[aggregation-styles] Visalia Times Delta The Visalia Unified School District has quarantined two of its classrooms after reopening elementary schools this week. The quarantine affects 28 students in classes at Mineral King and Denton elementary schools, according to VUSD's communications office. “Families and staff at two of our elementary sites, Mineral...
Newsom Taps Former Clinton WH Press Secretary for Top Economic Post
[aggregation-styles] Politico Dee Dee Myers, the first female White House press secretary in history and recently a top executive for Warner Bros., will become the chief economic and business adviser for Gov. Gavin Newsom as he grapples with California's pandemic-stricken economy. Myers, 59, will start Friday as senior adviser to...
GOP in Arizona Asks Followers If They’re Willing to Die to Overturn Election for Trump
[aggregation-styles] CBS News The Arizona Republican Party asked its Twitter followers this week if they would be "willing" to die to overturn President Trump's election loss. On Monday, an activist associated with the "Stop the Steal" movement, which promotes baseless arguments that Democrats "stole" the election, tweeted, "I am willing...
Hollywood Insiders Defend “Essential” Worker Status Amid Growing Criticism
[aggregation-styles] The Hollywood Reporter On Dec. 5, a Los Angeles County-based restaurant owner went viral after posting a video of herself showing off her outdoor dining area, which she was forced to shut down after November orders from California Gov. Gavin Newsom. In the clip, the woman, Pineapple Hill Saloon...
In Tentative Ruling, Judge Says LA County Acted Arbitrarily on Outdoor Dining Ban
[aggregation-styles] NBC Los Angeles Los Angeles County health officials acted arbitrarily and without a proper risk-benefit analysis when they banned outdoor dining as a coronavirus-control measure, a judge tentatively ruled Tuesday. Even if the decision is finalized, it won't immediately restore in- person dining in California's most populous county, where...
Pasadena Rejects LA County Ban, Allows Outdoor Dining to Continue
PASADENA, Calif. — It was a rare sight after Los Angeles County restaurants were restricted to takeout to reduce the spread of the coronavirus: tables and chairs set up outside the Pie 'N Burger shop in Pasadena. Owner Michael Osborn explained to two men who approached him Monday that the...
Search Continues for Gunman Who Shot California Deputies
LOS ANGELES — Authorities were continuing to search Monday for a gunman who walked up to a parked sheriff's squad car and opened fire, critically wounding two Los Angeles County deputies in an ambush recorded on surveillance video. Officials asked for the public’s help in identifying the gunman in a...
Fresno Primary Care Providers Will Soon Be Asked to Do COVID-19 Tests
Imagine getting a test for coronavirus at the same time you get blood work or a physical at your doctor's office. That may soon be a reality. Los Angeles and Long Beach recently put out orders to that effect. Starting Friday, all primary care providers there must provide COVID-19 testing....
Attorney: Man Was Shot in Back by Los Angeles County Deputy
LOS ANGELES — An 18-year-old man was shot in the back five times and killed last month by a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who, nearly three weeks later, still has not been interviewed by investigators, the family's lawyer and authorities said Wednesday. Andres Guardado, who friends and relatives said...
Deputies Kill Half-Brother of Black Man Found Hanged in Park
ROSAMOND — The half-brother of a black man found hanged in a California park was killed in a gunbattle with Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies seeking him as kidnap and assault suspect, according to authorities and a family lawyer. A woman with him was wounded and a child was uninjured....