California Coronavirus Update: “Second Wave Starting,” Says State Official As 9 Counties Are Allowed To Further Reopen

Election officials in California are reminding voters who are fearful of contracting COVID-19 not to disinfect their mail-in ballots.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorHours after California Governor Gavin Newsom said he was in “no hurry” to issues coronavirus safety guidelines so amusement parks could reopen, the California Attractions and Parks Association issued a blistering statement in response to an inquiry from Deadline.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorJust days after President Donald Trump and dozens of officials close to him tested positive for coronavirus, Governor Gavin Newsom revealed on Wednesday that two staffers in his office have been infected.Those infected were an intern and a staffer at one of the state’s agencies. He promised to “Both individuals not working directly our office but in the governor’s office,” said Newsom, but in his extended staff in the capitol.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterDon’t expect Disneyland, Universal Studios Hollywood and Knott’s Berry Farm aren’t opening anytime soon, said California Gov. Gavin Newsom at a press conference Tuesday.Newsom there is “no hurry in putting out guidelines,” but state officials are continuing to work with amusement parks in California after the pandemic prompted closures in March.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor“We don’t anticipate in the immediate term any of these larger parks opening until we see more stability in terms of the data.” Those were the long-awaited words of California Governor Gavin Newsom on the fate of the state’s still-closed amusement parks.“We feel there’s no hurry to put out guidelines and we continue to work with the industry,” he continued. Those words will not land softy on the ears of those who run local theme parks.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom issued a warning to coronavirus-weary Californians on Monday.“We continue to have a lot to do on COVID-19 transmission,” he said.“You’re starting to see an increase in COVID cases across the country,” the governor observed.

April Love Geary debuted her baby bump one month after Us Weekly broke her and Robin Thicke‘s pregnancy news.“Sorry we can’t hang out, there’s a pandemic & I’m pregnant … again,” the model, 25, captioned a Sunday, October 4, Instagram post. “We love consistency.”The California native, who shares daughters Mia, 2, and Lola, 7 months, with the Masked Singer judge, 43, wore a bikini in the social media upload.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOne day after California Governor Gavin Newsom teased that more of the state’s counties would be allowed to open further as cases fall, the specifics were revealed.The state’s Director of Health and Human Services reported that the counties of San Francisco, Almador and Calaveras would be allowed to move into the Orange — or Moderate — tier and Sacramento, Fresno and Santa Barbara would be allowed to progress into the Red — or TK — tier.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor“Certainly cases are going up,” said California’s director of Health and Human Services Dr. Mark Ghaly on Friday.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County health officials confirmed on Tuesday the county meets the criteria to move into a less-restrictive phase of the California’s economic-reopening roadmap. But there’s a catch.The county must maintain those numbers for two consecutive weeks before the state will move it out of the most-restrictive “purple” tier and into the slightly less onerous “red” tier.If L.A.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorJosh D’Amaro, the new chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Tuesday begged California officials to let Disneyland reopen and to “treat theme parks the way you treat other sectors.”California Governor Gavin Newsom promised last week that news about Disneyland’s reopening would be coming “very soon.”But ‘soon’ is subjective and with nothing forthcoming, executives ramped up the heat during a webcast today for key stakeholders to provide an update on

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOn Saturday night, the State of California dropped a damning report about how the state has dealt with — some would say not dealt with — the tidal wave of unemployment claims it has experienced since counties and businesses were shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic.The report revealed that the state Employment Development Department’s backlog of unemployment insurance claims is growing by 10,000 a day during the COVID-fueled recession.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOn Monday the State of California officially reported that more and 15,000 of its residents have died from Coronavirus. This comes as daily deaths have been dropping in the state, but that number still remains stubbornly higher than were it was at the beginning of July.For comparison, the flu generally kills about 6,000 Californians each year.

Prince Harry opened up about the effects of the coronavirus pandemic in a charity video released on Monday, September 21.“With COVID-19, the world has been pitted against a new challenge — one that is devastating and destructive in its own right,” the Duke of Sussex, 36, said from his new home in the Montecito area of Santa Barbara, California, while debuting a fresh haircut.Harry compared the global crisis to the April 2015 earthquake in Nepal, which resulted in an estimated $10 billion in

Activists took a stand for transgender visibility at Dodger Stadium on Oct. 29, 2018 during game five of the World Series. Near the top of the sixth inning, members of TransLatin@ Coalition dropped a 20-by-15-foot Transgender Pride flag banner reading “Trans People Deserve To Live” from a left field balcony. Photo: Twitter

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County could reopening more widely sometime in October, the county’s public health director said on Wednesday. But, said Barbara Ferrer, Labor Day numbers could potentially thwart that move.The county is in the most restrictive, or “purple,” level of California’s four-tier virus-tracking roadmap.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia Director of Health and Human Services, Dr. Mark Ghaly, gave the state’s coronavirus update on Tuesday.Tuesday is the day when counties have the chance to move from one tier of the state’s reopening system to another — see chart below.

Prince Harry celebrates his 36th birthday today, and he's doing so privately in California, where he and Meghan Markle are living and largely quarantining with their one-year-old son Archie amid the coronavirus pandemic.