More than two years after the mpox outbreak in the U.S. was declared over, a new crop of cases in California has infectious disease experts on edge. The mpox outbreak that spread through men who have sex with men was declared over at the start of 2023, though low-level transmission has persisted since then. A…
The Supreme Court on Monday paused a ruling by a federal judge in Los Angeles that imposed restrictions on the ability of federal agents to make immigration stops that the plaintiffs say are based on racial profiling. The order by U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong barred agents in the Central District of California –…
OXNARD, California (Reuters) -Lisa Tate is a sixth-generation farmer in Ventura County, California, an area that produces billions of dollars worth of fruit and vegetables each year, much of it hand-picked by immigrants in the U.S. illegally. Tate knows the farms around her well. And she says she can see with her own eyes how…
A top federal prosecutor alerted Congress to the risk of California election interference by the Chinese Communist Party as Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) met with CCP officials during his visit to Beijing last week. During a closed-door October 24 meeting with the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada warned that China is “trying…
Children’s Health Defense supported 1 of the 4 lawsuits challenging Assembly Bill 2098, which established that doctors who give “false” information about COVID-19 to patients were engaging in unprofessional conduct that could subject them to disciplinary action by the Medical Board of California or the Osteopathic Medical Board of California. California lawmakers last week dealt…
The California Assembly approved first-of-its-kind legislation Monday night that would require all major corporations that operate in the Golden State to disclose both direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions. The Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, or SB 253, would require the state Air Resources Board to develop and adopt emissions disclosure rules for companies that do…
Greetings from Tyler, It looks as though the war in Ukraine is going to go on and on. U. S. tanks and munitions are being expended at an alarming rate. It is said that the Ukrainian forces are short on munitions. Is there no limit? Are we replacing everything sent to Ukraine? We’re not sure…
April 21 (UPI) — California’s Department of Water Resources expects to deliver 100% of the state’s requested water supplies this year with reservoirs close to full capacity and snowmelt runoff beginning. After years of drought, it’s the first 100% allocation in 17 years. “Water supply conditions and careful management of reservoir operations during this extreme…
California’s governor says the state will no longer do business with Walgreens Boost Alliance WBA -3.70% after the drugstore chain said it would stop dispensing the mifepristone abortion pill in some Republican-led states. “California won’t be doing business with @walgreens—or any company that cowers to the extremists and puts women’s lives at risk,” said Gov. Gavin Newsom said in…
California will end plans to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for schoolchildren when the state ends its COVID-19 state of emergency on Feb. 28, California Department of Public Health officials told EdSource. California will end plans to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for schoolchildren when the state ends its COVID-19 state of emergency on Feb. 28, California Department of…