It's been a bust for California's gaming industry betting on federal stimulus dollars to get through the COVID-19 pandemic. Club One Casino in Fresno laid off its employees after voluntarily shutting down March 17. The card room applied for federal loan-to-grant programs made available through the CARES Act, but ran...
Will House Caucus Deliver on COVID-19 Support for Farmworkers?
Rep. Jim Costa of Fresno and Rep. Salud Carbajal of Santa Barbara are overseeing a charge to bring protection and financial help to farmworkers during the coronavirus pandemic. The congressmen wrote a letter signed by everyone in the 38-member Congressional Hispanic Caucus. On Wednesday, the letter was sent to Democratic and...
Reopen California? That’s Toughest Phase Yet, Newsom says
By Ben Christopher and Rachel Becker, CalMatters When will Californians emerge from house confinement? What will life look like? In a roadmap unveiled Tuesday with top public health officials, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he will not lift his shelter-in-place order until adequate suppression and mitigation measures are in place to...
COVID-19 Vaccine Participant: Expect a Lot of Data in 4 Weeks
Data is forthcoming, says one of the initial participants in a vaccine trial for COVID-19. Neal Browning just received his second, and final, vaccine shot. On March 16, 2020, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute gave the first injection of an investigational vaccine for the novel coronavirus to four volunteers participating...
Another Nursing Home Hit by COVID-19 Infections in Tulare County
An outbreak of COVID-19 has now struck a second South Valley nursing home. Lindsay Gardens Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility has had 11 residents test positive for COVID-19, the Tulare County health department announced Wednesday. The 99-bed skilled nursing facility is in Lindsay, about 13 miles east of the city of...
Preparing for Budget Crunch, Conferences Ask NCAA for Relief
Five major football conference commissioners have asked the NCAA to relax some requirements to compete in Division I for four years, including the minimum number of sports a school must sponsor. A letter from the commissioners of the American Athletic Conference, Mountain West, Mid-American Conference, Sun Belt and Conference USA...
Fresno State’s Vintage Days Goes Virtual Starting Friday
Fresno State's Vintage Days won't be a victim of the COVID-19 pandemic after all — but the on-campus celebration is moving into a virtual world. The annual event was one of many that had to be canceled after the coronavirus outbreak struck and forced a lockdown of all nonessential activities. We...
Opinion: Next Stimulus Should Focus on Energy, Infrastructure
As a lifelong free-market conservative, I know it pained many of my fellow Republicans to vote for the $2.3 trillion emergency relief package signed into law last month. The thought that the economy may need an additional $1 trillion or more in federal spending before the COVID-19 pandemic is over to avoid...
What's It Like Treating NYC COVID-19 Patients? Fresno Doctor Explains.
"As nice as Fresno has treated me, New York has always been my home," says UCSF-Fresno Dr. William Chiang. Chiang spoke to GV Wire after a shift helping treat COVID-19 patients Monday night in New York. We caught up with him via Zoom a couple of hours before his next overnight shift....
Fresno State COVID-19 Lab Will Speed County’s Pandemic Response
Local COVID-19 infections could be confirmed in as little as 24 hours when a new testing lab at Fresno State comes on line in the days ahead. The state-licensed lab, housed at the university's Jordan Agricultural Research Center, can test between 40-60 specimens a day. It will analyze samples collected elsewhere,...