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U.S. District Court Rules that In-Person Church Services Can Be Banned During Lockdown

May 7, 2020 2:10 amMay 7, 2020 2:01 pm

On Tuesday, Judge John Mendez of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California ruled that California Governor Gavin Newsom’s ban on in-person house of worship assemblies was valid. Newsom and California win large case challenging house...

California Assembly Reconvenes, Senate to Follow on May 11th

May 5, 2020 5:46 pmMay 5, 2020 5:47 pm

On Monday, members of the Assembly reconvened at the Capitol Building in Sacramento for the first time in almost two months. Assembly back for the first time since March While expected workloads of bills, committees, and the annual budget are...

California Becomes First State to Borrow from Federal Government to Pay Unemployment Benefits

May 4, 2020 4:48 pm

On Monday, California became the first state to borrow money from the federal government to make unemployment benefits in the coming months. According to the Department of the Treasury and the Wall Street Journal, California borrowed $348 million to make...

Two More Counties Reopen Against Gov. Newsom’s Lockdown Orders

May 4, 2020 2:25 pm

On Monday, Yuba County and Sutter County, two counties directly north of Sacramento with a combined population of 170,000, became the second and third counties in California to reopen in defiance to Governor Gavin Newsom’s lockdown orders. Yuba and Sutter...

Modoc County Reopens, Defies Gov. Newsom’s Order

May 1, 2020 3:12 pm

‘No one knows what the state will do in retaliation right now, but hey, restaurants are open now.’ On Friday, Modoc County, a small Oregon-bordering county of 9,000 people, became the first California county to break with Governor Gavin...

California Unemployment Rate Almost 20%

April 30, 2020 7:37 pm

On Thursday, new figures released by the US Department of Labor showed that around 3.7 million Californian workers have filed for unemployment during the last seven weeks due to the coronavirus outbreak, a total close to 20% of workers in...

Gov. Newsom Announces California Lockdown Could Last Until June As Re-Open Phases are Met

April 28, 2020 5:24 pmApril 28, 2020 5:24 pm

On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced in Sacramento that the state lockdown will begin to end in only a matter of weeks, fulfilling a prediction he made in March about the lockdown possibly lasting until June. A 4-stage plan Governor...