Yosemite Unified School District trustees will resume their meeting Wednesday evening in the Yosemite High football stadium after Monday's meeting was adjourned when dozens attendees refused to wear face masks even after sheriff's deputies were called to the meeting. A notice posted on Tuesday on the district's website lists the...
Fully Vaccinated but Scared to Remove Your Mask? For Some, It Could Take Time.
[aggregation-styles] The Chicago Tribune Subscription As more people across the country become vaccinated against COVID-19, the CDC released guidelines March 8 allowing for fully vaccinated people to gather together without masks. But pulling off the mask and adjusting to life before the pandemic will come with a learning curve, according...
Simi Valley Businesses Given Green Light To Call Police on Customers Who Refuse To Wear Face Masks
[aggregation-styles] CBS Los Angeles SIMI VALLEY (CBSLA) — Simi Valley businesses whose customers refuse to wear a face mask can now call the police for help in removing those persons from their property.Face masks are required by the state in order to comply with business reopening guidelines to reduce the...
Woman Stabs Employee 27 Times After Being Told to Wear Mask in West Side Store: Police
[aggregation-styles] Fox 11 Los Angeles CHICAGO - A woman stabbed an employee more than two dozen times while another woman held him by the hair after they were told to wear a mask inside a West Side store, according to police. Jessica Hill, 21, and Jayla Hill, 18, each face...
Unmasked: NFL Fines Coaches, Teams for Not Covering Faces
NFL coaches thumbed their collective — and exposed — noses at the NFL’s mask mandate in Week 2. The league responded with hefty fines of $100,000 per coach and $250,000 per club. The first three to get fined were Denver’s Vic Fangio, San Francisco’s Kyle Shanahan and Seattle’s Pete Carroll, according to...
Wildfire Smoke Blanketing Valley Is Huge Health Hazard, So Stay Indoors
Six major wildfires burning in Northern California are creating dangerous smoky conditions for Valley residents, who are urged to stay indoors as much as possible — even if it means the dog doesn't get walked. The six fires have already burned over 2,800 square miles — larger than the entire...
Scarcity of Key Material Squeezes Medical Mask Manufacturing
FRESNO — Rachel Spray is still grieving the loss of her fellow nurse who died after being exposed to the novel coronavirus at Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center. Now, as she stands in front of the gleaming glass and concrete hospital, she says she “dreads going in there” and fears...
400 Mask-Wearers Will Get $100 Gift Card in Five Valley Counties
This is a story of what will happen if you're "caught" wearing a face mask. The Central Valley Community Foundation is randomly seeking out 400 people in Fresno, Madera, Tulare, Kings, and Merced counties to receive a $100 Visa gift card. It's part of a $50,000 campaign to encourage mask...
Harris: Nationwide Mask Mandate Wouldn’t Carry Punishment
WASHINGTON — Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris said Friday “nobody’s going to be punished” if she and running mate Joe Biden implement the nationwide mask mandate they have called for during the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s really a standard. I mean, nobody’s gonna be punished. Come on,” the California...
Lawsuit: Smart & Final Discriminates Against Disabled People With Mask Policy
A recently filed class-action lawsuit claims that Smart & Final, LLC is discriminating against disabled people in its implementation of COVID-19 face mask requirements. The suit alleges that Smart & Final does not offer curbside pickup, does not have employees shop for disabled people, or provide their employees with proper...