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Photo of a Harvard Block Sale sign stuck to a tree in Fresno, California

City Supplies COVID-19 Masks for Saturday’s Harvard Block Sale

July 10, 2020

Neither blazing heat nor COVID-19 is stopping the Harvard Block Sale, which is a decades-old tradition for Fresno bargain hunters. To ensure COVID-19 safety compliance, there will be two code enforcement officers at the Harvard Block Sale, city officials sa...

Fresno Unified Parents Must Decide by July 31: Campus or Online?

Nancy Price

July 9, 2020

If parents want their kids to attend Fresno Unified School District's online school for the new school year, they will need to opt in by July 31, Superintendent Bob Nelson said Thursday. Parents who don't re...

Virus Jump Swells California Lines for Tests; Shortages Loom

AP News

July 9, 2020

LOS ANGELES — Before Brian Haag returned to work styling hair at Los Angeles salon last month, he wanted to ensure his clients he was not infected with coronavirus, so he booked an appointment for a test and wa...

Five Myths About COVID-19 Politicians Insist Are True

The Conversation

July 9, 2020

The number of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. has jumped to around 50,000 a day, and the virus has killed more than 130,000 Americans. Yet, I still hear myths about the infection that has created the worst public health crisis in America in a century. The pu...

Walters: State Unemployment Insurance in Chaos

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

July 9, 2020

Long before the COVID-19 shredded California’s economy, the state’s unemployment insurance program was deeply troubled. Thanks to a decades-long political stalemate, the unemployment system, managed by the E...

‘A Hot Mess’: Americans Face Testing Delays as Virus Surges

AP News

July 8, 2020

LOS ANGELES — For two weeks, Rachael Jones has stayed home, going without a paycheck while waiting and waiting for the results of a COVID-19 test from a pharmacy near Philadelphia. Four months, 3 million con...

Side by side images of COVID image and Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke

Merced Sheriff’s New Tune: COVID-19 Is Bad, Wear a Mask

Bill McEwen

July 8, 2020

Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke is singing a different tune about COVID-19 health risks as the number of cases in his county explodes. Listen to this article: https://d28jd3p91iwyr0.cloudfront.net/public/polly_audio/merced-masks.58b99114-a760-4df0-...

New Rules: Foreign Pupils Must Leave US If Classes Go Online

AP News

July 7, 2020

International students will be forced to leave the U.S. or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online this fall, under new guidelines issued Monday by federal immigration authori...

Governors’ Companies Among Recipients of Virus Relief Loans

AP News

July 6, 2020

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Governors who ordered shutdowns as their states responded to the coronavirus pandemic were among millions of beneficiaries of the loan program created to help small businesses weather COVID-19'...

Uber Buys Postmates, UPS Delivery Game in $2.65 Billion Deal

AP News

July 6, 2020

SILVER SPRING, Md. — Uber has widened its reach in the fiercely competitive delivery market by acquiring Postmates in a $2.65 billion all-stock deal, the company said Monday. The acquisition enables the ride-hailing giant to increase its delivery offerings ...

Sheriff Places 1,200 Fresno Inmates Into COVID-19 Quarantine

California Plans Early Release of 10,000 State Prisoners

City Supplies COVID-19 Masks for Saturday’s Harvard Block Sale

Comet Streaking Past Earth, Providing Spectacular Show

VMT Law Could 'Thwart' Efforts to Finish Highway 99 Widening

Five Myths About COVID-19 Politicians Insist Are True

Props to You, Californians: A Preview of What’s on Your November Ballot

Temperance Flat Dam Put on the Shelf Indefinitely

No Charges in NASCAR Noose Incident Involving Black Driver

Singer Says Lawsuit Over Lady a Name Is ‘White Privilege’

After Adopting Twin Girls, Buster Posey Will Sit Out Season

Sheriff: ‘Glee’ Actor Naya Rivera Missing in California Lake

Walters: Newsom Now Owns the COVID-19 Pandemic

Five Myths About COVID-19 Politicians Insist Are True

Walters: State Unemployment Insurance in Chaos

I Faced a Challenge One of Every Three People in America Has: Depression and Anxiety

Eid al-Fitr Marks End of Ramadan, but COVID-19 Curtails Big Events

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

COVID-19 Brings a New Kind of Ramadan for Muslim Community

Must Muslims Fast for Ramadan During COVID-19?

Trump’s Superpower Turns to Kryptonite

Ex-Bush Officials Launch Super PAC Backing Biden Over Trump

With Student Gathering, Trump Gets a More Boisterous Crowd

Trump Rally Highlights Vulnerabilities Heading Into Election

City Supplies COVID-19 Masks for Saturday’s Harvard Block Sale

Fresno Unified Parents Must Decide by July 31: Campus or Online?

Virus Jump Swells California Lines for Tests; Shortages Loom

Five Myths About COVID-19 Politicians Insist Are True

Walters: State Unemployment Insurance in Chaos

‘A Hot Mess’: Americans Face Testing Delays as Virus Surges

Merced Sheriff’s New Tune: COVID-19 Is Bad, Wear a Mask

New Rules: Foreign Pupils Must Leave US If Classes Go Online

Governors’ Companies Among Recipients of Virus Relief Loans

Uber Buys Postmates, UPS Delivery Game in $2.65 Billion Deal

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