Gavin Newsom

The Professional Beauty Federation of California and a state assemblyman from Fresno are asking Governor Newsom to waive a state regulation in order to allow stylists and barbers to operate outside.

Pastor Greg Fairrington, leader of 3,500-members Destiny Christian Church outside of Sacramento, said he plans to continue holding in-person services despite Newsom's second shutdown announced Monday.

Scott Eidson says luckily, the things that were taken can be replaced.

California enters peak fire season alongside a second threat: the coronavirus. 

California is seeing a resurgence in infections and hospitalizations from the virus as more than 277,000 cases have been reported so far.

A Northern California winery and hospitality company, PlumpJack, founded and partly owned by Newsom, received a loan worth $150,000 to $350,000 from the Paycheck Protection Program, according to data released by the U.S. Treasury Department.

The California Department of Public Health created the watch list to monitor counties in which the COVID-19 situation has changed significantly in recent days.

A total of 19 counties were told to close their indoor operations, like wine tasting rooms, zoos, restaurants and movie theaters.

The announcement by Newsom comes as he ordered a number of businesses across 19 of the state’s counties to suspend their indoor operations.

Newsom planned Wednesday to announce he will “tighten things up” only weeks after loosening his March 19 stay-at-home order and reopening most businesses.

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Tuesday that authorizes local governments to halt evictions of renters impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic through September 30. 

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a $202.1 billion budget on Monday, reflecting an economy and tax revenues hobbled by the coronavirus pandemic.

Newsom’s comments came a day after he ordered bars to close in seven counties and suggested eight others do the same.

Gov. Gavin Newsom says California is ordering bars to close in Los Angeles County and several other counties due to the rising spread of COVID-19.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday pardoned 13 former prisoners, including three whose immigration status may benefit from the decision.

"We are in the midst of the first wave of this pandemic, we are not out of the first wave," said Newsom at a briefing Friday.

The $202.1 billion budget marks an incredible reversal for the nation's most populous state, which just six months ago was preparing a spending plan that included a multibillion-dollar surplus.

Coronavirus and the shelter-in-place orders that followed has triggered a $54.3 billion state budget deficit.