Saturday, November 16, 2024

More US cities requiring proof of vaccination to go places

Hold on to that vaccination card. A rapidly growing number of places across the U.S. are requiring people to show proof they have been inoculated against COVID-19 to teach school, work at a hospital, see a concert or eat inside a restaurant.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

More US cities requiring proof of vaccination to go places

Hold on to that vaccination card. A rapidly growing number of places across the U.S. are requiring people to show proof they have been inoculated against COVID-19 to teach school, work at a hospital, see a concert or eat inside a restaurant.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

More US cities requiring proof of vaccination to go places

Hold on to that vaccination card. A rapidly growing number of places across the U.S. are requiring people to show proof they have been inoculated against COVID-19 to teach school, work at a hospital, see a concert or eat inside a restaurant.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

More US cities requiring proof of vaccination to go places

Hold on to that vaccination card. A rapidly growing number of places across the U.S. are requiring people to show proof they have been inoculated against COVID-19 to teach school, work at a hospital, see a concert or eat inside a restaurant.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Dry Mendocino, California, pleads with tourists to conserve

MENDOCINO, Calif. (AP) — Tourists flock by the thousands to the coastal town of Mendocino for its Victorian homes and cliff trails, but visitors this summer are also finding public portable toilets and signs on picket fences pleading: “Severe drought. Please conserve water."
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Dry Mendocino, California, pleads with tourists to conserve

MENDOCINO, Calif. (AP) — Tourists flock by the thousands to the coastal town of Mendocino for its Victorian homes and cliff trails, but visitors this summer are also finding public portable toilets and signs on picket fences pleading: “Severe drought. Please conserve water."
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Dry Mendocino, California, pleads with tourists to conserve

MENDOCINO, Calif. (AP) — Tourists flock by the thousands to the coastal town of Mendocino for its Victorian homes and cliff trails, but visitors this summer are also finding public portable toilets and signs on picket fences pleading: “Severe drought. Please conserve water."
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Dry California tourist town to guests: 'Please conserve'

MENDOCINO, Calif. (AP) — Tourists flock by the thousands to the coastal town of Mendocino for its Victorian homes and cliff trails, but visitors this summer are also finding public portable toilets and signs on picket fences pleading: “Severe drought. Please conserve water."
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Dry California tourist town to guests: 'Please conserve'

MENDOCINO, Calif. (AP) — Tourists flock by the thousands to the coastal town of Mendocino for its Victorian homes and cliff trails, but visitors this summer are also finding public portable toilets and signs on picket fences pleading: “Severe Drought. Please conserve water."
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Deadly California arrest carries echoes of George Floyd case

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Police in Alameda, California, are under fire over the death of a Latino man who was pinned to the ground face down for more than five minutes on the same day a jury in Minneapolis began deliberating in the George Floyd case.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Deadly California arrest carries echoes of George Floyd case

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Police in Alameda, California, are under fire over the death of a Latino man who was pinned to the ground face down for more than five minutes on the same day a jury in Minneapolis began deliberating in the George Floyd case.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Deadly California arrest carries echoes of George Floyd case

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Police in Alameda, California, are under fire over the death of a Latino man who was pinned to the ground face down for more than five minutes on the same day a jury in Minneapolis began deliberating in the George Floyd case.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

California bypasses tough nurse care rules amid virus surge

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nerissa Black was already having a hard time tending to four COVID-19 patients who need constant heart monitoring. But because of staffing shortages affecting hospitals throughout California, her workload recently increased to six people infected with the coronavirus.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

California bypasses tough nurse care rules amid COVID surge

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nerissa Black was already having a hard time tending to four COVID-19 patients who need constant heart monitoring. But because of staffing shortages affecting hospitals throughout California, her workload recently increased to six people infected with the coronavirus.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

San Francisco's iconic Cliff House restaurant to close

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco's iconic Cliff House restaurant that has served tourists and locals for more than a century from atop a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean is closing its doors at the end of the year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

San Francisco's iconic Cliff House restaurant to close

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco's iconic Cliff House restaurant that has served tourists and locals for more than a century from atop a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean is closing its doors at the end of the year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

California's health order falling on many deaf ears

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) — In the Southern California oceanside city of Manhattan Beach, one arm of government is urging residents to stay home except for essential needs while another is encouraging them to get out and shop and even providing places where they can sit down to relax, eat …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

California's health order falling on many deaf ears

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) — In the Southern California oceanside city of Manhattan Beach, one arm of government is urging residents to stay home except for essential needs while another is encouraging them to get out and shop and even providing places where they can sit down to relax, eat …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Grand jury indicts San Francisco officer in 2019 shooting

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco police officer who shot and seriously injured a 25-year-old man last year has been indicted by a grand jury — the second police officer to be charged in a use-of-force case in less than a month, authorities announced Monday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Grand jury indicts San Francisco officer in 2019 shooting

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco police officer who shot and seriously injured a 25-year-old man last year has been indicted by a grand jury — the second police officer to be charged in a use-of-force case in less than a month, authorities announced Monday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

California on the brink: Virus rages and closures imminent

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Much of California is on the brink of sweeping new restrictions on businesses and activities, a desperate attempt to slow the frighteningly rapid escalation of coronavirus cases that threatens to overwhelm hospitals.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

San Francisco Bay Area issues new stay-at-home order

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The health officers in five San Francisco Bay Area counties issued a new stay-at-home order Friday requiring some businesses to close and banning all gatherings, as the number of virus cases surge and hospitals fill.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

California county pays $10M after shooting paralyzed man

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Northern California county has paid nearly $10 million to settle a lawsuit by a Silicon Valley software engineer who was having a mental health crisis two years ago when a deputy shot him, paralyzing him from the waist down.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

California county to pay $10M after shooting, paralyzing man

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Northern California county has agreed to pay nearly $10 million to settle a lawsuit by a Silicon Valley software engineer who was having a mental health crisis when a deputy shot him, paralyzing him from the waist down.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

California county to pay $10M after shooting, paralyzing man

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Northern California county has agreed to pay nearly $10 million to settle a lawsuit by a Silicon Valley software engineer who was having a mental health crisis when a deputy shot him, paralyzing him from the waist down.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

California records new high in coronavirus cases

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California reported a record number of coronavirus cases Wednesday as Los Angeles restaurants prepared to close for three weeks and firefighters in Silicon Valley were being enlisted to help enforce public health rules to try to halt the spread of infections.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Officers remove people occupying state-owned homes in LA

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A group of homeless people who had taken over several empty, state-owned houses in Los Angeles was forcefully removed by California Highway Patrol officers hours later amid protests by dozens of community activists.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

California records new high in coronavirus cases

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California reported a record number of coronavirus cases Wednesday as Los Angeles restaurants prepared to close for three weeks and firefighters in Silicon Valley were being enlisted to help enforce public health rules to try to halt the spread of infections.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

California faces worrying Thanksgiving as coronavirus surges

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters in Silicon Valley were sent out to enforce statewide business restrictions as the state faced a Thanksgiving shadowed by an out-of-control coronavirus surge and health officials begged people to avoid large family gatherings that could become “superspreader" events.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

California records new high in coronavirus cases

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California reported a record number of coronavirus cases Wednesday as Los Angeles restaurants prepared to close for three weeks and firefighters in Silicon Valley were being enlisted to help enforce public health rules to try to halt the spread of infections.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Police: Suspect in church stabbings has criminal history

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man suspected in the fatal stabbings of two people and the wounding of three others at a San Francisco Bay Area homeless shelter has a history of domestic violence and had been deported at least three times, officials said Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

California adopts stricter workplace pandemic safety rules

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California officials on Thursday approved new regulations requiring employers to implement safety measures aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace, the latest state to adopt stricter rules.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

California voters reject new rules for dialysis clinics

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California voters have rejected a ballot measure to require a doctor or highly trained nurse at each of California’s 600 dialysis clinics.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

California voters to decide on dialysis clinics care

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California voters are deciding whether to require a doctor or highly trained nurse at each of the state’s 600 dialysis clinics whenever patients are being treated to improve patient care.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

California county sues church holding indoor services

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California county has filed a lawsuit against a San Jose church to stop it from holding weekly indoor services for hundreds of people, claiming $350,000 in fines have not stopped church officials from violating coronavirus shutdown orders.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

California county sues church holding indoor services

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California county has filed a lawsuit against a San Jose church to stop it from holding weekly indoor services for hundreds of people, claiming $350,000 in fines have not stopped church officials from violating coronavirus shutdown orders.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Santa Clara County sues church holding indoor services

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Santa Clara County has filed a lawsuit against a San Jose church to stop it from holding weekly indoor services that violate the county's coronavirus shutdown orders, saying $350,000 in fines have not stopped church officials from holding services with hundreds of people.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Utility says its equipment may have sparked California blaze

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California Edison said its equipment may have sparked a fast-moving wildfire that forced evacuation orders for some 100,000 people and seriously injured two firefighters on Monday as powerful winds across the state prompted power to be cut to hundreds of thousands to prevent just such …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Raging California fires keep tens of thousands from homes

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Crews tried to beat back two out-of-control wildfires in Southern California on Tuesday that have kept tens of thousands of people out of their homes even as another round of dangerous fire weather raises the risk for flames erupting across the state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Wind a risk as California fires keep tens of thousands away

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Crews tried to beat back two out-of-control wildfires in Southern California on Tuesday that have kept tens of thousands of people out of their homes even as another round of dangerous fire weather raises the risk for flames erupting across the state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Utility says its equipment may have sparked California blaze

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California Edison said its equipment may have sparked a fast-moving wildfire that forced evacuation orders for some 100,000 people and seriously injured two firefighters on Monday as powerful winds across the state prompted power to be cut to hundreds of thousands to prevent just such …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

California braces for more fire danger from winds

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California prepared for another round of dangerous fire weather Tuesday even as crews fought a pair of fast-moving blazes in the south that critically injured two firefighters and left more than 100,000 under evacuation orders.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

1 million could lose power as California winds whip up

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Northern California officials urged residents to leave homes in the hills, secure backyard furniture and other loose items and have an evacuation plan ready ahead of powerful winds that could lead to widespread electricity outages and leave more than 1 million people in the dark.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

California braces for more fire danger from winds

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California prepared for another round of dangerous fire weather Tuesday even as crews fought a pair of fast-moving blazes in the south that critically injured two firefighters and left more than 100,000 under evacuation orders.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Utility says its equipment may have sparked California blaze

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California Edison said its equipment may have sparked a fast-moving wildfire that forced evacuation orders for some 100,000 people and seriously injured two firefighters on Monday as powerful winds across the state prompted power to be cut to hundreds of thousands to prevent just such …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

100,000 in Southern California to evacuate as blaze grows

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fast-moving wildfires forced evacuation orders for more than 100,000 people and seriously injured two firefighters in Southern California on Monday as powerful winds across the state prompted power to be cut to hundreds of thousands to prevent utility equipment from sparking new blazes.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

70,000 in Southern California to evacuate after blaze grows

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire forced evacuation orders for 70,000 people and seriously injured two firefighters in Southern California on Monday as powerful winds across the state prompted power to be cut to hundreds of thousands to prevent utility equipment from sparking new blazes.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

60,000 in Southern California to evacuate after blaze grows

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire forced evacuation orders for 60,000 people in Southern California on Monday as powerful winds across the state prompted power to be cut to hundreds of thousands to prevent utility equipment from sparking new blazes.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Big power shutoffs in California as winds boost fire danger

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Large swaths of California had no electricity Monday as utilities tried to prevent the chance of their equipment sparking wildfires while the fire-weary state was buffeted by powerful winds and dangerously dry weather conditions.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Power shut off in California as winds, fire danger increase

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Large swaths of California were without power Monday as utilities sought to prevent the chance of their equipment sparking wildfires while the fire-weary state was buffeted by powerful winds and dangerously dry weather conditions.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Californians see power shutoffs as winds, fire danger rise

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Californians lost power as utilities sought to prevent the chance of their equipment sparking wildfires and the fire-weary state braced for a new bout of dry, windy weather.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

1 million could lose power as California winds whip up

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Northern California officials urged residents to leave homes in the hills, secure backyard furniture and other loose items and have an evacuation plan ready ahead of powerful winds that could lead to widespread electricity outages and leave more than 1 million people in the dark.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Californians see power shutoffs as winds, fire danger rise

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Californians lost power as utilities sought to prevent the chance of their equipment sparking wildfires and the fire-weary state braced for a new bout of dry, windy weather.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Power cut to 117,000 customers as California faces fire risk

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric cut power Sunday to more than 100,000 California customers and planned outages for many more to prevent the chance of sparking wildfires because of extreme fire weather.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Power cut to thousands as California braces for fire risk

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric started cutting power Sunday to tens of thousands of California residents and planned outages for many more to prevent the chance of sparking wildfires because of extreme fire weather.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Utility cuts power to 26,500 Californians over wildfire risk

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric started cutting power Sunday to tens of thousands of customers in Northern California and planned outages for many more to prevent the chance of sparking wildfires due to extreme fire weather.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

California girds for most dangerous fire weather of year

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California, which has endured its worst wildfire season in history, is bracing for the most dangerous winds of the year, a forecast that prompted the largest utility to announce plans to cut power Sunday to nearly 1 million people to guard against its equipment sparking new …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

1 million could lose power as California winds whip up

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Northern California officials urged residents to leave homes in the hills, secure backyard furniture and other loose items and have an evacuation plan ready ahead of powerful winds that could lead to widespread electricity outages and leave more than 1 million people in the dark.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

California girds for most dangerous fire weather of year

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California, which has endured its worst wildfire season in history, is bracing for the most dangerous winds of the year, a forecast that prompted the largest utility to announce plans to cut power Sunday to nearly 1 million people to guard against its equipment sparking new …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

1 million could lose power as California winds whip up

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Northern California officials urged residents to leave homes in the hills, secure backyard furniture and other loose items and have an evacuation plan ready ahead of powerful winds that could lead to widespread electricity outages and leave more than 1 million people in the dark.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Oakland approves rules to restrict homeless encampments

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — City officials in Oakland approved a contentious new policy that will prohibit homeless people from setting up tents in parks or near homes, businesses, schools and some churches in the city that has seen a recent spike in the homeless population.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Oakland approves rules to restrict homeless encampments

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — City officials in Oakland approved a contentious new policy that will prohibit homeless people from setting up tents in parks or near homes, businesses, schools and some churches in the city that has seen a recent spike in the homeless population.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Power cut to thousands in California to prevent wildfires

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands of people in wine country were without power Thursday amid a fall heat wave that brought another round of extreme wildfire danger to large portions of already battered Northern California.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Power cut to thousands in California to prevent wildfires

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands of people in wine country were without power Thursday amid a fall heat wave that brought another round of extreme wildfire danger to large portions of already battered Northern California.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Power cut to thousands in California to prevent wildfires

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands of people in wine country were without power Thursday amid a fall heat wave that brought another round of extreme wildfire danger to large portions of already battered Northern California.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Power cut to thousands in California to prevent wildfires

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands of people in wine country were without power Thursday amid a fall heat wave that brought another round of extreme wildfire danger to large portions of already battered Northern California.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Facing new fire threat, PG&E cuts power to tens of thousands

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric began turning off power to more than 50,000 Northern California customers Wednesday evening as dry, windy conditions renewed the threat of fire in a season already marked by deadly, devastating blazes.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

California heat wave prompts power shutdowns, fire danger

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — More than 50,000 California utility customers were without power and others around the state were urged to conserve electricity Thursday amid a fall heat wave that brought another round of extreme wildfire danger.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

California heat wave prompts power shutdowns, fire danger

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — More than 50,000 utility customers were without power and others around California were urged to conserve electricity Thursday in the midst of a fall heat wave that brought another round of extreme wildfire danger.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Facing new fire threat, PG&E cuts power to tens of thousands

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric began turning off power to more than 50,000 Northern California customers Wednesday evening as dry, windy conditions renewed the threat of fire in a season already marked by deadly, devastating blazes.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Facing new fire threat, crews deploy to Northern California

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Fire crews from across the state were being deployed to Northern California, where hot, windy conditions Wednesday renewed the threat of fire in the region where massive blazes already have destroyed hundreds of homes and killed or injured dozens of people this year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Pumpkin weighing 2,350 pounds wins California contest

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — Being cooped up at home due to the pandemic paid handsomely for a Minnesota horticulture teacher who used the extra time to constantly water and feed a massive pumpkin that won this year’s Half Moon Bay pumpkin contest.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

A few miles away yet worlds apart, 2 families wait out virus

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One week in isolation. Two families. Only a few miles away, yet a world apart.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Millions in San Francisco area cope with virus restrictions

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Millions in the San Francisco Bay Area found empty highways, shuttered stores and vacant streets Tuesday as officials began enforcing an order for residents to stay at home and only leave for “essential" reasons in a desperate attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Coronavirus clusters swell on both sides of the US

Alarming clusters of the coronavirus swelled on both coasts of the U.S. on Tuesday, with 70 cases now tied to a biotech conference in Boston and infections turning up at 10 nursing homes in the hard-hit Seattle area.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Coronavirus clusters swell on both sides of the US

Alarming clusters of the coronavirus swelled on both coasts of the U.S. on Tuesday, with 70 cases now tied to a biotech conference in Boston and infections turning up at 10 nursing homes in the hard-hit Seattle area.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Infected cruise ship unloads passengers in California

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The cruise ship forced to idle for days off the California coast because of a cluster of coronavirus cases aboard arrived in port Monday, and dozen of passengers began to leave for military bases where they would be quarantined or to return to their home countries.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Infected cruise ship unloads passengers in California

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The cruise ship forced to idle for days off the California coast because of a cluster of coronavirus cases aboard arrived in port Monday, and dozen of passengers began to leave for military bases where they would be quarantined or to return to their home countries.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

California prepares to dock cruise ship with 21 virus cases

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As the U.S. death toll from the new coronavirus reached at least 21, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the mayor of Oakland sought Sunday to reassure the public that none of the passengers from a ship carrying people with the virus will be released into the …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

California prepares to dock cruise ship with 21 virus cases

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As the U.S. death toll from the new coronavirus reached at least 21, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the mayor of Oakland sought Sunday to reassure the public that none of the passengers from a ship carrying people with the virus will be released into the …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

21 positive for coronavirus on cruise ship off California

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twenty-one people aboard a mammoth cruise ship off the California coast tested positive for the new coronavirus and 19 of them are crew members, Vice President Mike Pence announced Friday, amid evidence the vessel was the breeding ground for a deadly cluster of more than 10 …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

21 positive for coronavirus on cruise ship off California

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twenty-one people aboard a mammoth cruise ship off the California coast tested positive for the new coronavirus and 19 of them are crew members, Vice President Mike Pence announced Friday, amid evidence the vessel was the breeding ground for a deadly cluster of more than 10 …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

21 positive for coronavirus on cruise ship off California

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twenty-one people aboard a mammoth cruise ship off the California coast tested positive for the new coronavirus and 19 of them are crew members, Vice President Mike Pence announced Friday, amid evidence the vessel was the breeding ground for a deadly cluster of more than 10 …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Cruise ship to be held off California for virus testing

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A cruise ship that was expected to dock in San Francisco on Thursday will be kept offshore until its thousands of passengers can be tested for the coronavirus, after a previous passenger died from the illness.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Man glad to receive Medal of Honor

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO