Gavin Newsom

Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, August 4. Newsom guardedly optimistic For the first time in a long while, California has some good coronavirus news. The state’s positive case rate declined by 7%, hospitalizations by 10% and intensive-care admissions by 5% over the past two weeks, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday. One month ago, California’s positive […]

It may be an agonizing decision — but the only way to get care their insurance won't cover.

With federal unemployment benefits of $600 per week set to expire today and nearly 1 million claims backlogged at California’s unemployment department, millions of Californians are teetering on the edge of a financial cliff — and increasingly desperate for answers from elected officials. State lawmakers on Thursday eviscerated the beleaguered agency for leaving many residents […]

Most counties, even those with thousands of COVID-19 cases, attempt to notify everyone exposed. But seven inform only high-risk people — and another isn’t even doing that.

Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, July 28. Democrats unveil $100 billion plan State lawmakers have just five weeks to come up with solutions to massive pandemic-related problems and prevent Californians of all stripes — tenants, landlords, small-business owners, essential workers — from falling off the edge of a cliff. Will they be able to do […]

Eight Central Valley counties will get help with staffing, testing and contact testing to try and slow the virus’ deadly spread, particularly among essential workers.

Good morning, California. It’s Monday, July 27. Government buildings targeted Peaceful protests against racism, police brutality and the intervention of federal agents in Portland, Ore. splintered over the weekend into destruction, vandalism and violence. Protests in Oakland, Los Angeles and Sacramento resulted in numerous arrests and hospitalizations, further inflaming tension between law enforcement and demonstrators. […]

The new program, which will rely mostly on federal money, will provide hotel rooms for agricultural workers who test positive or were exposed to the coronavirus so they can safely isolate.

El nuevo programa, que dependerá principalmente del dinero federal, proveerá habitaciones de hotel para los trabajadores agrícolas que den positivo o que hayan estado expuestos al coronavirus, para que puedan aislarse de manera segura.

With a series of temporary protections that helped Californians get through the first few months of the pandemic set to expire soon, Gov. Gavin Newsom hinted he will today extend some programs in another flex of executive power. Additional federal unemployment benefits of $600 per week end July 31, foreshadowing a wave of evictions and […]