-Editorial The Imperial City Council voted 5-0 to allow the business to open at a special meeting Friday, August 21. The City of Imperial became the first municipality to allow their businesses to reopen despite having the Imperial County in the State’s watchlist and not yet moved to Stage 2 …
August, 2020
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21 August
California is asking the federal government for new $300-a-week jobless benefit
-Editorial California is asking the federal government for a $300 weekly supplemental unemployment benefit for jobless Californians. This comes days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to continue with unemployment benefits since Republicans and Democrats were not able to reach an agreement on the pandemic stimulus package. After …
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20 August
Trump Visits Yuma, Arizona
-Editorial Speaking in 116 degrees of hot weather in Yuma, Arizona, President Donald Trump celebrated the completion of his border wall project and boasted about his work to stop illegal immigration. In a speech before Arizona officials and members of the Border Patrol, Trump spoke about they have been able …
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19 August
Yuma to host first in series of Census parades with free ice cream social
-Editorial To help boost awareness of the 2020 Census, the City of Yuma will host the first in a series of Census parades and free ice cream socials starting at 6 p.m. this Thursday at Carver Park, 5th Street, and 13th Avenue. Between 10 and 15 City vehicles will participate …
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19 August
San Diego County Off State Monitoring List
-Editorial San Diego County was removed Tuesday from the state’s County Monitoring List, but local businesses are still under restrictions. The County met a state metric for fewer than 100 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people for a third consecutive day on Monday. The case rate must remain under 100 for …
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18 August
Democrats Join in Support for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
-Editorial The Democratic National Convention is taking place online and it will be where Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be officially confirmed as presidential candidates. Originally scheduled to be held July 13–16, 2020, at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in the United States, …
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18 August
Imperial County Will Move Back to Stage 2 Low Risk Again
-Editorial Imperial County Health Officer, Stephen Munday, updated the Imperial County Board of Supervisors to provide an update on the status of COVID-19 in Imperial County. During the briefing, Dr. Munday informed the Board, that in light of the improvements in local positive case rates and hospitalization rates that a …
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17 August
Senator Ben Hueso Honors 40 Local Women from The District
-Editorial Each year, State Senator Ben Hueso’s office honors women of all ages, backgrounds and interests, who are passionate about and committed to empowering and improving their communities. Typically, this ceremony takes place in March during Women’s History Month but this year was postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19. Among the …
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16 August
Trump Talks About Advances in Response to COVID-19
-Editorial President Donald Trump says they have done the right thing when it comes to Covid-19. Trump also shared that there are currently three COVID-19 vaccine candidates that are in Phase 3 of trials. He said he believed that the elderly and those who are considered at high-risk should be …
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15 August
REACTIVATION OF BUSINESSES WITHOUT CAUSING COVID OUTBREAKS: BAJA CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT
ENSENADA B.C.- “We have maintained reactivation of 3 thousand 743 economic units without any outbreaks,” said the head of the Secretary of Sustainable Economy and Tourism (SEST) in Baja California, Mario Escobedo Carignan. During the morning videoconference held by Governor Jaime Bonilla Valdez, the state official said that in terms …
