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California announces first confirmed case of new Covid-19 variant
By Associated Press| Posted by Mallika Soni | Sacramento
UPDATED ON DEC 31, 2020 04:49 AM IST
The first person in the US known to be infected with the variant was identified Wednesday as a Colorado National Guardsman who had been sent to help out at a nursing home struggling with an outbreak.
Covid-19: California prepares for ‘harshest lockdown’ in United States amid Covid-19 spike
By Reuters | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz | Los Angeles
UPDATED ON DEC 07, 2020 12:56 PM IST
The Covid-19 restrictions in California on bars, hair and nail salons, tattoo shops, even on outdoor restaurant dining have been ordered by Governor Gavin Newsom and will take effect on a region-by-region basis as hospital intensive care unit beds are filled almost to capacity
In just a week, wildfires burn 1 million acres in California
By Associated Press | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar | San Francisco
UPDATED ON AUG 23, 2020 05:52 AM IST
Since thousands of lightning strikes began on August 15, California responded to 585 wildfires that have burned nearly a million acres, or 1,562 square miles (4,046 square kilometers), according to CalFire.
California wildfires among largest in state’s history: What we know so far
By Agencies | Edited by Kanishka Sarkar | New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 22, 2020 02:47 PM IST
At least 100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate as the “deadly” blaze continues to spread in the US state of California.
Ten million Californians risk going dark in massive blackout
By Bloomberg | Posted by: Shankhyaneel Sarkar
PUBLISHED ON AUG 18, 2020 08:11 AM IST
The outages, which were expected to hit as soon as 4 p.m. in California, would mark the third time in four days that the state’s utilities deliberately cut power to protect a grid that’s been pushed to the brink of failure as people blast their air conditioners and fans to keep cool.
California prepares to dock cruise ship with 21 coronavirus cases
By Associated Press | San Francisco
UPDATED ON MAR 09, 2020 06:33 AM IST
The Grand Princess carrying more than 3,500 people from 54 countries is expected to dock Monday in Oakland, in the east San Francisco Bay, and was idling off the coast Sunday as officials prepared a port site.
New coronavirus deaths in US as lawmakers reach $8.3 billion funding deal
By Agence France-Presse | Los Angeles
PUBLISHED ON MAR 05, 2020 08:32 AM IST
California Governor Gavin Newsom declared an emergency as he reported the state’s first fatality from the Covid-19 illness -- an elderly person who had taken a cruise to Mexico -- while health officials in nearby Washington state said a 10th person had died there.
‘I couldn’t sleep at night’: California Governor halts death penalty
By Reuters | Sacramento
PUBLISHED ON MAR 14, 2019 08:35 AM IST
Newsom was convinced by statistics suggesting that perhaps dozens of the 737 inmates on the state’s death row were innocent. The state has not held an execution since 2006 but appeared to be moving towards resuming them.