Month: April 2020

Tuesday during his daily noon press briefing, Governor Gavin Newsom will announce benchmarks for California to begin to reopen its economy. Watch live here: “The state of California is putting together a bottom up plan a framework for targeted interventions and easing of restrictions,” Newsom said Monday. Some valley city leaders expressed concern about the

A San Francisco-based civil liberties group today filed a federal lawsuit against Riverside County and other entities statewide over barring religious gatherings in the name of coronavirus mitigation. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Riverside, seeks an injunction against measures that reflect a “gross abuse of power” that have been invoked in the

The City of La Quinta is now taking an additional measure to enforce rules for short term rental requiring city approval for each rental ahead of the stay. “I think its great you know that the city going to be able crack down on some of these people and make a change,” said Mike Goble

San Bernardino County is beginning the early stages of the recovery process when the coronavirus pandemic ends. On Monday, officials announced the creation of the San Bernardino County COVID-19 Recovery Coalition. Get the latest local updates at KESQ.com/Coronavirus Board of Supervisors Chairman Curt Hagman will lead the coalition, which will include partners from government, private-sector

The City of Palm Springs issued a new order on Monday that will require essential businesses to comply with Riverside County’s order which mandates all employees and customers must wear a face covering, effectiveimmediately. Visit KESQ.com/Coronavirus for the latest local updates As part of Palm Springs’ order, all businesses will be required to post signage

San Bernardino County health officials confirmed 90 new coronavirus cases and 1,404 patients tested in the past 24 hours. There are now 977 positive cases out of 9,358 patients tested. There was no change in deaths, which remains at 31. Cases in each city: Adelanto: 8Apple Valley: 13Barstow: 8Big Bear City: 2Big Bear Lake: 3Bloomington:

Hospitals are in need of blood donors to help save lives in the face of the potential for blood shortages. “Patients are at risk if physicians and hospitals do not have enough blood to perform surgeries, provide treatment for cancer or sickle cell disease or to treat burn, trauma and accident victims,” said LifeStream Vice

Riverside County health officials confirmed new coronavirus 132 cases, 9 deaths, and 103 recoveries since yesterday. Visit KESQ.com/Coronavirus for the latest local updates The number of cases is now 1,751. There are now 50 deaths. There was no information released on the deaths, however, Palm Desert saw an increase of two deaths since yesterday. The