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I-Team: Voting in a Pandemic

All registered voters in California will be getting a vote-by-mail ballot for this November’s election. President Trump has repeatedly claimed that sending ballots to everyone, even those who don’t request them, will lead to wide-spread fraud. But, millions of people were already voting by mail in California. “Riverside County is already at 75 percent vote-by-mail

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Riverside County reports 338 new cases, 6, deaths; 12,362 recoveries added in past couple of days

Case Changes Today Riverside County reported 338 new cases since Tuesday. This brings the total amount of cases up to 51,538. On Tuesday, Kim Saruwatari, the Director of the Riverside University Public Health System, announced that the county’s testing positivity rate is currently at 9.5%, just slightly above the state’s threshold of 8% but a

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Draughtsman, Evzin and Zobo Meester’s announce closures; are other restaurants not too far behind?

The restaurant industry is being hit hard during this coronavirus pandemic. Already several restaurants in the valley have closed their doors because of it. “We’re missing about half our customers ever since the COVID-19 restrictions went into effect and we’re just losing money every month so there was really no other choice,” Owner of Zobo

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California secures federal funds to pay for extended pandemic unemployment benefits

California has secured $4.5 billion for the “Lost Wages Assistance Program” made possible through an executive order signed by President Donald Trump August 8. Individuals who are currently eligible to receive at least $100 per week in unemployment benefits from the state may also now qualify for an additional $300 weekly supplement, paid for by

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Riverside County to provide sick farmworkers with quarantine housing, wage assistance

Riverside County is rolling out a new program to keep Coachella Valley farm workers and their families safe from coronavirus. Temporary housing will be provided, including hotel and motel rooms, for farmworkers who have been exposed to or tested positive with the virus if they can’t self-isolate at home. “We’re celebrating right now because Riverside County makes

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