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CDC Announces Indoor Mask Mandate Recommendations for 13 Calif. Counties

June 4, 2022 2:45 amJune 4, 2022 7:06 am

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Friday that 13 counties in California, roughly one-quarter of the state, have reached ‘High’ levels of COVID-19 and are recommended a return of indoor masking in those counties. All 13...

State Health Officials Exempt San Francisco From Returning Mask Mandate

December 15, 2021 12:08 pm

Shortly before the new statewide mask mandate was reinstalled in California on Wednesday, the California Department of Health announced that the city and County of San Francisco would be largely exempt from the order due to a large percentage of...

Gov. Newsom Asks Californians To Reduce Water Usage By 15% To Help Combat Drought

July 8, 2021 9:37 pmMarch 23, 2022 11:48 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom made an announcement in San Luis Obispo County Thursday, asking all Californians to reduce water usage by 15% to help combat the state’s drought crisis. Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented...

Gov. Newsom Made $1.7 Million Last Year According To Tax Returns

May 18, 2021 11:05 am

Governor Gavin Newsom released his 2019 tax returns on Monday, showing that he made $1.7 million during his first year as Governor. His returns, which were briefly unveiled to the press to look at but not photograph or film, also...

Domestic Violence Charges Dropped Against Governor Newsom’s Brother-in-Law

April 30, 2021 2:10 pmApril 30, 2021 2:13 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom’s brother-in-law, Joshua Irwin Schiller, had domestic violence charges dropped against him earlier this week, more than three months since he was arrested. In January, police in Ross, a small Marin County town of 2,400 people, arrived at...

CDCR Sued By Family Of Prisoner Who Died From COVID-19

March 19, 2021 2:44 amMarch 18, 2021 8:45 pm

The family of a prisoner who died of COVD-19 while serving time in San Quentin State Prison filed a wrongful death lawsuit this week against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). According to the lawsuit, Danny Ruiz, a...

Five Protesters Charged With Toppling Junipero Serra Statues in San Rafael

November 17, 2020 2:15 amNovember 16, 2020 8:56 pm

Five protesters who helped topple a statue of Father Junipero Serra in San Rafael last month have been charged with felony vandalism, the first major charges for protestors destroying or knocking over statues this year. Destruction or toppling statues of...