Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday he would close parking lots at dozens of beaches and state parks to prevent the spread of coronavirus after large groups flocked to the coast and mountains to get outdoors on the first weekend under the state's stay-at-home order. Newsom reaffirmed he wants to continue...
California Scrambling to Obtain Virus Protection Gear
SACRAMENTO — California is scrambling to obtain protective gear for healthcare workers and first responders, reaching out worldwide and working with locals to ratchet up production as the coronavirus pandemic sweeps through the nation's most populous state. The state is trying to acquire about 1 billion sets of gloves and...
Central Unified Board, Staff To Meet in Video Teleconference Like 'Brady Bunch'
It will be business not quite as usual when the Central Unified School District trustees hold their regular board meeting on Tuesday. Because of orders by Gov. Gavin Newsom for Californians to shelter in place and also to avoid large public gatherings to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus,...
Governor Calls on Youth to Take Shelter-In-Place Seriously
OAKLAND — Most Californians stayed at home on a Saturday that was unlike any its 40 million residents had ever seen before. Less than 48 hours after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an unprecedented stay-at-home order to help curb the coronavirus spread, shopping centers and streets were empty. Churches were closed....
PG&E Reaches Bankruptcy Deal With Newsom
SACRAMENTO — Pacific Gas & Electric and Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a deal Friday for the nation's largest utility to emerge from bankruptcy triggered by massive liabilities from wildfires. The governor’s office announced that PG&E agreed to overhaul its board and operations, and in addition it agreed to a process...
California Rushes to Prevent Virus Spread Among the Homeless
SACRAMENTO — Home to the largest homeless population in the country, California officials are rushing to get tens of thousands of people off the streets and into shelters and tents to slow the spread of the coronavirus among one of the most vulnerable and difficult-to-reach groups. There has been only...
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.”...
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...
Newsom: 60,000 Homeless Could Get Virus
SACRAMENTO — As worries about the spread of the coronavirus confine millions of Californians to their homes, concern is growing about those who have no homes in which to shelter. Gov. Gavin Newsom estimates up to 60,000 homeless could end up infected. California has more than 150,000 homeless people, the...