California Covid Positivity Increase Steepens As Newsom Warns Of Winter Surge

EXCLUSIVE: Peter Facinelli (Nurse Jackie) has been joined in action feature On Fire by Fiona Dourif (Tenet), Asher Angel (Shazam!) and Lance Henriksen (Aliens).

“If past is prologue, we’re entering a season where we should expect an increase in cases, an increase in hospitalization and increase in deaths,” said California Governor Gavin Newsom today at a media event in the Central Valley.

Family affair! Olivia Wilde made Harry Styles’ San Diego concert a night to remember with the help of her kids and her boyfriend’s mom, Anne Twist.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterCOVID protocols have added about 5% to the cost of film and TV production budgets, according to an analysis by the California Film Commission.The study is the first to precisely quantify the costs of COVID compliance, including COVID testing and distancing and isolation measures. Producers have previously given anecdotal figures ranging from 10-15%.The new data comes in a progress report issued Tuesday on the California film and TV tax credit.

California Film Commission (CFC).Program 3.0, launched on July 1 2020 as part of the state’s effort to fight runaway production, follows up the five-year Program 2.0, launched in 2015, and the state’s first generation tax credit program, launched in 2009.The report provides an overview of Program 3.0’s first fiscal year by looking at approved projects including big-budget films and relocating TV series as well as production activity and access to career training and jobs.

“We will not reach the 80% threshold by the beginning of the year,” said Los Angeles County Health Director Barbara Ferrer today about the county’s vaccination progress. She then noted, “This is one of the 4 measures we must meet to lift restrictions.” Translation: L.A.’s indoor public masking and vaccination requirements will be in place until at least the start of 2022.

Governor Gavin Newsom today extended for the third time the state of emergency in California related to the threat that Covid poses. Today’s executive order stretches declaration through March 31, 2022, at which time it will have been in effect for more than two years.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom went after conservative leaning TV networks Fox News and One America News during an appearance Tuesday at the California Economic Summit.“It’s just remarkable how obsessed some people are in trying to trip California up and identifying areas of weakness,” Newsom said, making his first public appearance in two weeks.

“It’s just remarkable how obsessed some people are in trying to trip California up and identifying areas of weakness,” said the state’s governor on Tuesday. And despite that, “we still dominate” the American economy, maintained Gavin Newsom.

On Tuesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom participated in a fireside chat at the 2021 California Economic Summit sponsored by California Forward. It was his first public appearance in two weeks.

Late Monday, California Governor Gavin Newsom’s office announced that the leader of the Golden State would, the following day, “participate in a fireside chat at the 2021 California Economic Summit sponsored by California Forward.” The appearance’s ostensible aim is “highlighting the state’s ongoing recovery from the pandemic and work to rebuild a more equitable, sustainable and resilient economy for communities across the state.” But the announcement comes amid chatter about the governor’s

Kim Kardashian is bringing the rodeo into the future.

Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson had a cozy hang out Friday night in Southern California.

Covid test positivity rates and virus-related hospitalizations have begun to rise again in Los Angeles and California after months of decline.

California officials today announced plans to vaccinate 3.5 million kids ages 5-11 against Covid as soon as next week. The state’s director of Health and Human Services Dr. Mark Ghaly said at a news conference that the state expects to have 1.2 million doses on hand as it begins to inoculate pre-teens. That rollout will depend on a few factors, however.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe California Film Commission announced Monday that it has awarded $15 million in tax credits to two TV shows, inducing them to move production to California.The funds come from the increase to the state’s film and TV tax credit program authorized by the Legislature and signed by Gov.

System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the band to postpone this weekend’s shows in Los Angeles.The band were set to play at LA’s Banc Of California tonight and tomorrow (October 22 – 23) with Korn, Helmet and Russian Circles, but now the shows have been postponed to February next year.“It is with great regret that we must reschedule our Los Angeles performances to February 4th and 5th, 2022,” a statement posted to the band’s social media reads.“Despite

As Greater Manchester prepares to enter its second winter in the Covid pandemic, residents have mixed feelings over how to prepare for it.

System of a Down, the popular Armenian-American band hailing from Glendale, Calif., was forced to cancel this weekend’s shows because frontman Serj Tankian has a breakthrough case of the coronavirus.