Christine Gale Reynolds worked at the public library in Yosemite National Park before it closed in March when California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued shutdown orders to slow the spread of the coronavirus. So, she filled the back of her car with donated books and began her own mobile library. “I...
Los Angeles Offers Virus Tests to All, Still Has Unused Kits
LOS ANGELES — With ample coronavirus tests and not enough sick people seeking them, the mayor of Los Angeles recently did something on a scale no other major U.S. city had done — allow anyone with or without symptoms to be tested as often as they want. A website to...
LA Police Wants to Test Everyone It Arrests for COVID-19
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Department wants to test everyone its officers arrest to determine whether they are infected with the coronavirus and is asking city officials to purchase a rapid-result testing system. But it’s unclear whether such a system will produce accurate test results. Police Chief Michel...
Football Still a Possibility at Fresno, San Jose and San Diego CSUs
SAN DIEGO — The California State University system’s plan for a mostly virtual fall semester due to the coronavirus pandemic doesn’t necessarily close the door on football at its three schools that play in the far-flung Mountain West Conference. San Diego State is looking at having football players return to...
After Devastating Economic Contraction, Glimmers of Growth Emerge
[aggregation-styles] The Wall Street Journal Subscription There are signs the economic contraction caused by the pandemic, the steepest since the Great Depression, has bottomed out and a tentative recovery may be under way. Though government data show record monthly drops in retail sales and manufacturing production in April, in a...
CDC Director: ‘Very Aggressive’ Contact Tracing Needed For U.S. To Return To Normal
[aggregation-styles] NPR It's the question on everyone's minds: What will it take for us to come out of this period of extreme social distancing and return to some semblance of normal life? It turns out that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been working on a plan to...
Two Coasts. One Virus. How New York Suffered Nearly 10 Times the Number of Deaths as California.
[aggregation-styles] Pro Publica By March 14, London Breed, the mayor of San Francisco, had seen enough. For weeks, she and her health officials had looked at data showing the evolving threat of COVID-19. In response, she’d issued a series of orders limiting the size of public gatherings, each one feeling...
Atwater Declares It’s a ‘Sanctuary’ From Stay-at-Home Order
More parks and hiking trails welcomed visitors again Saturday and one city declared itself a “sanctuary” from California's stay-at-home order as the state's diverse regions carve their own path toward reopening. Officials in Atwater, a city of 30,000 in central California, unanimously agreed Friday not to enforce the nearly 2-month-old...
Poll: US Believers See Message of Change From God in Virus
NEW YORK — The coronavirus has prompted almost two-thirds of American believers of all faiths to feel that God is telling humanity to change how it lives, a new poll finds. While the virus rattles the globe, causing economic hardship for millions and killing more than 80,000 Americans, the findings of the...
State Center Says Online Classes Will Continue for Fall Semester
Most fall semester classes at State Center Community College District will be online and off-campus, continuing the distance learning mode of instruction that began this semester because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Only classes that require face-to-face instruction will be offered on-campus, the district said Friday in an email. "Faculty, classified...