Newsom, California Health Officer Issue Emergency Orders To Prepare Hospitals & ICUs For Increasing Delta Surge

In mid-August California’s Health Officer, Dr. Tomás J. Aragón, issued a new order meant to ensure rapidly-filling hospitals and ICUs had the support and flexibility they needed.

The Walt Disney Co. has made a $32,400 contribution to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, despite previous friction between the company and Newsom over his refusal to lift restrictions that for a time prevented the reopening of its Anaheim theme parks.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterParamount has delayed its Tom Cruise tentpoles, “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Mission: Impossible 7,” amid a surge in the delta variant of COVID-19.“Top Gun: Maverick” will now open on May 27, 2022 instead of Nov. 19, 2021, while “Mission: Impossible 7” has been moved from May 27 to Sept.

California Governor Gavin Newsom held a press conference today to tout a milestone: 80% of the state’s eligible residents have received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine. He called it “a momentous occasion.” The governor sought to contrast the accomplishment with the pandemic plans of his recall rivals.

summer blast could last for another week in Scotland despite the threat of tropical storms. It's been a sunny week across the country thanks to high pressure trapping in warm temperatures and dry conditions for the past seven days.

confirmed to TMZ that — thanks to a shortage of hospital beds caused by the surge of Delta variant infections in California — her husband of 41 years spent “24 hours” suffering in the waiting room before being treated.

Talk show host Larry Elder, considered one of the leading candidates to potentially unseat Gov. Gavin Newsom in the upcoming recall election, will not be prosecuted for alleged domestic abuse and gun violations.

EXCLUSIVE: CNN is unveiling a slate of new limited series podcasts for this fall, including one focusing on California’s 2003 recall and another hosted by Clarissa Ward, who recently was reporting on the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.

iOS - Android Brannan, 47, a prisoner, admitted assaulting PC Marios Ieropoulos while on bail for another matter.He had been taken there after collapsing in the street at an undisclosed location.Police attended and Brannan claimed to have two broken fingers and sore kidneys.

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In March 2021, when Americans first began hearing about the Delta variant of Covid-19, breakthrough infections among fully-vaccinated Angelenos accounted for just 2% of that month’s case total. By June, when Delta accounted for 50% of all variants in Los Angeles, breakthrough infections among fully-vaccinated residents had risen to 20% of all identified cases.

“I’m sticking with Gavin Newsom,” said comedian George Lopez about the California recall in an Instagram video on Tuesday, “and I’m voting ‘No.'”

Caitlyn Jenner kicked off a month-long campaign tour Thursday in her bid to become California’s next governor and raised fresh questions about her motive for entering the contest.

Gavin Newsom kicked off a weekend statewide tour to campaign against California’s Sept. 14 recall, telling reporters that he will get some reinforcements: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

coronavirus surge driven by the delta variant, Sony Pictures on Thursday delayed the release of the big-budget sequel “Venom: Let There Be Carnage.”Instead of opening in theaters Sept. 24, the “Venom” sequel will now debut Oct.

“Vaccinations are how we will end this pandemic,” said California Governor Gavin Newsom declared on Wednesday. In line with that, the governor announced a statewide policy requiring all school teachers and employees in the state to show proof of full Covid-19 vaccination or submit to weekly testing.

EXCLUSIVE: As recent polls show Gavin Newsom at significant risk of being ousted in the Sept. 14 recall election, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Casey Wasserman and Andrew Hauptman are among the names chairing a fundraiser next week for the California governor.

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Lionsgate is the latest Hollywood studio to press pause on reopening its offices as the U.S. experiences a rise in the Covid Delta variant.