With coronavirus cases and hospitalizations spiking across California, officials are cracking down on scofflaw businesses and putting the brakes on reopening in hopes of slowing the spread.The worsening pandemic has prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom to put a pause on issuing rules that would allow counties to reopen other industries such as amusement parks. As a…
California lawmakers sent a $202.1-billion state budget to Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday, a spending plan crafted to erase a historic deficit triggered by the coronavirus crisis that relies heavily on cash reserves and a multiyear payment plan to meet funding obligations to public schools.The final votes in the Assembly came after passage by the…
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- This week's coronavirus news cycle has been dominated by headlines about a surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in California.COVID-19 RISK CALCULATOR: Quiz yourself on the safest, most dangerous things you can do as California reopensWhile the numbers aren't as bad as they are in other states (we're looking at you,…
Three people died of their injuries after a large wave swept them into the Pacific Ocean from a rocky area near Deer Creek beach in Southern California, according to reports.The victims were not immediately identified and no one else was believed to be missing, FOX 11 of Los Angeles reported.Deer Creek is just north of…
Gov. Gavin Newsom issued another warning to Californians about the growing spread of the coronavirus as the state again reported increases in hospitalizations.The governor’s Thursday news conference marked the third time this week that he has urged people to take more precautions as he disclosed troubling new highs.“I cannot impress upon people more the importance…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…