The beauty industry has joined with restaurants in suing Governor Gavin Newsom in an effort to to compel the immediate and permanent reopening of their businesses. High-profile Los Angeles attorney Mark Geragos is their lead counsel. “What has become obvious is that the Governor and so called health officials never...
Fresno’s Top Doc Says Lifting of State COVID Order Was ‘Disorienting’
Governor Gavin Newsom lifted the stay at home order Monday based on projections that hospital intensive care capacity would climb above 15% within the next 4-weeks. In the San Joaquin Valley Region, as defined by California's online dashboard, ICU capacity remains at 0% as of Tuesday. Getting into the more granular...
Supervisors Press Governor for More Vaccine After Mendota Ag Worker Clinic
A group of 50 Fresno County agricultural workers were vaccinated against COVID-19 Monday morning at the Pappas Family Farm in Mendota. This only represents .07% of about 70,000 farm and food production workers in Fresno County. "We're really planting a seed and we're really just trying to see how that seed...
Fresno County Asked for 38,000 COVID Vaccine Doses. It Got Just 8,000.
The supply of COVID-19 vaccine is slowing considerably and falling far short of demand in Fresno County, health officials said Friday. Joe Prado, the county's community health manager , said he requested 38,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the state this week, but received only enough supply for 8,000 shots. "It's...
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...
Did Shutting Down Outdoor Dining Contribute To California’s COVID-19 Surge? Disease Expert Believes So
[aggregation-styles] SF Gate Late last week, Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot — typically cautious on COVID-19 policy — raised some eyebrows after calling for restaurants and bars to reopen "as soon as possible." Her logic: The current COVID-19 surge has been primarily fueled by at-home gatherings and parties, and if people...
Bay Area Restaurants, Wineries File Lawsuit Over Outdoor Dining Ban
[aggregation-styles] KTVU-Television NAPA, Calif. - A coalition of Bay Area restaurants and wineries filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against California’s ban on outdoor dining, calling the restriction "arbitrary, capricious, and untethered to evidence." The lawsuit, filed in Napa County Superior Court, named Governor Gavin Newsom and California State Public Health...
FBI Alerts Fresno Sheriff to Domestic Terror Threats at State Capitol, No Direct Threats Locally
The FBI contacted the Fresno County Sheriff's Office on Monday to issue an alert about the potential threat of people targeting state Capitol buildings throughout the country. "They (FBI) just made us aware of that intel they had," says Fresno County Sheriff's spokesperson Tony Botti to GV Wire℠. "We're just...
Tulare COVID Vaccine Clinic Turned Away People From San Jose, Oakland
People not eligible to sign up to receive a COVID-19 vaccine managed to find a way to do so in Tulare County. Somehow, internal registration links that were sent to specific targeted groups were then shared through social media. It's unclear if anyone actually got the shot, but Tulare County Health...
Reports: Disney May Relocate Some CA Operations To Florida
[aggregation-styles] San Fernando Valley Business Journal Walt Disney Co. may relocate some business operations from California to Florida, according to media reports. A story from the Orlando Business Journal reported that the Burbank entertainment and media giant has not made any public announcement of which divisions or how many employees...