California News – 07-07-2021

Sacramento has mask mandate reinstated as delta variant spreads 

  • After a total of 9 positive COVID-19 cases in Sacramento last week, California legislature has reinstates the mask mandate for the Capitol
  • The first mandate is applied to Sacramento residents and the second requires all staff, senators, and assembly members to resume mask wearing
  • The Senate and Assembly will also begin a twice a week coronavirus testing for those employees unvaccinated

California wildfires for 2021 have exceeded levels of last year

  • The wildfires that have begun this year in Northern California and Southern California have greatly exceeded the totals for the same time in 2020 where fire risk was also high
  • Between January 1 and July 4, there has been a total of 4,600 fires that have burned around 115 square miles according to Cal Fire
  • Last year, the total amount of wildfires in California was about 3,850 fires that scorched 49 square miles

By K Buenavista

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