California Braces for Spread of Novel Coronavirus
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KQED
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audio
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Daily News
News
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Publication Date |
Feb 28, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:12:12
California Braces for Spread of Novel Coronavirus Governor Gavin Newsom says the state is working closely with federal officials to tests as many potential coronavirus patients as possible. Solano County here in the Bay Area did so just yesterday after getting confirmation that a woman there tested positive. It may be the first transmission of the virus that can't be tied to travel from outside the U.S. Fears of Novel Coronavirus Prompt Conference Cancellations Growing fears over coronavirus are prompting tech companies to cancel conference plans here in the Bay Area. Microsoft Gamestack and Epic Games announced they would withdraw from the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Several others already announced that they will not attend the mid-March event. Reporter: Nina Sparling, KQED Election Officials Gear Up for Super Tuesday Part of preparing for the election is heightening voting protection. California Secretary of State Alex Padilla says a lot of security upgrades have happened at the local level since the last presidential election four years ago. Reporter: Scott Shafer, KQED Homegrown Campaigns Try to Garner Name Recognition The California Report's Lily Jamali catches up with Nima Rahimi and Mick Del Rosario, two political newcomers running for seats on the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee. She hears about what it takes to turn heads when you're new to the game. Sanctuary State Law Not Always Followed By Police Earlier this month, the Trump administration ratcheted up efforts to punish California for its so-called “sanctuary state” law. But a state new passed in 2017 -- which limits when California law enforcement can help U.S. immigration authorities -- remains controversial within the state. More than two years after the law took effect, police don’t always follow it. Reporter: Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQED Catalina's Avalon Theatre Closes After 90 Years After 90 years, the Avalon Theatre on Catalina Island has stopped showing nightly movies. In the age of Netflix, it just can’t fill seats. All this comes despite a residents' valiant effort to save the nightly shows. Reporter: Ariella Markowitz, KQED Extra-Dry February Has Officials Hoping For a Wet March State water officials have announced that snowpack in the Sierra Nevada is 46-percent of normal for this time of year. Twenty-three percent of the state is in a "moderate drought."
California Braces for Spread of Novel Coronavirus Governor Gavin Newsom says the state is working closely with federal officials to tests as many potential coronavirus patients as possible. Solano County here in the Bay Area did so just yesterday after getting confirmation that a woman there tested positive. It may be the first transmission of the virus that can't be tied to travel from outside the U.S. Fears of Novel Coronavirus Prompt Conference Cancellations Growing fears over coronavirus are prompting tech companies to cancel conference plans here in the Bay Area. Microsoft Gamestack and Epic Games announced they would withdraw from the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Several others already announced that they will not attend the mid-March event. Reporter: Nina Sparling, KQED Election Officials Gear Up for Super Tuesday Part of preparing for the election is heightening voting protection. California Secretary of State Alex Padilla says a lot of security upgrades have happened at the local level since the last presidential election four years ago. Reporter: Scott Shafer Sanctuary State Law Not Always Followed By Police Earlier this month, the Trump administration ratcheted up efforts to punish California for its so-called “sanctuary state” law. But a state new passed in 2017 -- which limits when California law enforcement can help U.S. immigration authorities -- remains controversial within the state. More than two years after the law took effect, police don’t always follow it. Reporter: Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQED Extra-Dry February Has Officials Hoping For a Wet March State water officials have announced that snowpack in the Sierra Nevada is 46-percent of normal for this time of year. Twenty-three percent of the state is in a "moderate drought."

California Braces for Spread of Novel Coronavirus Governor Gavin Newsom says the state is working closely with federal officials to tests as many potential coronavirus patients as possible. Solano County here in the Bay Area did so just yesterday after getting confirmation that a woman there tested positive. It may be the first transmission of the virus that can’t be tied to travel from outside the U.S.

Fears of Novel Coronavirus Prompt Conference Cancellations Growing fears over coronavirus are prompting tech companies to cancel conference plans here in the Bay Area. Microsoft Gamestack and Epic Games announced they would withdraw from the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Several others already announced that they will not attend the mid-March event. Reporter: Nina Sparling, KQED

Election Officials Gear Up for Super Tuesday Part of preparing for the election is heightening voting protection. California Secretary of State Alex Padilla says a lot of security upgrades have happened at the local level since the last presidential election four years ago. Reporter: Scott Shafer, KQED

Homegrown Campaigns Try to Garner Name Recognition The California Report’s Lily Jamali catches up with Nima Rahimi and Mick Del Rosario, two political newcomers running for seats on the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee. She hears about what it takes to turn heads when you’re new to the game.

Sanctuary State Law Not Always Followed By Police Earlier this month, the Trump administration ratcheted up efforts to punish California for its so-called “sanctuary state” law. But a state new passed in 2017 — which limits when California law enforcement can help U.S. immigration authorities — remains controversial within the state. More than two years after the law took effect, police don’t always follow it. Reporter: Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQED

Catalina’s Avalon Theatre Closes After 90 Years After 90 years, the Avalon Theatre on Catalina Island has stopped showing nightly movies. In the age of Netflix, it just can’t fill seats. All this comes despite a residents’ valiant effort to save the nightly shows. Reporter: Ariella Markowitz, KQED

Extra-Dry February Has Officials Hoping For a Wet March State water officials have announced that snowpack in the Sierra Nevada is 46-percent of normal for this time of year. Twenty-three percent of the state is in a “moderate drought.”

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