hour days, making sure we can restock our...
Sacramento Pastor Encourages 'Civil Disobedience' as 30% of County Coronavirus Cases Are Linked to Church Gatherings
[aggregation-styles] ABC 10 While many churches in Sacramento have moved to a virtual setting, there are some who feel their religious freedoms are being attacked. "Welcome to another Sunday civil disobedience act," said Rivers of Living Waters Pastor Dan Ostring in video published to YouTube Sunday. "We were told to...
China Lied About Coronavirus, Putting World in Jeopardy, US Intelligence Agents Say
[aggregation-styles] Fox News As coronavirus cases have jumped in recent days, China misled the world by purposely underreporting its numbers of patients and deaths, three U.S. intelligence officials say. In a classified report sent to the White House, the officials said that China's public record of COVID-19 infections was deliberately...
Why Nursing Homes Have Become COVID-19 Hotspots
[aggregation-styles] HUB The news of a COVID-19 cluster at a Visalia nursing facility is just the latest among a string of similar outbreaks across the country. More than 400 nursing homes and long-term care facilities in the United States are now hotspots for person-to-person transmission of the deadly virus. That’s...