California, 5 other states removed from tri-state quarantine list
By Anna Gronewold 09/15/2020 03:22 PM EDT Travelers from California and five other states will no longer have to quarantine upon arriving in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, according to the latest list released Tuesday. For the next week, at least, the tri-state travel advisory includes 30 states and territories. In addition to California, […]
Newsom to meet with Trump on wildfires privately near Sacramento
By Carla Marinucci 09/14/2020 12:18 AM EDT OAKLAND — Gov. Gavin Newsom will join President Donald Trump for a Monday wildfire briefing near Sacramento with state fire and emergency officials, but the meeting will be private, Newsom officials announced Sunday night. Newsom will then depart separately for his own tour of active fire areas of […]
Where are all the kindergartners? Pandemic creates rare gap year
By Mackenzie Mays 09/18/2020 07:10 PM EDT SACRAMENTO — Amy Neier carefully wrote “first day of kindergarten” on a whiteboard and posed her 5- year-old son Hunter with the sign to capture the milestone she had long waited for. Then Hunter headed off for another year of preschool instead. Neier and parents across the nation […]
California LAO: Transit to take biggest state funding hit from driving reduction
By Debra Kahn 09/18/2020 07:42 PM EDT As if things weren’t bad enough for California transit agencies, they are expected to get hit hardest by cuts in fuel tax revenue and vehicle registration fees during the pandemic, according to a new analysis from the Legislative Analyst’s Office. Background: The state budget passed in June assumes revenue from […]
California’s embattled UI agency will take 2-week ‘reset,’ won’t resolve backlog until January
By Katy Murphy 09/20/2020 01:04 AM EDT California’s embattled unemployment agency will not accept new unemployment claims for the next two weeks, accepting a recommendation from a governor-appointed Strike Team dispatched less than two months ago, its director announced late Saturday night. The Newsom administration Saturday released a report with recommendations on improving California’s unemployment agency, from adopting a […]
