Live Updates: California authorities travel to Hawaii as they tell residents to stay home

WILMINGTON, Delaware – President-elect Joe Biden has selected California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, an ardent LGBT ally and a former congressman, as his nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Certain parts of California may be forced to implement Gov. Gavin Newsom’s strict coronavirus stay-at-home order this weekend.

Faizon Love sued Universal Pictures today, accusing it of violating California’s fair employment and civil rights laws with the international poster for its 2009 comedy movie Couples Retreat, calling it an “act of racism.” It also claims the studio reneged on a promise to get Love future roles when they originally sought to placate him over the controversy.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti told residents Tuesday to cancel all non-essential travel as coronavirus cases surge in California.  This comes days before the Thanksgiving holiday, which the L.A. County Department of Public Health is "strongly" recommending people only spend with other members of their household.  "Please don’t plan, host or attend holiday gatherings for multiple households," the L.A.

California lawmakers are still in hot water after some chose to attend a lavish bipartisan conference in Hawaii, while the state’s residents face job losses, travel restrictions and curfews as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases rise. The four-day conference in Maui focused on reopening the U.S.

One county in California is getting serious about its mask mandate as COVID-19 cases climb, but local leaders have decided to let some other criminal infractions go. Contra Costa County has created a task force to help ensure that local residents and businesses are adhering to social distancing and mask guidelines designed to curb the spread of the virus.

The organizer of an annual conference attended by lawmakers and lobbyists on the Hawaiian island of Maui has defended going ahead with the event despite the coronavirus pandemic. Independent Voter Project (IVP) Chairman and Executive Director Dan Howle told "America's Newsroom" he has nothing to apologize by holding the bipartisan public policy conference at the Fairmont Kea Lani, where rooms reportedly start at $600 per night.

National attention is on Georgia amid its twin Senate runoff races and statewide recount that shows President-elect Joe Biden leading President Trump by less than 13,000 votes, according to WSB-TV in Atlanta. Meanwhile, Republican Sens.

Some California residents and California-based political organizations are prepared to descend on Georgia to campaign for two Democratic U.S. Senate candidates whose victory would have profound implications for the direction of the country.

California lawmakers are reportedly descending on a week-long policy conference in Hawaii as the Golden State urges its citizens to refrain from travel and indoor gatherings. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the Independent Voter Project (IVP), which is hosting the conference, declined to name the fewer than 20 lawmakers, who collectively came from California, Texas, and Washington.

A California judge has ruled that Gov. Gavin Newsom overstepped his authority when he issued an executive order requiring vote-by-mail ballots sent to all registered voters, according to reports.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorAs California passed 1 million COVID-19 cases and infections continued to increase across the country, California As Governor Gavin Newsom, Oregon Governor Kate Brown and Washington Governor Jay Inslee issued travel advisories on Friday urging visitors entering their states or returning home from travel outside these states to self-quarantine to slow the spread of the virus.

California on Thursdaybecame the second state in the U.S. to top 1 million total coronavirus cases, following Texas, per data from Johns Hopkins University.

Acclaimed indie filmmaker Hannah Fidell’s gripping feature-length effort, “A Teacher” (2013), was a career-making debut. Lodged somewhere between psychological thriller and character study—a portrait of a woman slowly unraveling— the drama centered on a Texas high school teacher (Lindsay Burdge) engaging in a sexual affair with her student.