LAS VEGAS — Governors and legislative leaders from five western states that are coordinating their response to the coronavirus outbreak asked Congress on Monday to send $1 trillion to state and local governments across the U.S. in the next federal aid package. Officials from California, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Washington...
Hard-Hit Restaurants Await Word on California Reopening
SACRAMENTO — California restaurants waiting for permission to reopen to diners have been preparing for the “new normal” in the age of the coronavirus. Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected Tuesday to provide more details of what’s required before his plan to reopen California’s economy reaches restaurant dining rooms, shuttered since...
California Official: Bad Mask Deals Lost No Taxpayer Money
SACRAMENTO — California's top emergency official defended the state Monday over failed, high-priced deals for personal protective equipment, saying taxpayers haven't lost money and that the state was doing its best amid a worldwide mad dash for gear during the coronavirus pandemic. “Given the thousands of commodities vetted, the tremendous...
With 50 COVID Deaths and Over 1,000 Infections, Tulare County Urges Masks
Deaths from COVID-19 rose to 50 in Tulare County on Monday as the total number of confirmed infections pushed past 1,150 in the area. Meanwhile, county health officials are urging residents to wear face masks around others outside the home to slow the spread of the virus. Ten additional deaths...
Fresno Unified Gives New Student-Tracking ‘Assignments’ to Teachers
Fresno Unified School District has unveiled a new way for district and school leaders to identify which students are not being reached and then develop plans to engage them. The data being collected comes from weekly teacher assignments in the ATLAS Gradebook tool. The new tool, which was rolled out...
Virus Rampages Across Vast Navajo Lands, Close-Knit Families
TUBA CITY, Arizona — The virus arrived on the reservation in early March, when late winter winds were still blowing off the mesas and temperatures at dawn were often barely above freezing. It was carried in from Tucson, doctors say, by a man who had been to a basketball tournament...
AP Source: MLB Owners Approve Plan to Start Season in July
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball owners gave the go-ahead Monday to making a proposal to the players’ union that could lead to the coronavirus-delayed season starting around the Fourth of July weekend in ballparks without fans, a plan that envisioned expanding the designated hitter to the National League for...
Risk of Reopening US Economy Too Fast: A W-Shaped Recovery
WASHINGTON — When the coronavirus erupted in the United States, it triggered quarantines, travel curbs and business shutdowns. Many economists predicted a V-shaped journey for the economy: A sharp drop, then a quick bounce-back as the virus faded and the economy regained health. Others envisioned a slower, U-shaped course. Now,...
Poll: Majority Disapprove of Lockdown Protests, Back Restaurant Closures
WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans disapprove of protests against restrictions aimed at preventing the spread the coronavirus, according to a new poll that also finds the still-expansive support for such limits — including restaurant closures and stay-at-home orders — has dipped in recent weeks. The new survey from the University of...
10 Takeaways From the Worst Jobs Report in US History
BALTIMORE — Brutal. Horrific. Tragic. Choose your description. The April jobs report showed, in harrowing detail, just how terribly the coronavirus outbreak has pummeled the U.S. economy. Most obviously, there’s the 14.7% unemployment rate, the highest since the Great Depression. And the shedding of more than 20 million jobs, by...