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California Becomes Second State With Fast-Spreading COVID-19 Variant Cases

December 31, 2020 7:45 am

On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the first case of the quick spreading COVID-19 variant in California has been reported in San Diego. The variant, known as B.1.1.7, was first reported in the United Kingdom last week. Despite mandatory...

It is Groundhog Day Every Day in California Under COVID Lockdowns

December 7, 2020 7:32 amDecember 8, 2020 4:23 pm

With Californians being forced back into business closures, school closures, stay-at-home orders in a statewide lockdown again, it feels like Groundhog Day — every day. Groundhog Day is an old Pennsylvania Dutch tradition that says if a groundhog emerges from...

Gov. Newsom: If Lockdowns Are So Successful, Why Do We Need to Keep Having Them?

December 4, 2020 6:49 amDecember 4, 2020 6:50 am

California Congressman Tom McClintock gave an audacious, common sense speech on the House floor Thursday, directed right at Gov. Gavin Newsom, on “Covid Curfews and Common Sense.” Mr. Speaker: Governor Newsom made a groundbreaking discovery regarding Covid-19 last week. Apparently,...

Gov. Newsom Locks Down California, Bans Bars and Salons, Restricts Travel, in Time for Christmas

December 3, 2020 4:54 pmDecember 4, 2020 2:50 pm

“If we don’t act now, more lives will be lost,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday at a press briefing announcing statewide lockdown orders and travel restrictions. “We want to nix mixing. Full stop.” Newsom added. The governor claims “Our...

Is California’s COVID ‘Surge’ Real?

November 29, 2020 10:09 amDecember 2, 2020 9:06 am

Headlines this weekend screamed “Record-high COVID-19 caseload at Sacramento hospitals as coronavirus surge worsens.” That was a Sacramento Bee headline, blaming “people gathering indoors at Thanksgiving and other holiday events,” only one day after Thanksgiving. “Sacramento hospitals reported a record-high...

Who Gave Gov. Newsom the Power to Decide Which Jobs Are Essential?

November 28, 2020 4:12 pmDecember 2, 2020 9:03 am

Following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest half-baked coronavirus lockdown orders, Los Angeles County issued another stay-at-home lockdown order Friday, jerking around businesses in-and-out of “essential” and “non-essential” status: you can still shop at the mall, ride public transit, get your nails...

Dubious Reports of California’s ‘Sudden Surge’ in COVID-19 Patients

November 13, 2020 1:45 pmNovember 13, 2020 1:45 pm

News reports of a sudden surge in California COVID-19 cases overwhelming hospitals appear dubious at best. While Governor Gavin Newsom has ramped up testing thus producing more positive tests, he and the state’s public health officials continue to ignore the...