California moving homeless to hotels, in scramble to prevent coronavirus explosion on the streets
By Andrew O’Reilly | Fox News Public health officials are warning Americans to stay home, avoid any unnecessary travel, and limit contact with others as ways to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. But what happens when you don’t have a home? How do you practice social distancing when, at best, the only barrier between you and your neighbor […]
Newsom executive order allows California to commandeer hotels, motels to house coronavirus patients
By Edmund DeMarche | Fox News Gov. Gavin Newsom, the California Democrat, released an executive order on Thursday that includes the authority for Sacramento to take over hotels and motels for medical use for coronavirus patients, in a move he said will help the state of 40 million prepare for any widespread outbreak. Some patients in the state have already been […]
California to shut down large homeless site at Oakland Home Depot
By David Aaro | Fox News California will eliminate a large homeless site outside an Oakland Home Depot next month — roughly six months after the city announced it would shut down the encampment, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Residents – estimated to number between 40 and 100 – live in makeshift homes, vehicles and tents at the camp, which appeared three […]
Homeowners given $20G bill to clean up former California homeless camp
By David Aaro | Fox News Homeowners in a California subdivision have been charged $20,000 for the cleanup of a former homeless camp near their neighborhood, with residents arguing the decision was delayed and shouldn’t just be their responsibility, according to multiple reports. Walsh Property Management, which oversees the homeowners association, charged each resident $300 to clean up the trash and waste at […]
Trump admin threatens to revoke federal funding from California over abortion coverage mandate
By Sam Dorman | Fox News The Health and Human Services Department warned California on Friday that it would cut off some of its federal funding if it continued mandating universal abortion coverage, arguing that doing so violated the conscience rights of all Americans. News of the violation notice came on the same day as the March for Life rally, where President Trump made […]
BUSINESS | California restaurants’ climate change ‘surcharge’ could quickly raise $10M, group says
By Shawn M. Carter FOXBusiness Prepare to pay a little more for your next meal in California — but only if you want to. Some restaurants in the state have implemented an optional 1 percent surcharge onto customers’ bills this month as part of an ongoing effort to fight climate change. The extra money will fund Restore California, a collective of restaurants, […]
California gov pushes more illegal immigrant health care coverage, amid homeless crisis
By Matt London | Fox News California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a $222 billion state budget on Friday that calls for $80.5 million to extend health care coverage to 27,000 illegal immigrant seniors, and that’s not sitting well with Fox Nation’s Tomi Lahren. “As if this state doesn’t bend over backwards enough for illegals, as if California taxpayers aren’t burdened enough by these big government programs, […]
California volunteer search-and-rescue worker dies on mountain while looking for missing hiker
By Danielle Wallace | Fox News A California high school teacher and volunteer search-and-rescue worker – who was separated from his partner Saturday afternoon while looking for a missing hiker – was found dead on the side of a mountain in San Bernardino County near the eastern border of Los Angeles, officials confirmed. The rescue worker, Timothy Staples, 32, was reported missing after he and his […]
Truckers sue California, say new gig economy law would kill 70,000 jobs
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Trucking Association on Tuesday filed what appears to be the first lawsuit challenging a sweeping new labor law that seeks to give wage and benefit protections to workers in the so-called gig economy, including rideshare drivers at companies such as Uber and Lyft. The legislation violates federal law and would deprive more […]
California woman claims homeless man dumped bucket of hot feces on her head
By Barnini Chakraborty | Fox News A California woman claims she was assaulted by a homeless man who pulled her out of her car, dragged her into the middle of the street and poured a bucket of hot feces on her head. Heidi Van Tassell described the disgusting incident to Fox News on Tuesday. She said she was getting into […]
