California

California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered much of California to shutter indoor operations at restaurants, museums, bars and other venues on Wednesday as the state’s coronavirus caseload continues to surge.The order applies to 19 of the state’s 58 counties and will remain in effect for three weeks. They range form Imperial on the Mexican border to…

July 1, 2020 | 11:09pm A California man who contracted the coronavirus after attending a party posted a haunting warning on Facebook the day before he died. Tommy Macias, 51, began to show symptoms a week after attending a party in early June in Lake Elsinore, about 70 miles outside of Los Angeles, NBC News…

California Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered all bars, indoor restaurant operations and movie theaters to shut down immediately in most parts of the state as coronavirus cases continue to spike.Newsom announced the revised stay-at-home order on Wednesday, nearly three weeks after California bars, stores, restaurants and salons reopened for the first time after a three-month…

California lawmakers harshly criticized state corrections officials' “failure of leadership” Wednesday, saying they botched their handling of the coronavirus pandemic by inadvertently transferring infected inmates to a virus-free prison, triggering the state’s worst prison outbreak.A third of the 3,500 inmates at San Quentin State Prison near San Francisco have tested positive since officials transferred 121…

Melissa Daniels, Palm Springs Desert Sun Published 4:27 p.m. ET July 1, 2020 | Updated 4:38 p.m. ET July 1, 2020CLOSE R-0 may be the most important scientific term you’ve never heard of when it comes to stopping the coronavirus pandemic. USA TODAYPALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday said bars must close…