Also: the staff of the farm says they can’t get masks. The functionality of the postal service “unequal at best. And broadcast The Scream tonight!
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A day after President Donald Trump visited California and blamed forest mismanagement for the recent wildfires, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris investigated the damage caused through the creek chimney Tuesday afternoon. coVID-19 dual crisis and wildfires, Visalia Times-Delta reported.
“This is a partisan issue,” he said of global warming. “It’s just a fact. “
The Creek fire, which burns on both sides of the San Joaquin River in central California, is the twelfth largest in the state until Tuesday. Five of the 20 largest fires in the state are burning simultaneously. “Climate change is real,” Newsom said. If you don’t do it in science, come to California and watch with your own eyes. “
Those fighting chimneys include detained firefighters, who face longer and more damaging days due to a shortage of chimney equipment in prisons, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
The ranks of firefighters imprisoned in fire stations have been reduced by 30% from last year to this year, leaving a “critical vacuum” in resources amid a historic season of fire sites. The shortage of fire crews in prisons was aggravated by the pandemic, the state reported. thousands of minimal security breaches early to prevent the spread of the virus.
“You’re not recovering,” said a 35-year-old inmate who was running his fire season. “The resources were so scattered. “
Farm staff continued to paint outdoors amid the smoke of wildfires, even though the availability of the N95 mask is “as hazy as the orange skies in California this week,” CalMatters reports. State officials and agricultural teams say they have distributed millions of respiratory masks, but teams of agricultural painters say they have virtually none.
Under a government mandate, employers must have the mask off-tariff for staff if the air quality index for particulate matter 2. 5 exceeds 151. The law also requires staff to wear a mask if the AQI exceeds 500.
In bigger news: Only 3. 5% of Californians who have been tested for the coronavirus in the past seven days have tested positive for COVID-19, the lowest rate since the state began reporting the knowledge last March, reports Los Angeles Times. A month ago, the positive test rate was almost twice as high.
This improvement is seen in the state:
Meanwhile, the city of Anaheim is asking Newsom to rewrite Disneyland and Disney California Adventure, the Orange County Registry reports. facing a budget deficit of $100 million due to prolonged closures similar to coroanviruses.
El Grito, an annual occasion commemorating the cry of Dolores of 1810, the war cry of Mexico’s struggle for independence from Spain, is positioned on the steps of the City of Los Angeles and this year will be held through a virtual telethon and concert and broadcast in ElGrito2020. com, LATimes reports.
Monica Rodriguez, a member of the Los Angeles board, will host the event, which begins at 7 p. m. Tonight. Grammy nominees Los Tucanes de Tijuana, Mexican-American rock band La Santa Cecilia, U. S. State Department cultural ambassadors Ozomatli and Mexico City-based cumbia new wave El Conjunto Nueva Ola will perform, the Times reports.
The occasion will increase the budget for the Indocu-Indigenous Fund of Indigenous Communities in Leadership. Members of the public can make a donation directly from him or by sending “ELGRITO2020” to 44-321.
In California, a summary of USA Today. They also contributed: Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Orange County Register and LAist.