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Marijuana and Cannabis Businesses Recognized as Essential During Pandemic

March 24, 2020 4:45 pmMarch 24, 2020 4:47 pm

California Cannabis companies, which have been listed as ‘essential’ in California, have reported record profits and putting a large dent in black market sales amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. A new ‘essential’ When California Governor Gavin Newsom locked down the...

Los Angeles County Introduces Stricter ‘Stay at Home’ Measures

March 23, 2020 1:28 pm

Only days after Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti set some of the harshest COVID-19 coronavirus ‘stay at home’ restrictions in the state, Los Angeles County announced late Sunday that more restrictions would now be put into place for the entire...

Los Angeles Homeless Look at a Lose-Lose Scenario During Coronavirus Pandemic

March 22, 2020 8:05 amMarch 23, 2020 12:41 pm

While the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic continues to sweep through California and the world, California’s homeless population faces a crisis that they have not yet seen on this scale before. A “lose-lose” situation for the homeless in Los Angeles In Los...

Farmers Will Face Labor Shortage as Guest Worker Visas Are Temporarily Suspended

March 19, 2020 2:25 amMarch 18, 2020 7:57 pm

On Tuesday, the U.S. government, responding to the COVID-19 coronavirus, suspended all routine immigrant and nonimmigrant visa services with Mexico to stop the spread of the virus. The suspension, which began on Wednesday, will greatly reduce the number of migratory...

Emergency Public School Funding and Sanitization Bill Signed by Gov Newsom

March 18, 2020 1:48 pmMarch 19, 2020 11:18 am

On Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 117 into law, granting more money and health measures to schools while the coronavirus pandemic continues. Senate Bill 117, a rare bill that was authored by the entire Senate Committee on Budget and...

Seven Bay Area Counties in Lockdown Under ‘Unprecedented’ Shelter-in-Place Order Over Coronavirus

March 17, 2020 7:26 amMarch 20, 2020 7:54 am

‘A bad flu season is 80,000 dead. We’ve got about 18,000 dead from influenza this year; we have 100 from corona.’ Seven Bay Area counties announced Monday unprecedented shelter-in-place restrictions, confining millions of residents to their homes for three...

Grocery Stores Across California Begin Mass Hirings In Response to Panic Stricken Shoppers

March 16, 2020 2:24 pmMarch 16, 2020 5:19 pm

‘We just didn’t have the manpower to deal with all the jackals here.’ Grocery stores and Supermarket chains have taken the unusual step of mass hiring new employees in response to the greater demand that has been brought on...