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SACRAMENTO—California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the first #EqualPayCA event was held on Monday, August 31, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. to recognize Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. The California Labor Commissioner Lilia Garcia-Brower cooperated with the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls (CCSWG) and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newson to arrange a series of #EqualPayCA training on...

CALIFORNIA—California Governor Gavin Newsroom released a new guideline to monitor California’s coronavirus cases and restrict business and school activities by using four different color-codes. The new system started on Monday, August 31, and focuses on new COVID-19 cases. “Every county in California is assigned to a tier based on its rate of new cases and positivity. At a minimum, counties...

CALIFORNIA — A woman driving on Highway 1 died after her car fell off a cliff near Gray Whale Cove State Beach in San Mateo County on Monday, August 31.   Firefighters from the Cal Fire San Mateo Unit reported via Twitter that their paramedics were rescuing a driver whose vehicle had plunged over a cliff along Highway 1. According to...

BERKELEY—On August 26, UC Berkeley students chained themselves to the Sather Gate on campus for nearly 3 hours. In their laps were bodies of dead piglets found by students in the barn of a meat supplier. The supplier, Seaboard Foods, is a major source of meat at UC Berkeley. The protest was organized by 18-year-old freshman Zoe Rosenberg, and...

PORTLAND— On Saturday, August 29 a man was fatally shot outside of a parking garage on Southeast 3rd Avenue and Alder Street at around 8:45 p.m., according to a police report. The victim who was shot in the chest has been identified but Portland PD has not yet released his name to the public. Pictures of the corpse have revealed that...

MONTEBELLO—On Thursday, August 27, Montebello Police Department (MPD) announced via social media that they are seeking public assistance to identify and locate a suspect who attacked two people in the city of Montebello. According to a statement from MPD, the attack occurred on August 10, around 10:35 a.m. Two men apparently suffered a violent unprovoked attack by the suspect while...

CALIFORNIA — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released a guidance on Tuesday, August 25, with rules for the supervision of groups of children and youth who gather for educational purposes. According to health officials, the guideline intends to prevent the spread of COVID-19 across students and kids in small learning environments such as learning “distance learning hubs,”  recreation...

CALIFORNIA—On Wednesday, August 26, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the state of California signed a contract with PerkinElmer, a diagnostic company based in Massachusetts, to increase COVID-19 diagnostic test capacity. PerkinElmer will establish a new laboratory in California to support the supply chain and decrease test costs for every Californian. The agreement will conduct an additional 150,000 tests per day...

CALIFORNIA—Starting Monday, August 24 thru Monday, August 31, the California Department of Parks and Recreations have been closing parks and beaches in Santa Cruz and San Mateo County due to the ongoing CZU August Lighting Complex. The California Department of Parks and Recreation explained in a press release that “California State Parks is closing campgrounds in all Santa Cruz and...

SQUAW VALLEY, CA—On Tuesday, August 25, Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows Resort, located west of Lake Tahoe, announced they decided to change their name. The name originally belongs to Native American groups. The resort’s name has been considered inappropriate and disparaging of Native American communities. The new name will follow their core values and will be announced in early 2021. Squaw...