Hospital Admissions Surge as Governor Considers New Stay-at-Home Order

Governor Gavin Newsom says the state could see another stay-at-home order for regions where COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admission rates are surging.

Reporter: Laura Klivans, KQED

Nearly a month after Election Day, the last of California’s close congressional races has been decided, and it brings good news for Republicans. 

Reporter Guy Marzorati, KQED

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday over whether the Trump Administration can exclude immigrants without legal status from the census totals to determine Congressional seats for each state. The stakes are enormous for California.

Reporter: Caroline Champlin, KPCC

A group of families have filed a lawsuit against the State of California. The suit claims the state is denying underserved students the equal right to education during the pandemic. 

Reporter: Vanessa Rancaño, KQED

The San Jose city council will vote today on a measure to ban natural gas in nearly all new buildings beginning next year. The city estimates the ban will prevent hundreds of thousands of tons of carbon emissions from wafting into the atmosphere over the next fifty years.

Reporter: Kevin Stark, KQED

Oil and gas companies got approval to drill hundreds of wells in California last year without proper review. That’s outraged environmental groups. 

Reporter: Nina Sparling, KQED

The pandemic has forced millions of Californians to file for unemployment benefits, which has led the state to look for possible unemployment fraud. Those efforts have left some San Diego residents in a months-long fight for their payments.

Reporter: Max Rivlin-Nadler, KPBS

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