Asked on Tuesday if he would require a Covid vaccine for all federal employees, President Joe Biden said, “It’s under consideration right now.”
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“I can assure you they’re going to be higher.” That was California Governor Gavin Newsom’s response yesterday when asked about the updated numbers on the Delta variant due to be released today. He was right.
Last week, there were 634 Delta cases identified in California. The total released today is 1,085. That’s a 71% rise in just one week. Only a fraction of Covid-19 tests are genomically sequenced — the process by which individual variants are parsed — so the raw numbers are small compared to
Asked on Tuesday if he would require a Covid vaccine for all federal employees, President Joe Biden said, “It’s under consideration right now.”
California Governor Gavin Newsom called out Tucker Carlson and other figures on the right specifically for spreading vaccine misinformation and urged others to do so.
Cynthia Littleton Business EditorCalifornia Gov.
As he urged Californians to get vaccinated, Governor Gavin Newsom said twice this week that the share of analyzed positive Covid cases caused by the more transmissive Delta variant would be north of 60% when new numbers were announced. That’s up from about 53% in late July. The governor was underselling his point.
Content Warning: References to alleged harassment, suicide and abuse made belowActivision Blizzard faces a lawsuit filed by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing after accusations from employees that they’ve faced “constant sexual harassment, including groping, comments, and advances” in the workplace.After two years of investigation, the suit alleges that women at Activision Blizzard were paid less than men in the same role and promoted more slowly too.
election aimed at removing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office.Elder scored a swift court victory in Sacramento, where he challenged a decision by state election officials to block him from the September recall ballot.In a tweet, Elder wrote, “Victory! My next one will be on Sept.
“In two weeks, we can end this pandemic in the United States of America,” said an upbeat Governor Gavin Newsom at a news conference on Monday. That California is “roaring back” has become Newsom’s mantra as he announces programs funded by the state’s record budget surplus. Ironically, nowhere was that assertion more true on Monday than in the state’s skyrocketing Covid-19 numbers.
Hollywood studios are lining up to support Gavin Newsom and the effort to defeat the Sept. 14 recall, as executives and the companies themselves pour money into his campaign and a committee set up to ensure that he remains in office.
Caitlyn Jenner is in hot water for traveling into Australia for a television show while the country faces strict COVID-19 travel restrictions!
California gubernatorial candidate Caitlyn Jenner denied reports that she has paused her campaign to unseat Gov. Gavin Newsom in the September recall election. "I have not paused my campaign at all.
“The Advertiser” reported that she is expected to be paid roughly $372,500 for the appearance.Despite what her trip — which comes just two months before Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recall election — may suggest, Jenner is still in the running to become California’s next governor. Jenner’s “pause” on her campaign isn’t the only part of this story that’s raising eyebrows.
The California state legislature reviewed a new bill Sunday that would increase the state’s film and television tax credits program by $330 million, with $150 million of that being allocated to the construction of new soundstages in the state, according to multiple media reports.If the bill is signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom, it would double the current $330 million that California gives Hollywood in film and TV tax credits each year.
The Golden State is about to hand out lots more gold to Hollywood, if a newly proposed legislative effort secures Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature.
Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThat escalated quickly.In May, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an extra $30 million for the state’s film and TV tax credit program.
election on Monday, bringing a well-known voice on the political right to a muddled Republican field trying to oust first-term Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.Elder, whose show is nationally syndicated, is a regular guest on Fox News.
Ed Buck (center), a one-time celebrated and sought-after donor to the Democratic candidates and elected officials in California, is schedule to go on trial this week. He faces nine felonies, including two counts of distribution of controlled substances resulting in death. One count for the 2017 death of 26-year-old Gemmel Moore (left) and one for the death of 55-year-old Timothy Dean (right) in 2019. Photos: Facebook
The studios are continuing to line up against the effort to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom, with the latest contribitions coming from the Motion Picture Association’s political action committee along with that of MPA’s chairman, Charles Rivkin.
On July 2 of 2020, when the initial spring surge of Covid-19 was fading, health officers and local elected officials across Southern California ordered virtually every beach shut down from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border. Cities around California cancelled fireworks displays. Governor Gavin Newsom closed bars and mandated masks in public spaces. What officials couldn’t stop, however, were household gatherings and travel over the Fourth of July weekend.
Inside California Politics, the 71-year-old specifically highlighted Venice Beach, claiming homeless people were “destroying” local businesses.“They’re destroying Venice Beach! They’re destroying all the businesses down there. They don’t need to be there,” Jenner said.