Fresno city workers sent home because of their age or health status have been ordered to return to work today or use paid leave. The most recent order from Fresno City Manager Wilma Quan, acting as Emergency Services Director, came Friday afternoon. Quan ordered city employees 65 and older and...
Update: Tulare County Now Has 16 COVID-19 Cases
Tulare County Public Health announced four new positive COVID-19 tests early Monday afternoon, bringing the total to 16. All of the individuals are at home under self-isolation, officials said. The latest cases involved people from Dinuba, Porterville, Tulare, and Visalia. Public health staff began contact investigations this morning. “It’s important...
Over 1.5 Billion Globally Asked to Stay Home to Escape Virus
PARIS — The hunt for masks, ventilators and other medical supplies consumed the U.S. and Europe, as more than 1.5 billion people — one-fifth of the world's population — were urged or ordered to stay home Monday to try to blunt the spread of the coronavirus. Political paralysis stalled efforts...
Fresno County: Three New COVID-19 Cases. Isolation Recommended.
Fresno County Public Health officials reported three new positive cases of COVID-19 at a news conference Friday afternoon. Two of the cases are a young couple returning from a cruise; the third is an elderly person who contracted the coronavirus while visiting a relative in the Bay Area. All three are...
Zucchini Coins, Dunkin' Sticks On School Menus During COVID-19 Closures
The number of meals provided by Fresno-area schools continued to climb this week as school districts worked to make sure no kids go hungry while schools are closed because of the COVID-19 outbreak. And the contents of those meals should look pretty familiar to kids. Wednesday's lunch was a cheeseburger,...
City of Fresno Urges Businesses to Send All Seniors Home
The city of Fresno released two new emergency orders related to the COVID-19. Signed by Fresno City Manager Wilma Quan — acting as Emergency Services Director — the orders urge Fresno businesses to send employees 65 and older home, and allow certain city employees to stay home as well. Both...
Governors Raise Alarm as Coronavirus Taxes Health Systems
BATON ROUGE, La. — In a day of dizzying developments, governors across the U.S. sounded a perilous alarm about the rapid spread of the new coronavirus and warned of dire consequences for their health care systems. The governor of California issued a statewide stay-at-home order, Pennsylvania's governor ordered more than...
Gov. Newsom Imposes Statewide Stay at Home Order
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday ordered the state's 40 million residents to stay at home, restricting non-essential movements to control the spread of the coronavirus that threatens to overwhelm the state's medical system. “This is a moment we need to make tough decisions,” Newsom said. "We need to recognize reality.”...
Madera Unified Chief: Goal Is For 100% Of Kids Online During COVID-19 Closures
Madera Unified School District wants every one of its 20,000 students to have access to high-speed internet — no matter the family's income level — and devices like Chromebooks to connect to it so they can keep learning at home during the COVID-19 outbreak. Superintendent Todd Lile outlined that goal,...
25.5 Million Californians Will Get Coronavirus, Newsom Says
Gov. Gavin Newsom dropped a shocking COVID-19 projection in his letter to President Trump requesting that the Navy Mercy Hospital Ship be sent to the port of Los Angeles. “We project that roughly 56 percent of our population — 25.5 million people — will be infected with the virus over an...