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Gov. Newsom Announces California Can Take Over Hotels and Hospitals to Treat Coronavirus Patients in New Executive Order

March 13, 2020 2:55 pmMarch 14, 2020 9:59 am

Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Thursday night that allows the state to commandeer any hotel or medical facility in California and use it to treat those that have the COVID-19 coronavirus. The state Health and Human Services...

California Debuts Statewide Earthquake Early Warning System

October 17, 2019 5:49 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf helped unveil the statewide earthquake detection system ShakeAlert on Thursday. Sensors around the state will detect where earthquakes begin and will notify users in the location of an earthquake. Users will be...