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California News – 08-16-2021

K Buenavista — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 05:23:54 +0000

A 7-year-old boy named David Pruitt has died about a week after swimming in a Tehama County-area lake where he contracted a rare brain-eating amoeba
According to the family, David was flown to UC Davis Medical Center on July 30 where he was diagnosed with “primary amebic meningoencephalitis (or PAM)
According to the Tehama County Health Services Agency, there have only been 10 PAM cases reported in California since 1971

Both Northern California and Utah have been announced thousands of evacuations due to intense wildfires
On August 15, Oregon firefighters announced that they had fully contained the Dixie Fire which had spread to more than 550,000 acres across 4 counties in Northern California
In eastern Utah, the Parleys Canyon Fire, which ignited on Saturday afternoon, quickly forced the evacuation of at least 6,000 homes, according to the authorities

K Buenavista — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 07:53:53 +0000

have been ordered
Yesterday (July 4), the tumbleweed fire had emerged near Gorman, California which is 70 miles northwest of Los Angeles
From 2 pm to 8 pm, the fire had covered almost 1,000 acres and 10% of the fire is currently contained

In the US, the Delta variant of Coronavirus is on track to become the most dominant variant in the country as it is highly transmissible
Along with California, Iowa, Arkansas, and Utah have reported that the Delta variant in their states has become the most dominant currently

K Buenavista — Tue, 18 May 2021 14:46:48 +0000

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed medical marijuana legislation Monday as Republican opposition to the issue faded after decades of debate
The program will allow people with a qualifying medical condition to purchase medical marijuana with the recommendation of a doctor
More than a dozen conditions, including cancer, a terminal illness, depression, epilepsy, panic disorder and chronic pain would allow a person to qualify

President Joe Biden said Monday that the U.S. will share an additional 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines with the world in the coming six weeks as domestic demand for shots drops and global disparities in distribution have grown more evident
The doses will come from existing production of Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine stocks, marking the first time that U.S.-controlled doses of vaccines authorized for use in the country will be shared overseas

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox called on state lawmakers Monday to convene for a special session this week to consider bills involving allocating federal coronavirus relief funds and a prohibition on mask requirements in schools
Lawmakers will focus on allocating the more than $1.5 billion Utah is receiving from the American Rescue Plan, as well as updating or fixing errors made in bills that passed the general session this past spring
They will also weigh a resolution condemning acts of anti-Asian hate and an extension of the state drought emergency

A legislative session that began amid a surge in coronavirus cases ended Friday with Missouri lawmakers passing a legal shield against pandemic-related liability lawsuits as their final action
The legislation would prohibit COVID-19 liability lawsuits against businesses and health care providers unless plaintiffs can prove they were exposed and sickened by the coronavirus and that the entity engaged in “reckless or willful misconduct”

Sunday tailgaters could buy beers earlier in the morning and a pandemic allowance for carryout cocktails could become permanent under a bill passed by the Missouri Legislature
The bill expanding the availability of alcohol won final approval Friday in the House while some lawmakers touted it as a benefit for small businesses and the tourism industry
When restaurants had their indoor capacities limited during the coronavirus pandemic, the Missouri Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control temporarily relaxed rules so they could sell mixed drinks to go