Thursday, July 16, 2020
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COVID-19 Resurgence
SJMN: Coronavirus: California unemployment claims jump amid renewed business shutdowns - LAT $: Californians turn anger on each other over second coronavirus shutdown
- LAT $: Essential California: The reopening roller coaster
- LAT $: Next two weeks critical for California as coronavirus rages unchecked around state
- SacBee: California pastor defies coronavirus church orders and says he’ll run for governor
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School is NOT in session
LAT $: California campuses likely to remain closed amid coronavirus spike, state schools chief says - VCStar $: Oak Park becomes first Ventura County school district to go remote-only in the fall
- SJMN: For Bay Area schools, pressure mounts against bringing kids back to classroom
- SacBee: It’s official: Sacramento County public schools won’t reopen this fall
- FresBee: Clovis schools will let students return to campus next month — as COVID-19 cases rise
- FresBee: Fresno’s Central schools will keep classes completely online to start the school year
- PE: Here are the possibilities for Redlands school reopenings
- LAT $: L.A. Latino, Black students suffered deep disparities in online learning, district records show
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Trump Campaign Shake-up
LAT $: Trump, trailing in race, fires his campaign manager -
Vice President Harris?
LAT $: Kamala Harris made her mark confronting Joe Biden. Could they end up as running mates? -
COVID-19 Prison Epidemic
SacBee: Five months after outbreak, California to publish COVID-19 data on local jails - LAT $: Coronavirus outbreak infects inmates at Imperial County’s Calipatria State Prison
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Split Roll and Prop 22
SacBee: ‘Split roll’ gets an endorsement + Betty Yee opposes a public bank + Backing for Prop 22 -
Russian Hackers strike again
SJMN: US, UK and Canada allege Russian cyberattacks on Covid-19 research centers - LAT $: UK, U.S. and Canada accuse Russia of hacking coronavirus vaccine trials
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Testing Priority Changes
VCStar $: Asymptomatic people relegated to lower testing priority -
UC Davis strives for treatment insights
SacBee: UC Health system builds COVID-19 patient database in race for treatment breakthrough -
Fire Season Ramps Up
LAT $: Mineral fire in Fresno County grows to 11,000 acres as firefighters battle ‘extreme’ behavior - FresBee: Crews work to contain wildfire near Kerckhoff Lake in Madera County
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Racism - Public Health Issue?
SBSun: Fontana declares racism a public health crisis -
Rose Parade Cancelled
OCReg: 2021 Rose Parade canceled amid coronavirus, move is 4th in its history – Orange County Register -
Admission Scandal - more sentances
LAT $: Admissions scandal: Newport Beach socialite sentenced to five weeks in prison
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Joel Fox
FH: Close LA? No Dodger Baseball? -
Lake Tahoe
SacBee: Facing a $6.5 million deficit, South Lake Tahoe puts 1-cent sales tax on November ballot -
Sacramento Area
SacBee: Former West Sacramento police chief says he was pushed out for seeking reforms. Now he’s suing - SacBee: A Sacramento County community is a COVID-19 hot spot. Officials are scrambling for answers
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North Bay Area
SFC: In Wine Country, coronavirus cases rise in cramped farmworker housing -
San Francisco Bay Area
SFC: Bay Area businesses grapple with start-stop opening and closing - SJMN: More shutdowns? All 9 Bay Area counties now qualify for state’s coronavirus ‘watch list’
- SFC: Caltrain may shut down as supervisors scuttle sales tax measure
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San Francisco
SFC: San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Supervisor Walton test negative for... - SFC: 3 more SF city departments hit with subpoenas in corruption probe
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East Bay Area
Oakland Zoo to reopen, outdoor dining can resume in Alameda County - Berkeley cops to stop issuing traffic tickets under sweeping police changes
- Oakland passes new tenant rights protections to stop ‘harassing’ landlords
- Alameda County sheriff’s lieutenant fired after inmate dies when left chained to door
- SJMN: Eviction, rent-increase moratoriums extended in Contra Costa County
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South Bay Area
SJMN: Longtime Santa Clara County education trustee censured for alleged gender bias -
Central Valley
Modesto mayor’s proposal for urban limit line won’t make November ballot - Councilwoman Ah You joins those challenging Mayor Brandvold in November election
- FresBee: Rise of Fresno’s COVID-19 hospitalizations bring FEMA teams, possible makeshift hospital
- FresBee: Fresno County approaching 9,000 total coronavirus cases. Church pushes back against rules
- Coronavirus update, July 16: Stanislaus deaths hit 61. Single-day infection rate 47%
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Ventura County
LAT $: Ventura County sees increase in number of positive coronavirus cases among farmworkers -
Los Angeles County
LADN: Case against 4 social workers set to be dismissed in torture death of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez - LAT $: Sheriff’s chief of staff reassigned after he posted Andres Guardado ‘chose his fate’
- LADN: LA County coronavirus hospitalizations soar; state, federal help coming
- LAT $: Coronavirus testing for half a million L.A. students each week? Easier said than done
- LADN: LA County to expand coronavirus testing in lower income, minority areas
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Orange County
LAT $: Orange County opens new COVID-19 testing sites, but appointments are hard to get -
Inland Empire
LAT $: Coronavirus testing hits snags in Inland Empire - PE: San Bernardino County reports 1,012 new coronavirus cases
- PE: Riverside County supervisors back police reforms
- PE: Looking ahead: Riverside, the pandemic and economic recovery
- PE: Riverside County reports most coronavirus deaths in one day — 24
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San Diego County
SDUT: San Diego calls for caution as state hits second-highest, one-day total for COVID-19 cases - SDUT: San Diego council committee unanimously approves ordinances targeting surveillance technology
- SDUT: COVID-19 outbreak forces Del Mar to cancel weekend races