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Update: Santa Clara County drops plan for more restrictive rules, will follow state guidelines

[Editor’s note: This is a Bay Area News Group story on Santa Clara County deciding Wednesday night that it will follow the high school sports guidelines set by the California Department of Public Heath — a decision that came one day after the county said it would implement more restrictive measures that would have made it almost impossible for teams to play this school year.] *  *  *    *  *  *    *  *  *    *  *  *    *  *  *    *  *  * A confounding day of miscommunication surrounding the retu...
Tags: Sports, Sport, Palo Alto, Soccer, High School Sports, County, Gavin Newsom, Bay Area News Group, Santa Clara County, state Department of Public Health, Grissom, High School News, High School All Sports, California Department of Public Heath, Dave Grissom, Patrick Judge

Santa Clara County deals potential crushing blow to high school sports

[Editor’s note: This is a Bay Area News Group story on the decision this week by Santa Clara County officials in northern California to put restrictions in place for high school sports that go beyond what is required by the California Department of Public Health.] *  *  *    *  *  *    *  *  *    *  *  *    *  *  *    *  *  * New health restrictions in Santa Clara County that extend beyond the current statewide mandate could deal a fatal blow to the prospect of spring high school sports in the c...
Tags: California, Stanford, Sports, San Francisco, Sport, Austin, Soccer, Williams, Rocklin, Las Vegas, San Jose Sharks, Santa Clara, Erickson, High School Sports, Gavin Newsom, Bay Area

LA City Council focuses on equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines

Several Los Angeles City Council members on Wednesday, Jan. 27, grilled county health and fire department officials about their efforts to roll out vaccines in communities that have been the most vulnerable to COVID-19, such as Boyle Heights, Pacoima, MacArthur Park and South Los Angeles. Those areas have among the highest COVID-19 death and case rates, but recent statistics from the county have shown that vaccination rates have been higher in more affluent areas, such as the west San Fernando V...
Tags: Health, Business, News, Education, California, Government, Los Angeles, Sport, Public Health, Soccer, Community, City Council, Disneyland, Los Angeles City Council, Usc, Parks

Local officials have no idea how the state is allocating vaccines

Local health officials say they’re stuck wondering how the state allocates vaccines. They’ve tried to peel back the curtain on a mysterious state formula only to have their curious questions met with vague or nonexistent answers; reporters didn’t have any better luck. And the timing couldn’t be worse. The public is clamoring for inoculations against the coronavirus while doses trickle in from the federal government to California — which must then distribute the vaccines down the line. It’s the l...
Tags: News, California, Government, Los Angeles, Sport, Public Health, Soccer, Healthcare, Long Beach, Biden, Pasadena, Rose Bowl, Gavin Newsom, Garcia, Los Angeles County, LA County

Disneyland will launch a new annual pass program, and these factors will determine when

Answering the question of when Disneyland launches a new annual pass program is as complex and unpredictable as the coronavirus pandemic and largely out of the Anaheim theme park’s control. Four key factors will determine when Disneyland rolls out a new membership program: When Disneyland reopens When COVID-19 vaccines are widely distributed How quickly the state loosens theme park attendance capacity limits How long pent-up visitor demand lasts Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find o...
Tags: New York, California, Disney, Sport, Things To Do, Soccer, Amusement Parks, Disneyland, Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World, Orange County, Gavin Newsom, Southern California, Anaheim, DCA, Knott

Coaches, athletic directors face a few more challenges before cross country meets begin

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now. The news Monday from Gov. Gavin Newsom, who announced the stay-at-home order was lifted statewide, cleared the way for CIF Season 1 high school sports in the “purple tier” to begin holding competitions. The only sport in that category: cross country. After nearly 11 months of no CIF-sanctioned high school sporting events, going back to when the COVID-19 pandemic began in March, the anticipation for a cross...
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Coaches, athletic directors face a few more challenges before cross country meets can begin

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now. Monday’s news from California Gov. Gavin Newsom, announcing the stay-at-home order was lifted statewide, also granted for CIF Season 1 “purple-tier” sports to compete, the only one being cross country. After nearly 11 months of no CIF-sanctioned high school sporting events since the COVID-19 pandemic began March 2020, the anticipation for a cross country meet has never been so high. “It’s exciting,” Crespi...
Tags: California, Sports, Sport, Soccer, Kobe Bryant, Orange County, Ventura County, Usc, High School Sports, Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles County, Dearborn, Katz, Moorpark, Centennial, California Department of Public Health

Newsom, Legislature must urgently prioritize kids and reopen schools

We are in a crisis. Not just a health crisis, but a kid crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc on nearly every aspect of our daily lives, the economy and our health system. But the most overlooked and forgotten are our kids, who have sadly been the collateral damage of a pandemic that has forced school, daycare and even playground closures during the most critical time of their lives. And while the COVID-19 virus may be sparing their physical health, kids are increasingly experiencing c...
Tags: California, Opinion, Sport, Soccer, Oakland, Biden, Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, Gavin Newsom, Bay Area, Legislature, UC San Francisco, Children Now, American Academy of Pediatrics, Newsom, Annie E Casey Foundation, Guest Commentary

Pandemic hypocrites in office

After Joe Biden’s inauguration, he ordered everyone on federal lands to wear a mask. That night, he and his family posed for pictures at the Lincoln Memorial — none of them wearing a mask. California Gov. Gavin Newsom told Californians it’s “essential” to avoid “mixing with people outside of your household.” Then he had dinner with lots of people outside his household, without masks. Newsom did apologize for attending “a friend’s birthday party.” Maybe you heard about that. But you might not kno...
Tags: Hollywood, London, Nbc, Mississippi, California, Opinion, San Francisco, Sport, Joe Biden, Chicago, Soccer, House, Nancy Pelosi, Biden, District Of Columbia, Rhode Island

When can Disneyland reopen? The answer comes with a huge asterisk

It seems like the simplest question, but it is one that has vexed fans and operators alike for more than 10 months now: When can Disneyland and other California theme parks reopen? The simple answer comes with the world’s biggest asterisk: California theme parks can reopen as soon as mid-March. That would be nearly a year to the day since Disneyland, Universal Studios Hollywood, Knott’s Berry Farm, Six Flag Magic Mountain, SeaWorld San Diego, Legoland California and other California theme parks ...
Tags: California, Sport, Things To Do, Soccer, Amusement Parks, Disneyland, Gavin Newsom, Southern California, Niles, Jungle Cruise, Los Angeles San Diego, Newsom, Top Stories LADN, Top Stories OCR, Top Stories PE, Top Stories IVDB

‘Unparalleled heroism’: Inland CHP officers presented Medal of Valor

On Aug. 12, 2019, California Highway Patrol Officer Robert Paul was standing by on the Eucalyptus Avenue offramp of the 215 Freeway in Riverside as motorcycle Officer Andre Moye Jr. prepared to have a vehicle towed. Suddenly, the driver retrieved a rifle from his pickup and unloaded on Moye, who fell about 20 feet from Paul, and then turned his weapon on Paul. Paul suffered crippling wounds to his legs and would later say he believed he was going to perish there. Yet, lying on his back behind hi...
Tags: News, Sport, Marine, Soccer, California Highway Patrol, Homicide, CHP, Smith, Police Shooting, Riverside County, Ryan Smith, Gavin Newsom, PAUL, Riverside, Paul Smith, Jenny

New rules: COVID-19 dominates California’s latest workplace regulations

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, California lawmakers and regulatory agencies spent much of 2020 passing legislation and issuing regulations to prevent and address the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace. Many of these laws and regulations went into effect Jan. 1 and will continue impacting California businesses well beyond 2021. New measures in workplaces California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health approved sweeping emergency temporary standards on COVID-19 infection preve...
Tags: Business, Workplace, California, Senate, Uncategorized, Sport, Soccer, Gavin Newsom, ATD, ETS, Cal OSHA, OSHA, Labor Employment, California Department of Public Health, Occupational Safety and Health, Best Best Krieger LLP

EDD audit: Agency unprepared for years, claims backlog likely to persist

California’s labor agency was woefully unprepared for the recession-linked spike in jobless claims last year and may continue to face a stubbornly high backlog of unpaid unemployment claims, according to a report released Tuesday by the state auditor. The state auditor listed an array of failures and mishaps at the Employment Development Department, which has consistently faltered in its efforts to pay benefits to workers who lost their jobs in record numbers amid coronavirus-linked business shu...
Tags: Business, Politics, Jobs, News, California, Russia, California News, Sport, Economy, SU, Soccer, Levy, Jerry Brown, Hall, Gavin Newsom, California Labor

California public schools suffer record enrollment drop of 155,000 students

California’s K-12 public-school enrollment has precipitously declined during the pandemic, dropping by a record 155,000 students, according to new state projections. That drop-off is about five times greater than California’s annual rate of enrollment decline in recent years. The state, which boasts the largest student enrollment in the country, has seen a steady decline of between 20,000 and 30,000 students in its public schools in the two years prior partly due to declining birth rat...
Tags: News, California, La, Uncategorized, California News, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sport, Soccer, Gavin Newsom, Reynolds, Loyola Law School, Austin Beutner, Local Control Funding Formula, Public Policy Institute of California, Affeldt

California reveals data used to lift stay-at-home order

SACRAMENTO — California’s health department on Monday released to the public previously secret projections for future hospital intensive care unit capacity throughout the state, the key metric for lifting the coronavirus stay-at-home order. However, state officials did not explain how regional per capita virus cases and transmission rates that also were released might influence how much ICU space will be available in four weeks. Last week, state health officials told The Associated Press they we...
Tags: Health, Science, News, California, California News, Sacramento, Sport, Soccer, San Diego, Associated Press, Lausd, Gavin Newsom, Southern California, San Francisco Bay Area, Northern California, State

California employment takes a downturn

Another day and still another maneuver in California’s erratic management of the COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday, officials lifted California’s most recent stay-at-home order, giving businesses — small businesses mostly — and their employees permission to take a couple of baby steps toward reopening profitable operations. It’s not a moment too soon. Employers and employees alike have suffered mightily as Gov. Gavin Newsom periodically imposed and then lifted restrictions in hopes of, as he puts, “b...
Tags: California, Opinion, Sport, Soccer, Biden, Gavin Newsom, Capitol, Dan Walters, Employment Development Department, Newsom, Beacon Economics, Guest Commentary, Taner Osman

L.A. County lifeguard, Hawthorne officer receive governor’s Medal of Valor for heroic acts

A Los Angeles County lifeguard and a Hawthorne police officer were honored Monday with the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor, awarded by Gov. Gavin Newsom, for heroic acts they performed. Ocean Lifeguard Specialist Edward “Nick” Macko responded to a call of a swimmer trapped in Gorge 3, one of the deep-water caves at Abalone Cove in Rancho Palos Verdes on July 25, 2019, according to a statement from Newsom’s office. We are happy to announce this year’s prestigious Governor’s Public Safety Of...
Tags: News, Shooting, California, Police, Sport, Soccer, Police Shooting, Edward, Beaches, Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles County, Gomez, Hawthorne, Jose Gomez, Newsom, Rancho Palos Verdes

Coronavirus: LAUSD officials say lack of clear reopening guidance from state hampering negotiations

With the deadline for applying for the state’s Safe Schools for All reopening grant a week away, Los Angeles Unified School District leaders are pressing state and county health officials for a clearer definition as to what constitutes a safe learning environment, saying the lack of consistent guidance is why the district and local teachers union have yet to reach an agreement on returning students to campus. One major hang-up has been over the proposal by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration that...
Tags: Business, News, Education, Sport, Soccer, Long Beach, Lausd, Biden, Local News, California Supreme Court, Gavin Newsom, Legislature, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles Daily News, Austin Beutner, Newsom

‘They should have done it earlier,’ says San Fernando Valley pub owner, as outdoor dining returns

Angela Marsden, owner of Pineapple Hill Saloon & Grill, in her restaurant’s outdoor dining area in Sherman Oaks, CA., Monday, January 25, 2021. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Angela Marsden, owner of Pineapple Hill Saloon & Grill, in her restaurant’s outdoor dining area in Sherman Oaks, CA., Monday, January 25, 2021. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Sound The gallery will resume in seconds Angela Marsden owns Pineapple Hill Saloon ...
Tags: California, Washington Post, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, House, Nancy Pelosi, Eric Garcetti, Gavin Newsom, Southern California, Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, Woodland Hills, SBA, LA County, San Fernando Valley

End of stay-at-home order good for high school cross country, but means little to other sports

The lifting of the state’s stay-at-home order by health officials on Monday, Jan. 25, was seen as a bit of good news for high school sports in Southern California, as it cleared the way for cross country teams to start their seasons immediately. But there were some administrators and coaches that were hesitant to get too hopeful with so many other sports still facing uncertain futures due to the pandemic. Until Monday’s action by the California Department of Public Health, high school sports com...
Tags: California, Sports, Sport, Soccer, High School Sports, Santa Margarita, Gavin Newsom, Southern California, Inland Empire, California Department of Public Health, Ramona, Darren Murphy, Mission Viejo, High School News, Trinity League, CIF SS

Federal court strikes down some COVID-19 church restrictions, leaves others intact

A federal appeals court on Monday handed a partial victory to a Pasadena church by agreeing to its request to strike down state coronavirus rules setting specific church attendance numbers, but the court still upheld other limits on worship services in areas hit hard by the pandemic. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in response to a lawsuit brought by Harvest Rock Church, barred state-imposed indoor church attendance restrictions of 100 and 200 people for areas that ...
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Newsom explains lifting of coronavirus stay-at-home order, sees ‘light at the end of the tunnel’

Improving numbers on the coronavirus’s spread and intensive care capacity allow the state to loosen its restrictions and let some businesses reopen, Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a Monday afternoon, Jan. 25, briefing. “Today we can lay claim to starting to see some real light at the end of the tunnel as it relates to case numbers,” Newsom said. The state lifted statewide stay-at-home orders and curfew orders effective Monday, returning the state to the color-coded tier system that had been in place ...
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California proposal would extend eviction rule through June

By Adam Beam | The Associated Press California plans to extend eviction protections through the end of June while using federal money to pay off up to 80% of most tenants’ unpaid rent, according to an agreement announced Monday between Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state’s top two legislative leaders. The proposal, which must be approved by the state Legislature, would extend a state law scheduled to expire next Monday that prevents landlords from evicting tenants who could not pay their rent betwee...
Tags: Congress, California, Senate, San Francisco, Sport, Soccer, Gavin Newsom, Legislature, Toni Atkins, David Chiu, Wiener, Adam Beam, Newsom, Anthony Rendon, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Chiu

After Newsom lifts state decree, 2 LA County supervisors swiftly urge reopening outdoor dining

When Gov. Gavin Newsom  lifted the wider stay-at-home orders Monday, Jan. 25, the state returned to a county-by-county approach to monitoring the coronavirus outbreak. That puts Los Angeles County — burdened with some of the highest rates of infection and death in the country — back into the “purple tier” indicating widespread transmission. With decisions back in the hands of local leaders, the move could signal the reopening of outdoor dining, but it was unclear if changes were at hand. The dec...
Tags: California, Paul Simon, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Long Beach, Pasadena, Gavin Newsom, Southern California, Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, Superior Court, LA County, Hahn, Lance Sterling, Agoura Hills

Will reducing criminal penalties reduce crime?

California is conducting an immense sociological experiment, testing whether reducing prison time for criminal acts will, in the long run, mean less crime. Over the last decade, politicians and voters have lowered penalties for dozens of serious and minor crimes, reduced state prison populations by about 40% and adopted multiple programs to treat underlying conditions, such as drug use and lack of education, to deter offenders from committing new crimes. It’s been a dramatic turnaround from prev...
Tags: Supreme Court, California, Opinion, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sport, Soccer, Jerry Brown, Biden, Los Angeles Times, Gavin Newsom, Southern California, Democratic, Brown, Capitol, Los Angeles County

California lifts coronavirus stay-at-home orders, curfew statewide

SACRAMENTO — California lifted regional stay-at-home orders across the state Monday in response to improving coronavirus conditions, returning the state to a system of county-by-county restrictions, state health officials announced. The order had been in place in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Joaquin Valley and Southern California, covering the majority of the state’s counties. The change will allow businesses such as restaurants to resume outdoor operations in many areas, though local officia...
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Coronavirus: Newsom may lift statewide stay-at-home order Monday

A statement sent in a state business association’s letter to its members Sunday raised speculation that Gov. Gavin Newsom could lift the statewide stay-at-home order Monday that has been in effect since early last month. According to a copy of the letter, California Restaurant Association members were told that “late this evening, senior officials in the Newsom administration informed us that the Governor will announce tomorrow that the stay-at-home order will be lifted in all regions of the sta...
Tags: News, Sacramento, Sport, Soccer, Central Valley, Gavin Newsom, Compton, Northern California, Clippers, San Joaquin Valley, LA County, Newsom, Bay Area Southern California, California Restaurant Association, George Kelly, Top Stories LADN

Case for a Newsom recall continues to grow

After some fits and starts, the recall effort against Gov. Gavin Newsom appears to be gaining traction. Proponents say they have collected over 1 million signatures. Media reports of a half-million dollar donation to the effort plus rumors of even more forthcoming are getting the attention of California’s political establishment. If the required 1.5 million valid signatures are submitted before the mid-March deadline and subsequently verified, a special election will be held and California voter...
Tags: California, Opinion, Uncategorized, Sport, Soccer, Gavin Newsom, Legislature, Larry Flynt, Employment Development Department, Gray Davis, Gary Coleman, Newsom, Jon Coupal, French laundry, Opinion columns, Gov Newsom

Negotiations continue between LAUSD, teachers union on hybrid learning

The teachers union and representatives for the Los Angeles Unified School District had yet to reach agreements on providing services to high-needs students and a hybrid instructional model as of the afternoon on Friday, Jan. 22 — two days before their self-imposed deadline for coming to terms on these issues. It’s unclear what the repercussions might be if the union and district are unable to reach agreements by Sunday, though the parties could mutually consent to extend the deadline. Even if ag...
Tags: News, Education, Sport, Soccer, Lausd, Biden, Local News, Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles Unified School District, United Teachers Los Angeles, Austin Beutner, UTLA, Top Stories LADN, Top Stories Breeze, Cecily Myart Cruz

State parole board panel recommends parole for onetime Manson follower

A state parole board panel Friday recommended parole for Bruce Davis, a onetime Manson Family follower who was convicted in two killings in 1969. Davis, now 78, has been found suitable for parole six previous times, with three different governors reversing the recommendation for parole. Most recently, Gov. Gavin Newsom blocked Davis’ release in November 2019. Former governors Jerry Brown and Arnold Schwarzenegger had also reversed the parole board’s recommendation. Davis was convicted of first-d...
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