SAN FRANCISCO–The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)   announced actions it is taking to accelerate the use of its programs to help reduce the impact of anticipated higher energy bills due to many Californians staying at home in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “As Californians are practicing safe procedures and following the public health guidelines […]

Pentax Medical Company will pay $43 million to resolve criminal charges based on the company’s shipment of four types of endoscopes for 18 months without FDA-cleared instructions for use and the company’s failure to file timely reports of two infections associated with its endoscopes, the Department of Justice Tuesday. Pentax was charged in a criminal […]

SACRAMENTO–Today at the former Sleep Train Arena, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California is making progress in securing additional beds to treat COVID-19 patients and relieve pressure on the health care delivery system. The governor announced California has already secured up to 4,613 additional beds at alternate care sites and shuttered hospitals to care for […]

SACRAMENTO–The California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) Monday announced that additional staff and residents at two Veterans Homes of California have tested positive for COVID-19. This afternoon a resident in the Redding home and a resident in the West. L.A. home tested positive for the virus. Both are being treated at their respective veteran’s homes. […]

SACRAMENTO–Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the launch of a new website, covid19supplies.ca.gov, to get critical medical supplies to the front lines of California’s fight against COVID-19. The website will allow individuals and companies to donate, sell or offer to manufacture 13 of the most essential medical supplies, including ventilators, N95 respirators and testing materials.  Governor […]

SACRAMENTO–Governor Gavin Newsom Wednesday signed an executive order that allows for the immediate use of funds to support the state’s continuing efforts to protect public health and respond to the COVID-19 crisis. The executive order facilitates expenditures from the state’s Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account, a subaccount of the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties in the […]

A federal district court in Washington, D.C., concluded that the Antitrust Division’s resolution of its challenge to the merger between T-Mobile and Sprint was in the public interest and entered the proposed final judgment following an extensive Tunney Act process.  This order gives effect to the settlement that the Department of Justice and numerous states […]

The Department of Justice is making $850 million available to help public safety agencies respond to the challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19. The Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding program, authorized by the recent stimulus legislation signed by President Trump, will allow eligible state, local, and tribal governments to apply immediately for these critical funds. […]

By Danny R. Johnson/Political News Editor SAN DIEGO–As coronavirus shutdowns halt commerce across the U.S., low-wage workers, many of whom live paycheck to paycheck, are being quickly stung. The affected jobs, by their nature, often require broad personal contact, such as running a cash register or cleaning hotel rooms. That substantially raises the risk of […]