Gov. Newsom, California lawmakers agree on how to close deficit

A joint statement from Newsom, Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon said the agreement “protects core services — education, health care, social safety net and emergency preparedness and response.”

PGA Championship to be held August in San Francisco

The 2020 PGA Championship will be held without spectators at San Francisco's TPC Harding Park course in August.

19th California inmate dies of COVID-19

An inmate from Avenal State Prison in California has died from what appear to be complications from the coronavirus.

Organizers cancel 2020 Solano Stroll in Albany and Berkeley

The event is an East Bay tradition started in 1974 and annually attracts an estimated 250,000 to the Solano Avenue business district in the two cities.

Hundreds test positive for COVID-19 at Tyson Foods plant in Arkansas

Tyson Foods is looking into reports that China’s customs agency has suspended poultry imports from a Tyson facility in the United States after coronavirus cases were confirmed among its employees.

WHO reports largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases

The UN health agency said Brazil led the way with 54,771 cases tallied and the U.S. next at 36,617. Over 15,400 came in in India.

San Rafael cancels summer farmers market

The Agricultural Institute of Marin operates two other year-round farmers markets that remain open.

St. Helena drive-up COVID-19 testing available

Napa County has a limited number of test kits available and asks those who have been sheltering at home, not experiencing any symptoms and are otherwise at low risk to wait until the next mobile test center is available. 

Coronavirus spreads among inmates at San Quentin
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As of Saturday, there are 159 prisoners and more than 30 staffers who have tested positive for coronavirus.

Santa Clara County to open two pop-up COVID-19 testing sites

Testing will be available from June 23 to June 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Andrew Hill High School in San Jose and Santa Clara's Northside Branch Library.

Marin County to allow more indoor businesses to reopen June 29

Guidelines for businesses to follow to reopen and prevent the spread of novel coronavirus were released Friday by the Marin Recovers Industry Advisors.

US says its embassy in Kabul battling coronavirus outbreak

The U.S. State Department says COVID-19 infections have been reported at its embassy in the Afghan capital. It says in a statement late Friday that the affected staff include diplomats, contractors and locals.