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San Francisco, Six Other Counties Fall To Red Reopening Tier

March 3, 2021 2:27 pmMarch 3, 2021 3:04 pm

On Tuesday, the California Department of Health downgraded the counties of El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Napa, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Clara from the the highest COVID-19 reopening tier, purple, to the next lowest, red. The move, which...

The Numbers Don’t Add Up in Gov’s More Restrictive COVID Lockdown Tiers

November 11, 2020 12:03 pmNovember 11, 2020 2:41 pm

On Tuesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly, a cabinet-level secretary in the Newsom administration, announced that 11 Californian counties would be moving into more restrictive tiers as the number of new cases and the positivity rates in...

Governor Newsom’s Sleight of Hand in the Age of COVID

November 11, 2020 2:30 amNovember 11, 2020 11:27 am

Gov. Gavin Newsom issued his big, overarching statewide coronavirus lockdown order March 19, 2020 – eight months ago, ordering all Californians to say at home for two weeks to “flatten the curve” of the coronavirus so hospitals would not be...

Gov. Moves 11 California Counties to More Restrictive COVID-19 Lockdown Tiers

November 10, 2020 5:33 pmNovember 11, 2020 6:12 am

On Tuesday, Health and Human Services (CHHS) Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly announced that 11 Californian counties would be moving into more restrictive tiers as the number of new cases and the positivity rates in those counties have gone significantly up...

2020 General Election Preview: 1st Senate District

October 27, 2020 2:20 amOctober 28, 2020 11:00 am

Taking up pretty much all of Northeastern California, the 1st Senate District is mostly forest, mountains, and farms. One of the largest senate districts, the 1st includes Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou counties, as well...

2020 General Election Preview: 1st Assembly District

October 22, 2020 6:47 am

Comprising of all or part of 9 different counties, the 1st Assembly district takes up a rough triangle in far north California, going from Lake Tahoe, to the Oregon border north of Redding, east to the California, Oregon, and Nevada...

California Enters Phase 2 of Reopening

May 9, 2020 2:10 amMay 9, 2020 3:36 am

On Friday, California entered Phase 2 of its 4 Phase reopening plan, lifting some retail and manufacturing sector restrictions and allowing cities and counties who meet certain criteria to open up even more. Phase 2 reopening Retailers such as stores...