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On Monday, there were four confirmed cases in Southern California of the new, more contagious strain of SARS-CoV2, the virus that causes Covid-19. By Tuesday, officials announced that that number had jumped to at least 26.

On Monday, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the creation of a statewide “Oxygen Strategy” to confront a new, critical problem: lack of oxygen for those afflicted with Covid-19. He said a “task force on oxygen” was stood up a week ago.

In an effort to speed California’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout, dentists in the state have been given the green light to administer the jab.  On Monday, the California Department of Consumer Affairs approved a public health emergency waiver that will officially allow dentists to administer the vaccines to patients 16 years of age or older.  "Dentists acting within the scope of this Order may independently initiate and administer to persons 16 years of age or older any COVID-19 vaccines that are

 Olivia Wilde  and  Harry Styles  are a couple.

Arizona is seeing the highest rate of new coronavirus cases in the U.S., according to data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which shows an average of 121.8 new illnesses per 100,000 people over the last seven days. California is tracking second, with a rate of 97.1 per 100,000, followed by Tennessee, South Carolina, and then Kansas.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Monday said the state has identified its first case of a new, more infectious variant of the coronavirus that was first discovered in the U.K. It was detected in a man in his 60s in Saratoga Springs, about 200 miles north of New York City.

Kirk Cameron rang in the New Year by continuing to defy a stay-at-home order issued in Southern California. The "Growing Pains" alum, 50, has come under fire several times in the last month for reportedly hosting gatherings despite shutdowns in the state.Two caroling events Cameron helped organize last month featured dozens of gatherers standing closely and without masks.

New Year’s Day in Pasadena, Calif.: Time for a parade, right? Some Trump supporters thought so Friday after the Tournament of Roses Parade – a long-standing Southern California tradition to kick off each year -- was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. At least 600 vehicles participated in the event along the usual Rose Parade route.

Less than two weeks after being hit for backlash for hosting a Christmas carolling event in the midst of California’s stay-at-home order attempting to quell the surge of COVID-19 cases in the state, Kirk Cameron was at it again on New Year’s Eve.

Look Who's Talking and the Austin Powers movies. If you're a fan of retro TV, be sure to check out HGTV's A Very Brady Renovation, in which the actual Brady house in North Hollywood, California gets an update and expansion, with all the grown-up Brady kids participating in the reno with the Property Brothers. There's also a terrific Hulu original film, Derek Delgaudio's In and Of Itself, which at first seems to be a show about magic but turns out to be about so much more than that.

starred in HGTV’s “A Very Brady Renovation,” in which they replicated that show’s original studio set inside the house seen on the ABC series (1969-74).“Frozen in Time,” premiering Monday on nascent streamer discovery+, finds McCormick and designer Dan Vickery (“Design Star,” “Love It or List It”) making over the interiors of Southern California homes stuck in time warps dating back to the 1950s.“What’s so interesting in this process is you can see [the homes’ owners] getting excited, then

On Wednesday, at the top of a conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci, California Governor Gavin Newsom revealed that the new, reportedly more infectious strain of Covid-19 first identified in the U.K. had been found in CA, specifically Southern California.

California Governor Gavin Newsom spent much of his Wednesday Covid-19 briefing discussing new plans to reopen schools. But amidst those details, he also reported the news that the state had recorded a shocking 432 Covid-related deaths over the past 24 hours.

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“We are experiencing a modest decline in the rate of growth over the past few days,” said California Governor Gavin Newsom as he addressed the state of the state’s Covid-19 numbers on Wednesday. He then called the 39,069 new cases reported “a modest indication of some possible sign of some good news.” The governor also announced that the 7-day test positivity rate had “declined slightly” from 13.3% to 12.6%

California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday named state Assembly member Shirley Weber to serve as California's new secretary of state.

Prince Jackson is making Christmas a bit happier for 25 Los Angeles-area children, thanks to some help from toy manufacturer Mattel.