California

6.15pm EDT 18:15 The Guardian’s Vivian Ho has more from California, where the governor has ordered the closure of all recently reopened bars and halted indoor operations of restaurants, movie theaters, museums and zoos across the majority of the state following a surge in coronavirus cases. The order affects 19 counties, amounting to 70% of…

California has ordered indoor businesses, including restaurants and movie theaters, to close across 19 counties as the state grapples with a resurgence of coronavirus cases, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday. Effective immediately, businesses with indoor operations in counties that have been on the state's "County Monitoring List" for three consecutive days will be required to close.…

A number of California counties are worried about the future of their state-funded coronavirus testing sites as the number of new cases surges within the state, Kaiser Health News reported Wednesday.Almost two dozen county public health officials expressed concern to Kaiser Health News that the state has threatened to cut funding to underutilized testing sites.Officials from Contra…

State and local governments planned more restrictions Tuesday as coronavirus cases continued to spike and officials became increasingly alarmed that the July 4th holiday weekend could bring a wave of new infections that could overwhelm hospitals.The surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations began around the Memorial Day weekend as residents began socializing after months largely…

A man who led California police on a pursuit that reportedly reached speeds greater than 100 mph was taken into custody -- but only after he drove his vehicle off a cliff into the Pacific Ocean.The incident that unfolded in Santa Cruz County Tuesday afternoon began when officers received a report of a man firing a handgun into the air, a police spokesperson told the Santa Cruz Sentinel. An individual matching…