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California Coronavirus Cases Leveling Off

April 7, 2020 5:13 pm

‘California would not have given those respirators if they knew that a really big surge was coming. Donating all of those ventilators was a big hint that things are better than they had seemed.’ According to an updated COVID-19...

Special Prisoner Releases to Counter Coronavirus Spread Denied By U.S. District Court

April 7, 2020 1:37 pm

An attempt by California prisoners to secure early release due to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus failed during the weekend as a special three judge U.S. District Court panel denied their request. The prisoners were hoping for an affirmation...

California Legislature Moves Back Reopening Date to May 4th

April 7, 2020 2:20 amApril 7, 2020 3:48 pm

The California Assembly and Senate announced that their return to session date has been moved from April 13th to May 4th as stay-at-home orders have been extended statewide until at least the end of April. Reconvening on May 4th The...

California’s Unemployment Department Overburdened by Unprecedented Number of Claims

April 6, 2020 5:56 pmApril 12, 2020 9:16 am

California’s Employment Development Department (EDD), the agency in charge of unemployment claims and insurance in the state, has found itself severely strained for almost a month as it rushes to meet almost 2 million claims filed in three weeks. Almost...

Riverside County Issues Mandatory Mask Order

April 6, 2020 1:52 pm

During the weekend, Riverside County became the first county in the state to issue a mandatory mask order, as well as stopping all non-family member gatherings. Mandatory masks and increased stay at home orders in Riverside County Starting yesterday, all...

Backlog of Coronavirus Tests Reduced by Two-Thirds

April 4, 2020 6:15 pmApril 5, 2020 11:05 am

During a press conference on Saturday, Governor Gavin Newsom confirmed that the state had cut down the backlog of COVID-19 coronavirus tests by two-thirds. State officials confirmed that the number of people awaiting test results dropped from 60,000 to 13,000....

Highest COVID-19 Rates Highest in Democrat-Controlled West LA and Hollywood

April 4, 2020 5:51 pmApril 4, 2020 6:01 pm

Covid-19 has a social location and is not evenly distributed throughout Los Angeles County. The highest rates of Corona-Virus outbreak in Los Angeles County are in Democrat-controlled West Los Angeles and Hollywood, with predominantly white ethnicity and white-collar occupations. However,...