WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday extended a ban on green cards issued outside the United States until the end of the year and added many temporary work visas to the freeze, including those used heavily by technology companies and multinational corporations. The administration cast the effort as a...
Newsom, Lawmakers Agree How to Close Budget Deficit
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Democratic state Legislature have agreed to a state spending plan that avoids billions of dollars in permanent cuts to public schools and health care programs but imposes pay cuts to state workers and other programs to cover an estimated $54.3 billion budget deficit...
Newsom Mask Order Takes Pressure off Retailers, but Debate Rages
Who would have thought that something as insignificant as a few square inches of cloth could cause such a big brouhaha? Listen to this article: Gov. Gavin Newsom's order last Thursday mandates face masks for most people over the age of 2 when they are indoors or near other people...
Former California Governors Urge Use of Face Coverings
SACRAMENTO — Arnold Schwarzenegger and three other former California governors joined Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday in a video campaign promoting the use of face coverings to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. “This is not about being weak,” Schwarzenegger says as he holds up a mask in a public...
COVID-19 Is Ravaging America's Vulnerable Latino Communities
GUADALUPE, Ariz. — A Hispanic immigrant working at a fast-food restaurant in North Carolina is rushed to the hospital after she contracts COVID-19. A sickened Honduran woman in Baltimore with no health insurance or immigration status avoids the doctor for two weeks and finally takes a cab to the hospital...
Trump Rally Highlights Vulnerabilities Heading Into Election
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump's return to the campaign trail was designed to show strength and enthusiasm heading into the critical final months before an election that will decide whether he remains in the White House. Instead, his weekend rally in Oklahoma highlighted growing vulnerabilities and crystallized a divisive reelection message...
Watney Is First PGA Tour Player to Test Positive for Coronavirus
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Five-time PGA Tour winner Nick Watney tested positive Friday for the coronavirus, the first player with a confirmed infection since golf resumed a full schedule last week. The former Fresno State standout immediately withdrew from the RBC Heritage and must self-isolate for at least 10...
Before Face Masks, Americans Went to War Against Seat Belts
[aggregation-styles] Business Insider Many businesses have instituted similar policies to protect customers and staff. It's a relatively straightforward precaution with proven public-health benefits. Still, a small but vocal minority is resisting. Some are fighting mask policies by invoking the Americans with Disabilities Act. Others are starting fistfights or even killing...
Here Are Systemic Actions CSU Plans in Promoting Social Justice and Addressing Racial Injustices
In the wake of the heartless killing of George Floyd, and as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to exact a devastating and disproportionate toll on communities of color, never before have I sensed a feeling of helplessness so profound, held by so many. Outrage is justified and protest imperative, but nothing...
Apple Closes Stores in 4 States, Again, as Infections Rise
SAN RAMON — Apple is closing 11 stores in Arizona, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina that it had reopened just few weeks ago as coronavirus infections rates in some regions in the U.S. begin to rise. The decision announced Friday is another sign that the pandemic might prevent the...