Tulare County has progressed in California’s COVID-19 reopening blueprint, leaving the most-restrictive purple tier on Tuesday and entering the red tier.
As Valley split by reopening, Fresno Co. to open up 5 new COVID-19 vaccine clinics
Three Valley counties – Tulare, Kings, and San Joaquin – are expected to move into California’s red tier next week, the two largest counties in the region – Fresno and Kern – are stuck in purple.
Fresno Co. to see record number of COVID-19 vaccine doses next week
Doses of the newly-approved Johnson & Johnson vaccine are being deployed in the San Joaquin Valley.
Showdown over Federal relief spending, hazard pay exposes Fresno’s coronavirus battle lines
Preliminary discussions on spending yet-to-be-approved Federal coronavirus relief funds, firefighting grants, and hazard pay for grocery workers dominated Fresno City Hall on Thursday.
New CDC guidelines to OK maskless, indoor gatherings of vaccinated Americans
The CDC will announce new guidelines as soon as this Thursday on what fully vaccinated Americans can do, including allowing for small gatherings …
Fresno County’s coronavirus metrics continue to decline as Red Tier nears
Coronavirus case metrics are following the same path that the county’s hospitalizations have since the peak in early January.
Contact tracing’s value is declining. Why are we spending millions on it?
How will local public health officials strike the balance of state mandates on monitoring the pandemic while dedicating sufficient resources to ending it?
Sources: Newsom headed to Reedley to plug farmworker vaccination efforts
Two weeks after announcing efforts to boost vaccinations in the San Joaquin Valley through scattered clinics, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is returning to Fresno County on Friday.
Valley prosecutors resist push to prosecute COVID-defiant restaurants
“If we filed misdemeanor charges against every (alcohol-serving) business, we’d make criminals out of every business owner,” said one prosecutor.
COVID-19 vaccine appointments still available for 65-plus in Fresno Co.
Fresno County is expanding vaccine eligibility to include grocery store and restaurant employees along with farm workers next week.
