California’s Largest Fire Ever Recorded Now Burning North of San Francisco

Dave McNary Film ReporterSan Francisco city officials have given the green light to reopening indoor movie theaters on Oct. 7, nearly seven months after the city’s cinemas were shuttered due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The city, one of the key metropolitan markets that’s remained closed, is imposing strict limits on movie theaters.

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.

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This weekend Queer Screen Film Festival in Sydney and Melbourne Queer Film Festival will be debuting the new feel good film Stage Mother starring Jacki Weaver, Lucy Lui and Adrian Grenier alongside Maya Taylor and legendary drag performer Jackie Beat. The film centres on Maybelline, played by Jacki Weaver, a conservative Texas church choir director whose estranged son, a gay San Francisco club owner, suddenly dies from a drug overdose.

Calif. LGBT Legislative Caucus members; Assemblymember Evan Low, Sen. Scott Wiener, Governor Gavin Newsom Assemblymembers Susan Eggman and Todd Gloria. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor of California)

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorToward the end of his news briefing on the state of California’s multiple emergencies, California Governor Gavin Newsom was challenged about the changing nature of his rhetoric on Donald Trump’s policies.A reporter from the San Francisco Chronicle highlighted the fact that the governor sent out toughly-worded fundraising email after his meeting with Trump on Monday about the state’s fires.In the email Newsom said, “I confronted the President about what’s happening

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorCinemark CEO Mark Zoradi said getting theaters open in California and New York is crucial to the health of exhibition as the second largest U.S. chain has 70% of cinemas open but lacks these key markets — keeping it “behind the eight ball.”Some California counties are open or opening but not yet San Francisco or Los Angeles.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Longtime benefactor of the arts and culture in San Francisco Ann Getty died Monday.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerFormer San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick was not on the field Sunday, but his presence loomed large over the entire NFL schedule.Kaepernick, the first player to kneel for the national anthem at an NFL game, saw many players take up his social activism cause in today’s league games.

California Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) speaks during a committee hearing in May about SB 932, which would require providers and county health agencies to collect data on the LGBTQ community and COVID-19. Photo: Screengrab.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorEven in a year of record wildfires, the August Complex Fire north of San Francisco is staggering.The conflagration, located in hilly wooded land that includes the Mendocino National Forest, is now more than 60% bigger than the previous biggest blaze known to have hit the state, the deadly Mendocino Fire Complex that blackened 459,123 acres in the same area in 2018.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorAfter touring the fire damage in the North Complex Fire near Oroville in Northern California, Governor Gavin Newsom was in no mood for one of his usual, careful media statements.“If you do not believe in science,” Newsom said bluntly while standing in the ashes of what once was a Butte County forest, “I hope you believe observed reality.”“The hots are getting a lot hotter and the wets are getting a lot wetter,” he observed. “The science is absolute.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorAbout 11 days ago, California Governor Gavin Newsom introduced what he called “simpler, more stringent” guidelines for counties to reopen. It was certainly more stringent, placing 87 percent of the state’s population in the most restrictive tier.

New Girl fans will be happy to see Lamorne Morris in the new Hulu comedy Woke where he portrays cartoonist Keef Knight.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Tuesday that, as of this time last year 118,000 acres had been burned.

Turns out more politicians than just Donald Trump are living by the mantra “do as I say, not as I do” these days!