COVID-19 Archives

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Fresno Unified Will Seek OK To Reopen K-6 Schools to Students

September 19, 2020

Fresno Unified School District elementary school students could be among the first to be back in the classroom with their teachers. The district is planning to apply for a waiver that allow those students to return to school for in-person instruction. Older...

Youth Suicide Attempts Up in Fresno County in Recent Days, Health Expert Warns.

Jim Jakobs

September 18, 2020

A disturbing trend in Fresno County has leaders on edge and asking for help from parents to talk with their kids. Officials say it is a public health issue that needs to be addressed immediately. "Locally we...

Fresno Asks Governor to Let Restaurants Open Indoors

Jim Jakobs

September 17, 2020

Members of the Fresno City Council listened to impassioned pleas from the business community Thursday before voting to pass a resolution asking Governor Gavin Newsom to allow restaurants to reopen indoors "as s...

Doors Won’t Open at Some Fresno Businesses Until Device Screens You for COVID

Jim Jakobs

September 16, 2020

Coming to a wall near you - a new digital device ensuring you answer all COVID-19 health survey questions before you're allowed in. Several local businesses and a school have already jumped on board. Northwest Fresno company OnDisplay went live Wednesday wi...

Oklahoma’s Epidemiologist Warned of Trump Rally Deaths

AP News

September 16, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma's former state epidemiologist warned that President Donald Trump's rally in Tulsa in June could lead to as many as nine deaths and 228 new cases of COVID-19, according to documents rele...

Board of Barbering & Cosmetology President Publicly Blasts Newsom and CDPH for Keeping Her in the ‘Dark’

Jim Jakobs

September 16, 2020

Lisa Thong, President of the California Board of Barbering and Cosmetology publicly stated Monday that Governor Newsom and the California Department of Public Health have kept her and her board in the dark as t...

Walters: Most ‘Job Killer’ Bills Bite the Dust Again

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

September 16, 2020

As COVID-19 slammed into California a half-year ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered a partial shutdown of what had been a high-flying economy to combat the deadly virus, plunging the state into its worst recession since the Great Depression. In turn, the pandemi...

Photo of Big Creek, California, on the morning of Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020, after the Creek Fire.S

Hume Lake, Big Creek Schools Get Waivers to Reopen, but Creek Fire Scattered Students

Nancy Price

September 15, 2020

Two small Sierra schools are approved for waivers to reopen for in-person instruction for elementary school students, the first in Fresno County since the coronavirus pandemic closed schools in mid-March. Hu...

Fresno County’s COVID-19 Numbers Head in Right Direction Toward Reopenings

Jim Jakobs

September 15, 2020

Cautious optimism radiated from Tuesday's Fresno County Department of Public Health Zoom call as the state released improved COVID-19 numbers. For the time being, Fresno County remains in the purple tier, in...

Apology, No Firing After Trump Health Official’s Video Accusations

AP News

September 15, 2020

WASHINGTON — A Trump health appointee who is accused of trying to muzzle an important scientific report in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic apologized Tuesday for a separate video in which he reportedly says scientists battling the virus are conspiring ag...

California Sees Large Outdoor Worship Events Despite Virus

Vocal City Hall Rally: ‘We Are Telling You We Are Opening October 1st’

State Schools Chief Announces New Anti-Hate Education Initiative

On 75th Anniversary of UN, Its Chief Appeals for Peace

Nail Salons Say Newsom Has Forgotten Them as All Other States Allow Reopening

Youth Suicide Attempts Up in Fresno County in Recent Days, Health Expert Warns.

Fresno Asks Governor to Let Restaurants Open Indoors

Board of Barbering & Cosmetology President Publicly Blasts Newsom and CDPH for Keeping Her in the ‘Dark’

Gaga’s Masks, Weeknd’s Advocacy and More Top Vmas Moments

Jim Carrey to Play Joe Biden on Upcoming Season of “Saturday Night Live”

Volunteers Needed to Walk Dogs and Take Care of Cats Evacuated From the Creek Fire

Bryson DeChambeau Blasts Way to U.S. Open Title

Hit Hard by COVID-19, Where Do We Go From Here?

Is Mike Pompeo Preparing an October Surprise?

Walters: Most ‘Job Killer’ Bills Bite the Dust Again

Don’t Believe Prop. 15 Backers. It’s a Big Tax Hike for Farmers.

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

Biden Courts Latino Voters in 1st Trip To Florida as Nominee

Post Office Won’t Forward Ballots. Will Thousands Displaced by Creek Fire Still be Able to Vote?

Trump and Biden Hit Unlikely Battleground State of Minnesota

Trump Ad Asks People to Support the Troops. But It Uses a Picture of Russian Jets.

Fresno Unified Will Seek OK To Reopen K-6 Schools to Students

Fresno Asks Governor to Let Restaurants Open Indoors

Doors Won’t Open at Some Fresno Businesses Until Device Screens You for COVID

Oklahoma’s Epidemiologist Warned of Trump Rally Deaths

Board of Barbering & Cosmetology President Publicly Blasts Newsom and CDPH for Keeping Her in the ‘Dark’

Walters: Most ‘Job Killer’ Bills Bite the Dust Again

Hume Lake, Big Creek Schools Get Waivers to Reopen, but Creek Fire Scattered Students

Fresno County’s COVID-19 Numbers Head in Right Direction Toward Reopenings

Apology, No Firing After Trump Health Official’s Video Accusations

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