Insisting that safety is “non-negotiable,” Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a $2 billion plan today to get young students back to in-person learning as early as spring. It is unclear how quickly such a move would occur in Southern California, which is being particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The proposal calls for a “phased-in,
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The regional stay at home order in Southern California will remain in place for the time being, Dr. Ghaly, California Health and Human Services Secretary, announces Tuesday afternoon. You can watch it live in the player below: Ghaly said that a region must remain under the order for at least three week and will remain
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Governor Gavin Newsom is giving a live update at noon on Monday. You can watch it live on News Channel 3 and in the player below: During the update, Newsom said that while the initial regional stay-at-home order was set to end today, the Southern Californian region continues to struggle with ICU bed availability. MORE:
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At no point in the pandemic has it been more challenging for staff at Eisenhower Health in Rancho Mirage than right now. The hospital is trying to deal with the rising surge in patients. News Channel 3’s Peter Daut spoke with Eisenhower Health’s, chief medical officer Dr. Alan Williamson on how they’re managing. Peter: What
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Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Monday that the regional stay-at-home order in Southern California is likely to be extended beyond its current expiration date of Dec. 28 due to continued surge of COVID-19 cases. It’s remains unclear how long it might be extended. You can watch the full update below: Newsom added that the state
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Governor Gavin Newsom is delivering an update at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday on the state of California’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. You can watch it live on News Channel 3 and in the player below: Vaccinations administered in California The governor is expected to address the continued distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. On Monday,
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With coronavirus cases surging, our local hospitals are reminding the public to seek proper medical care if you start feeling unwell. Doctors say COVID-19 can impact people differently. And with case numbers climbing again, it’s important to be familiar with some of the early and more mild symptoms. “The big one is lack of taste.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom today announced a statewide cell-phone-based system designed to notify residents when they’ve been exposed to COVID-19. The CA Notify system was originally developed at UC San Diego and UCSan Francisco, and it has been deployed on a trial basis on seven UC campuses, with an estimated 250,000 people opting in to participate,
Continue Reading Governor Gavin Newsom is speaking at 9:30 Monday morning about the implementation of a new regional stay-at-home order that began over the weekend. You can watch it live on News Channel 3 and in the player below: The stay-at-home order is impacting residents in the Southern California and San Joaquin Valley areas. It was triggered
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A building at the Indio Fairgrounds remains prepared to house coronavirus patients in the event that area hospitals run out of space. That’s the word from Riverside County Public Information Officer Brooke Federico. Federico says beds and all the necessary equipment to treat less seriously ill patients are still in place at the fairgrounds site,
Continue Reading Governor Gavin Newsom shared startling numbers in his latest coronavirus update and issued a warning of more drastic action that if the case and hospitalization surge continue at its current rate. You can watch the full update below: “If these trends continue, we’re going to have to take much more dramatic, arguably drastic action,” Newsom
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Riverside County health officials are concerned about the increase in coronavirus cases ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Kim Saruwatari, director of Riverside County Public Health said, “These numbers represent people. They represent our family members, our neighbors, our colleagues.” In one month, officials said Riverside County hospitalizations went from 161 to 400. Dr. Geoffrey Leung,
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Citing what he called an unprecedented spike in new COVID-19 cases, Gov. Gavin Newsom said today the state is hitting an “emergency brake” on economic activity, moving 28 counties back to the most restrictive tier of California’s matrix governing business operations. You can watch the full update below: The move means 41 of the state’s
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Amid a statewide surge in coronavirus cases, Gov.Gavin Newsom joined with the governors of Washington and Oregon today to issue an advisory urging people to avoid non-essential out-of-state travel and recommending that people traveling into the state quarantine for 14 days. “California just surpassed a sobering threshold — 1 million COVID-19cases — with no signs
Continue Reading Health officials in Riverside County say parties and gatherings held during the Halloween holiday and around election night may already be developing into an increase in coronavirus cases, but we won’t know the exact impact for a few more days. “It’s not something that we are looking forward to, but we anticipate that,” said Jose
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