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Governor Newsom Announces New ‘Double Mask’ Guidelines

March 5, 2021 8:20 pmMarch 6, 2021 9:27 am

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) revised the state’s facemask policy Thursday, strongly encouraging Californians to wear two masks instead of one to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The CDPH revised the policy following new recommendations from the Center...

New Assembly Bill Would Create Mental Health Protocols For Students Post-Pandemic

January 26, 2021 2:15 pm

On Tuesday, a bill that would require the California Department of Education to create protocols for educators to address students mental health issues was introduced in the Assembly. Assembly Bill 309, jointly authored by Assemblymen Jesse Gabriel (D-Woodland Hills) and...

California Becomes Second State With Fast-Spreading COVID-19 Variant Cases

December 31, 2020 7:45 am

On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the first case of the quick spreading COVID-19 variant in California has been reported in San Diego. The variant, known as B.1.1.7, was first reported in the United Kingdom last week. Despite mandatory...

It is Groundhog Day Every Day in California Under COVID Lockdowns

December 7, 2020 7:32 amDecember 8, 2020 4:23 pm

With Californians being forced back into business closures, school closures, stay-at-home orders in a statewide lockdown again, it feels like Groundhog Day — every day. Groundhog Day is an old Pennsylvania Dutch tradition that says if a groundhog emerges from...

Gov. Newsom: If Lockdowns Are So Successful, Why Do We Need to Keep Having Them?

December 4, 2020 6:49 amDecember 4, 2020 6:50 am

California Congressman Tom McClintock gave an audacious, common sense speech on the House floor Thursday, directed right at Gov. Gavin Newsom, on “Covid Curfews and Common Sense.” Mr. Speaker: Governor Newsom made a groundbreaking discovery regarding Covid-19 last week. Apparently,...

Gov. Newsom Locks Down California, Bans Bars and Salons, Restricts Travel, in Time for Christmas

December 3, 2020 4:54 pmDecember 4, 2020 2:50 pm

“If we don’t act now, more lives will be lost,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday at a press briefing announcing statewide lockdown orders and travel restrictions. “We want to nix mixing. Full stop.” Newsom added. The governor claims “Our...

Is California’s COVID ‘Surge’ Real?

November 29, 2020 10:09 amDecember 2, 2020 9:06 am

Headlines this weekend screamed “Record-high COVID-19 caseload at Sacramento hospitals as coronavirus surge worsens.” That was a Sacramento Bee headline, blaming “people gathering indoors at Thanksgiving and other holiday events,” only one day after Thanksgiving. “Sacramento hospitals reported a record-high...