[aggregation-styles] EdSource Affirming a prediction that Gov. Gavin Newsom made exactly two weeks ago, California’s State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond is recommending that the state’s public schools plan to provide distance learning to students through the end of their school year. “Due to the current safety concerns and...
Stay Home, Light A Candle, Show Your Support Wednesday
It’s at times like this when things look dark, and we fear they're about to get a whole lot darker, that we look for ways to show that we haven’t lost hope. “Let There Be Light” is one of those opportunities. On Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Fresno, and at...
California Seeks 3,500 New Inmate Releases Over Coronavirus
SACRAMENTO — California is planning to release within days as many as 3,500 inmates who were due to be paroled in the next two months as it tries to free space in cramped prisons in anticipation of a coronavirus outbreak, state officials said Tuesday. The move comes a week after...
White House Projects 100K to 240K US Deaths From Virus
WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday projected 100,000 to 240,000 deaths in the U.S. from the coronavirus pandemic if current social distancing guidelines are maintained. President Donald Trump called American efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus “a matter of life and death” and urged the public to...
Stocks Fall, Capping Wall Street's Worst Quarter Since 2008
NEW YORK — Stocks fell Tuesday to close out Wall Street’s worst quarter since the most harrowing days of the 2008 financial crisis. The S&P 500 dropped a final 1.6%, bringing its loss for the first three months of the year to 20% as predictions for the looming recession caused...
Someone Says They Have 2 Million N95 Masks for Sale. the Asking Price Is Six Times the Usual Cost.
[aggregation-styles] The Texas Tribune In normal times, an N95 face mask would cost a big corporation a buck or less — particularly if it ordered a million of them. But these aren’t normal times, and the pitch from industrial supplier Hatfield and Co. to sell as many as 2 million...
Retired Docs, Nursing, Med Students: California Wants You
LOS ANGELES — California is recruiting thousands of retired health care workers along with medical and nursing students to help as emergency hospitals that could include sites like the Los Angeles Coliseum and other sports arenas handle an anticipated flood of coronavirus patients, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday. Newsom signed...
Sen. Rubio Fingers Journalists for 'Glee' in Virus Deaths
NEW YORK — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, pressed to identify media figures that he said expressed “glee” at Americans getting coronavirus, has cited an editorial cartoonist, a magazine writer, an online tech publication and an online editor. The Republican senator took heat for a tweet over the weekend that said...
Facebook Could Help Journalism by Making News Easier to Find
[aggregation-styles] Wired Facebook announced on Monday that it was going to spend $100 million to help local news outlets during the coronavirus crisis. “It’s a moment where getting accurate news about the coronavirus is vital for all us,” says Campbell Brown, the former television news anchor and Facebook’s vice president...
California Will See Peak of COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Deaths in Less Than 4 Weeks, Forecast Finds
[aggregation-styles] KTLA The coronavirus crisis will create peak demand on California's health care resources on April 26, but the state will be likely able to meet the need for hospital beds, according to a state-by-state forecast from researchers at the University of Washington's medical school. The Golden State will see...