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As Newsom’s new mask mandate arrives, one region scores exemption: the Bay Area.
Wednesday marked the return of a statewide universal mask mandate for Californians, unless you're working in the office or a gym in select Bay Area counties.
Newsom institutes universal indoor mask mandate ahead of holidays
California's relaunched mask mandate starts six months to the day after Gov. Gavin Newsom hosted a rally at Universal Studios Hollywood to celebrate the state's "full reopening."
Appeals court temporarily halts Calif. prison vaccine mandate
A federal appeals court on Friday issued a temporary stay of a coronavirus vaccine mandate for prison workers.
Tulare eyeing sizable downtown investment with rescue funds
The south Valley community received $18 million of the $1.8 trillion American Rescue Plan relief package.
Fresno Co. halts all non-emergency ambulance uses
Fresno County officials are asking residents to stop calling for an ambulance for non-emergency medical woes as worries of another coronavirus surge are growing.
Newsom joins prison guards in appealing vaccine mandate
Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking a federal appeals court to pause an order requiring correctional staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Judge orders some Calif. prison guards to get vaxxed
A judge in California ruled Friday that state prison guards who work in and around facilities' health care settings must be vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Watch: Valley parents rally against vax mandate in Monday school walkout
Pushback to Gov. Gavin Newsom's first-in-the-nation vaccine mandate for California's school children hit a fever pitch on Monday.
Newsom appeals ruling to resist court-ordered vax mandate for prison guards
Despite issuing a wide-ranging set of vaccine mandates for Californians, Newsom avoided ordering prison guards, owners of a powerful union, from getting vaccinated. Now, he's appealing a court-ordered mandate governing them.
San Joaquin Co. supervisors OK ban on vaccine passports
San Joaquin County Supervisors honed in on the critical issue surrounding requiring proof of vaccination to enter facilities: freedom of choice in medical decisions.
