Football practices look considerably different at high schools in the Fresno area this summer as teams adapt to restrictions designed to help protect players from the coronavirus. For now, at least, there's no tackling, no ball-passing, and no contact between players. Coaches are throwing "air passes" — think "air guitar"—...
Fresno County Jail is Coronavirus Hot Spot
The north annex of the Fresno County Jail is a coronavirus hot spot. A sheriff's office spokesman said Thursday that 108 inmates were positive for COVID-19 among the latest 400 test results received. Those results followed last Friday's announcement that 13 Fresno inmates tested positive for the virus after they...
'Coming Back and Biting Us': US Sees Virus Resurgence
HOUSTON — A coronavirus resurgence is wiping out two months of progress in the U.S. and sending infections to dire new levels across the South and West, with administrators and health experts warning on Wednesday that politicians and a tired-of-being-cooped-up public are letting a disaster unfold. The U.S. recorded a...
Newsom Threatens to Withhold County Funds Over COVID Compliance
SACRAMENTO — As California sees a worrisome rise in the number of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened Wednesday to withhold up to $2.5 billion in the upcoming state budget from local governments that fail to comply with state mandates on wearing masks, testing and other measures meant...
Rubio: 'Everyone Should Just Wear a Damn Mask'
[aggregation-styles] The Hill Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said Wednesday that “everyone” should be wearing a mask to prevent the transmission of the coronavirus as states across the country report troubling surges in confirmed cases and hospitalizations. "The area where I think we have to definitely really surge on is nursing...
Yosemite Won't Reopen Some Campgrounds Amid Virus Concerns
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — Yosemite National Park is reversing course two weeks after reopening and now says it will hold off on reopening some campgrounds through July because of social distancing concerns in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. Officials began reopening some campgrounds earlier this month after being closed...
AP Fact Check: Sober Science Weighs in on Trump's Virus Take
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government's top public health leaders on Tuesday shot down assertions by President Donald Trump that the coronavirus pandemic is under control and the U.S. is excelling in testing for the virus. The pandemic that Trump has said is “fading” is actually surging in many states, they...
Fauci Hopeful for a Vaccine by Late 2020, Early 2021
WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday he is cautiously optimistic there will be a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year or early 2021, but warned that the next few weeks will be critical to tamping down coronavirus hot spots around the country. Fauci and other top health...
LAX Adding Thermal-Imaging Cameras, Other Measures to Screen for Coronavirus
[aggregation-styles] ABC 7 LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Los Angeles International Airport is introducing new measures aiming at slowing the spread of coronavirus during the summer travel season. The airport is introducing new thermal imaging cameras that can check temperatures from a distance as people walk into the building. The cameras...
After Tulsa, Trump Heads to Virus Hotspot Arizona and Border
WASHINGTON — Regrouping after a humbling weekend rally, President Donald Trump faces another test of his ability to draw a crowd during a pandemic Tuesday as he visits Arizona and tries to remind voters of one of his key 2016 campaign promises. Trump’s weekend rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was meant to...