Newsom: COVID Stay-Home Orders Likely To Be Extended In California
The surging COVID-19 pandemic in California will likely require the state to extend the regional stay-at-home orders, Governor Gavin Newsom announced Monday.
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The surging COVID-19 pandemic in California will likely require the state to extend the regional stay-at-home orders, Governor Gavin Newsom announced Monday.
The Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) sent out a mobile phone emergency alert across the Bay Area on Friday urging residents to stay home except for essential activities.
At his weekly COVID-19 briefing, Gov. Gavin Newsom referred to projection models of future death and misery that he said were becoming "alarmingly" more accurate.
Bay Area congresswoman Anna Eshoo is quarantining at her Washington D.C. residence after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19.
California's next vaccine shipment will be about 40% less than state health officials initially thought it would be, according to reports.
California is seeing the worst days of the coronavirus pandemic, reporting more than 53,000 new cases and 293 deaths on Wednesday, both new daily records while hospitals struggle to absorb a surge in patients.
The Trump administration is withholding $200 million in Medicaid funding from California in the first quarter of 2021 because of a state mandate that requires health insurance providers to offer coverage for abortions.
More people are leaving California than moving here, continuing a trend that coupled with fewer births has slowed the growth rate in the nation's most populous state to a record low amid a pandemic that is reshaping its future.
With front line health care workers across the state beginning to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday he hopes to have 2.1 million doses distributed in California by the end December.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Monday filed a petition requesting that the Sacramento County Superior Court order Amazon to comply with outstanding investigative subpoenas in regard with the company's COVID protocols and coronavirus cases at its facilities.
Even as the first vaccine shipment began arriving in California late Sunday night, the devastating surge in COVID infections continued to soar with both San Francisco and Los Angeles counties recording the highest number of new cases since the pandemic began.
With the clock counting down to a 1 p.m. kickoff, the Pacific-12 canceled the California-Washington State football game Saturday after the Golden Bears determined they could not dress enough healthy players to compete.
The most recent effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom says it's making progress towards its signature goals, with months to go.
With businesses being forced to shut down amid COVID shelter orders across the state, unemployment claims are at their highest level in months. The latest numbers show California jobless claims have risen to nearly 178,000.
The Bay Area is very close to receiving the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine but only a fraction of the 40 million doses available in the country will be shipped initially.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Wednesday announced that the state has joined a lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly violating federal antitrust laws by purchasing emerging competitors to maintain a monopoly.
Millions of Californians are behind on their rent as a result of the pandemic and the state's moratorium on evictions is scheduled to end January 31. Now, lawmakers have introduced a bill that would extend it for another year.
Bay Area counties will be adopting the state's new stay-at-home order beginning Sunday in light of the spike in COVID cases and surge in ICU patients.
California reported 20,759 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, shattering the state's previous record for most new cases confirmed in a single day, according to data on the California COVID-19 website.
The first round of coronavirus vaccines may arrive in California in a matter of weeks. Moderna will apply for emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced additional aid for businesses impacted by COVID-19 in the form of grants and tax relief.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday said that nearly 60 percent of new coronavirus cases were among people in a specific age group as positivity rates continued to rise in addition to giving more details on the state's plan to distribute a vaccine.
General Motors says it will no longer support the Trump administration in legal efforts to end California's right to set its own clean-air standards.
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said residents and businesses should heed California's stay-at-home order but downplayed concerns about individual enforcement, saying authorities will be mainly focusing on establishments violating the order.
California, which has a declining prison population, could save more than $1 billion by closing eight lockups, the Legislative Analyst's Office said in a report Thursday.
