The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday called for the cancellation of in-person events of 50 or more people for the next eight weeks to try to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
As chairman of the California Coastal Commission, Padilla said he recently conducted a commission hearing in Santa Cruz. He also said he was talking to public health officials to notify those he might have recently come into contact with.
After further examination, the officers found vials filled with a white liquid and labeled “Corona Virus 2019nconv (COVID-19)” and “Virus1 Test Kit,” authorities said. The shipment was then turned over to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for analysis.
Faced with mounting coronavirus infections, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday issued sweeping new restrictions in California, calling for home isolation of everyone in the state over age 65 and people with chronic disease, both high-risk populations. He also asked for closure of bars, wineries, night clubs and brew pubs, and called for restaurants to reduce their occupancy by half. He called that “deep social distancing” and a “pragmatic response to the moment.”
We have all learned hard lessons over the past few years as mega-wildfires have torn across our state, claiming lives and destroying homes. It is clear that we must adapt and respond to the effects of climate change and other causes that are driving these monster infernos. And we must act now.
I’ve learned a lot over the past few years as mega-wildfires have torn across our state, claiming lives and destroying property, sometimes in a matter of hours. Namely, we must adapt and respond to the effects of climate change — which is driving these monster infernos – and we must act now.
Pacific Gas and Electric has agreed to pay the town of Paradise, as well as Butte County and several other Northern California counties $1 billion as part of a negotiated civil settlement for a string of utility-company caused wildfires that ravaged the north state since 2015.
President Trump has made eliminating federal regulations a priority. His administration, with help from Republicans in Congress, has often targeted environmental rules it sees as burdensome to the fossil fuel industry and other big businesses.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday challenged the Legislature to revise state laws on utilities’ wildfire liabilities, presenting lawmakers with a series of potentially controversial strategies to shield electric companies from growing costs fueled by climate change.
The governor did not take a position on the most politically perilous options his “strike force” of state government officials laid out in a widely anticipated report about climate change, wildfires and utilities.
Saying the costs of wildfires must be spread more broadly as climate change worsens, Gov. Gavin Newsom said California must consider dramatic changes in California law Friday to give bankrupt PG&E and other big utilities greater legal protection against liabilities that can spiral into the billions of dollars.
Releasing a wide-ranging suite of proposals from a “strike force” he created two months ago, Newsom stopped short of endorsing what is likely the most controversial recommendation: a shuffling of costs that would likely take money from insurance companies and utility ratepayers, while potentially trimming