[aggregation-styles] CBS Miami MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — The Miami Heat are turning to COVID-sniffing dogs to screen fans at the gates. The Heat been working on the plan for months, and the highly trained dogs have been in place for some games this season where the team has allowed a handful...
Passengers Taking Busy Fresno Flights to Mexico Now Need COVID Test Before They Can Return
Every week, over a thousand Valley passengers are estimated to travel directly from Fresno Yosemite International Airport to Mexico via Aeromexico and Volaris airlines. Starting Tuesday, they'll need to prove they don't have COVID-19 before they are able to return home to the United States. The change comes after the Centers for...
Small Businesses Need Support Through COVID-19 Pandemic
Alicia Villanueva started making 100 tamales at night and sold them door-to-door before finally realizing her dream of opening her own restaurant. Eventually, she was selling tens of thousands of her tamales, serving the likes of Google and Facebook, and expected 2020 to be her most profitable year. Then the...
Sen. Hurtado Urges Gov. Newsom to Change COVID-19 Strategy
State Sen. Melissa Hurtado, a Sanger Democrat, called on Gov. Gavin Newsom to change California’s COVID-19 strategy on Friday. Hurtado's push came after the state reported a one-day record of 764 COVID-19 deaths for Thursday. There have been 3.12 million positive cases and 35,701 coronavirus-related deaths in the state. Hurtado specifically wants...
California Reports Record Daily COVID-19 Death Toll of 764
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California reported a one-day record of 764 COVID-19 deaths on Friday but the rate of new infections is falling. The deaths reported by the California Department of Public Health top the previous mark of 708 set on Jan. 8. In the last two days California has recorded...
State Activates MyTurn Vaccine Clearinghouse Website
Facing criticism for its chaotic COVID-19 vaccine rollout, California has quietly launched a long-promised statewide website to help residents learn when they are eligible to receive the vaccine and schedule appointments. Called MyTurn (myturn.ca.gov), the online registry has not yet been widely promoted and still is a work in progress. Gov. Gavin...
Madera Hospital ICU Overrun With COVID Patients as State Promises Help
Madera Community Hospital has 10 ICU beds. All those beds are filled with COVID-19 patients. In fact, there's not a single ICU bed available in the entire county. "All of those are patients that are on ventilators," hospital Chief Executive Officer Karen Paolinelli tells GV Wire℠by Zoom. "We do have seven patients...
Dyer Vows to Deliver Emergency Rent Aid ‘as Soon as We Can’
Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer said Thursday that his goal is to quickly get the next round of emergency rental assistance grants to struggling residents. Dyer's commitment to speedy dispersal of the grants followed Wednesday's announcement that the city had received $15.8 million in federal funding for the program. "The money...
Tulare County 2-1-1 Overwhelmed With COVID-19 Vaccine Calls
The good news is, Tulare County residents are eager to get their COVID-19 vaccinations. The bad news? Supplies are short, and residents have deluged the county's 2-1-1 call center. As a result, there are long wait times. So how does somebody get a potentially life-saving appointment for a vaccination? By...
Biden Signs Burst of Virus Orders, Vows ‘Help Is on the Way’
WASHINGTON — With a burst of executive orders, President Joe Biden served notice Thursday that America's war on COVID-19 is under new command, promising an anxious nation progress to reduce infections and lift the siege it has endured for nearly a year. At the same time, he tried to manage...