Gavin Newsom

“I just couldn’t be more proud of you and the prospects of your presidency,” Newsom told Biden.

Salon owner Jade Phung of Blackhawk Beauty Bar in Danville is defending her fellow beauticians.

For more than a week, salon owners have clamored to get back to work throughout the state, but Gov. Gavin Newsom has them slated for a later reopening date that could be weeks away

"We will move through Phase 2 together as a state," Newsom said.

"We're projecting tens of billions of dollars of shortfalls all specifically related to COVID-19," said Governor Gavin Newsom during a Thursday briefing. 

On Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom laid out the road map for reopening the retail, manufacturing, and logistics sectors starting Friday so long as businesses follow new guidelines. 

Newsom is expected to lay out the guidelines for how businesses such as clothing stores, florists, bookstores and sporting goods shops can open their doors for the first time in nearly two months, as long as they followed certain rules and offer only curbside pickup.

The Newsom administration now predicts a jobless rate of 18% for the nation’s most populous state — 46% higher than the height of the Great Recession a decade ago.

Gavin Newsom said that his daughter, Brooklynn, had offered, but he politely declined.

Governor Gavin Newsom has introduced dozens of new programs offering relief during the coronavirus pandemic. But, there is mounting criticism that the plans are sometimes announced before they're ready to launch.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom had the right to ban church assemblies in the interest of public health during the coronavirus outbreak, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

The idea is to discuss how business owners are planning to reopen while also preserving the public health. 

“As early as the end of this week you will have the capacity as a retailer...to begin to reopen for pickup," he said. "We are entering the next phase this week. This is a very positive sign," he said. "The data says it can happen."  

The order, which Newsom signed Thursday, will allow couples to obtain a marriage license from their county clerk via video conference provided that both members of the couple are state residents and that they can both present a valid form of identification on the video call.

This is a change from earlier three days ago, when he made references to "weeks, not months."  

New modifications to the state-wide stay-at-home order is giving more businesses the ease to reopen.