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Stay-at-home order expected to be extended Tuesday

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LOS ANGELES – A regional stay-at-home order in effect across Southern California due to surging COVID-19 hospitalizations is expected to be formally extended Tuesday, continuing a ban on all gatherings of people from different households and strict capacity limits at many businesses.

The order, which includes Los Angeles County, took effect at 11:59 p.m. Dec. 6 and was set to expire Monday, Dec. 28. But with the region’s intensive-care unit capacity at hospitals still effectively listed at 0%, Gov. Gavin Newsom said the order is all but certain to be extended.

“It is clear and understandable that it’s likely those stay-at-home orders will be extended,” Newsom said.

A formal announcement had been expected Monday, but Newsom said the state was still compiling hospital and case data, and completing hospital-demand projections for the next four weeks.

“When we conceived of this framework, we are looking at projections four weeks out,” he said. “We are looking at current case rates, positivity rates, looking at the community surveillance that we’re doing and anticipating abased upon our modeling where that growth will be over a four-week period.”

Newsom noted, however, that based upon large number of people who appeared to have ignored warnings against travel over the Christmas holiday — and those who will likely so do over the upcoming New Year’s holiday, the state is bracing for a “surge on top of a surge, arguably on top of, again, another surge.” He said the official announcement on extending the order will be made Tuesday by Dr. Mark Ghaly, the state’s Health and Human Services secretary.

Newsom noted that COVID hospital admissions have begun to plateau across much of the state — with the exception of Southern California, with Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties continuing to be the hardest hit.

Los Angeles County has rapidly become the epicenter of the pandemic in the state, with the state reporting more than 7,100 COVID-19 patients in hospitals, including more than 1,400 in intensive-care unit beds. Newsom said 96% of Los Angeles County hospitals diverted ambulances to other facilities at some point over the weekend due to overcrowding in emergency rooms — up from a normal average of 33% of hospitals going on diversion. According to the governor, Los Angeles County hospitals on average spent 16 hours on diversion over the weekend, unable to find space for emergency patients.

Under the order, the following businesses/recreational facilities were forced to close:

  • indoor recreational facilities;
  • hair salons and barbershops;
  • personal care services;
  • museums, zoos, and aquariums;
  • movie theaters;
  • wineries;
  • bars, breweries and distilleries;
  • family entertainment centers;
  • cardrooms and satellite wagering;
  • limited services;
  • live audience sports; and
  • amusement parks.

Schools with waivers can remain open, along with “critical infrastructure” and retail stores, which will be limited to 20% of capacity. Restaurants are restricted to takeout and delivery service only. Hotels are allowed to open “for critical infrastructure support only,” while churches would be restricted to outdoor only services. Entertainment production — including professional sports — would be allowed to continue without live audiences. Four of the five regions carved out by the state are under stay-at- home orders, covering 98% of the state’s population. Only far northern California is not under a stay-at-home order.

The order was triggered in each area when the region’s ICU bed availability dropped below 15%. In some counties, the official ICU bed availability is 0%. That percentage does not mean that there aren’t any ICU beds available, since the state adjusts the number based on the ratio of COVID- 19 patients being housed in the units.

Newsom again had harsh words for counties and county officials who continue to “thumb your nose” at health orders. He singled out Riverside County, where Sheriff Chad Bianco has publicly criticized Newsom and said his agency would not be “blackmailed” into becoming an enforcement arm of state health officials. Newsom has said repeatedly that counties that don’t adhere to health restrictions would lose state funding.

“We’re in the midst of a pandemic,” Newsom said. “I don’t know what more evidence you need, particularly, as highlighted, Riverside County is experiencing what they’re experiencing in ICUs and hospitals and lives lost. I mean, what more evidence do you need that trying to enforce good behavior will actually save lives? It’s a noble and right thing to do. To dismiss as many have in the past and some of the same folks … some still holding onto this as a hoax or face coverings don’t matter. … They’re not helping. They’re not advancing that cause, and so we will be assertive as we have been, we will be aggressive, as we have been.”

Bianco, in a video message posted online earlier this month, called state health mandates “flat-out ridiculous,” while calling Newsom’s stances hypocritical in light of his criticism of the federal government for withholding funds from states, and following Newsom’s well-publicized attendance at a dinner party in spite of his own regulations against such gatherings.

Bianco told residents in his message to wear a mask and practice social distancing, but said, “While the governor’s office and the state has threatened action against violators, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department will not be blackmailed, bullied or used as muscle against Riverside County residents in the enforcement of the Governor’s orders.”

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37 comments for "Stay-at-home order expected to be extended Tuesday"

    • Careful Dave, you are typing in CAPS. Someone said Magnetlady was going nuts. Take a sip of the liberal wine and watch some CNN. You’ll feel better in the morning.

  2. The Trump Legacy – going on 400,000 dead
    Jan. 12: Trump on tape: “deadly stuff” “I wanted to always play it down,” “goes through air,” you just breathe the air, that’s how it’s passed.” (He did not tell the citizens)
    Jan 14: “I know more about viruses than anyone.”
    Jan. 22: “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China.”
    Jan 24: “China has been working hard to contain the Corona virus. On behalf of the American People, I want to thank President Xi!”
    Feb. 2: “We pretty much shut it down coming in from China.”
    Feb. 5: Trump administration officials declined an offer of early congressional funding assistance from Democratic Senators.
    Feb. 24: “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA… Stock Market starting to look very good to me!” (Trump’s real priority)
    Feb. 25: “CDC & my administration are doing a GREAT job of handling Coronavirus.”
    Feb. 25: “I think that’s a problem that’s going to go away. They have studied it. They know very much. In fact, we’re very close to a vaccine …”
    Feb. 26: “We’re going very substantially down, not up.”
    Feb. 27: “One day, like a miracle, it will disappear.”
    March 6: “I think we’re doing a really good job in this country at keeping it down… a tremendous job”
    March 6: “I like this stuff. I really get it. People are surprised that I understand it. Every one of of these doctors said, ‘How do you know so much about this?’ Maybe I have a natural ability.
    March 10: “It will go away.”
    December 30: It’s the worse pandemic in 100 years ON TRUMP’S WATCH.

    Cry us a river Trumpers and MagnetLady. Look to the #1 person who made the COVID pandemic worse than it had to be.

    • CHINA. Quit blaming those who had nothing to do with the virus. Trump was only going with the information given to him by the “Experts” who ended up being idiots. This was a calculated experiment from CHINA to see how far things would go. They are very excited to see how it went.

      You can post all you want about Trump as you are so far up the Dems butt you may never see your way out. What he has done is reactionary to what CHINA let loose and the coverup put forth in part by your fantastic party leaders.

      We still love reading all your hard work Dave, Tim, whoever else you use for an alias.

      • Really? Is this your alias? Apparently you didn’t read all the Twitter feeds from Trump in January and February of 2020 praising China for all the hard work they were doing regarding this pandemic. He wasn’t listening to the experts; he doesn’t listen to anyone because he’s only interested in looking good, which he failed at miserably.

        • Why are all your references nearly a year old. Of course it is an alias…..My mom wouldn’t name me really…..

          I guess you confirmed it…Fauci is not an expert.

          • Good morning Really? The year old references are important to understand Trump’s mindset, along with everything else he has said and is still saying. Please read your comment I am addressing so you will understand my comment addressing your comment. Well, at this point it doesn’t matter because Trump is out and Biden and Harris have been elected as president and vice president. Wear your mask when you’re out and about, oh, and stay well in these challenging times.

          • Really? We all use aliases as you say, including you. Just addressing the last sentence of your comment. No need for you to bring up the obvious fact that we all use aliases and none of us know each other. Trump is not an expert nor does he care about the people in this nation. He only cares about his image (pretense), which has been unveiled to the people. Trump praises China, as well as Putin, and has lavished praise on the little despot from North Korea. He also loves the Proud Boys that praise him and anyone that lock steps to ever changing mind, creating chaos on every level right up to the present.

          • Trump’s Twitter archives speaks to his capricious (unstable) mind-set throughout his reign of terror. Time to move on.

    • Why are all your quotes from the beginning when no one knew what exactly was taking place except those who ate the bats…..or let this thing out of a Lab. Surely you can come up with something more current to blame someone with.

      • I wish you were sorry that you said ignorant things but you aren’t, Get Current.

        Trump was lying from the beginning and he’s still lying. Are you sure you want me to post the most recent lies like the “election fraud” scam to raise money to pay his legal bills when he gets hauled into court?

        Were you and Really? this stoooopid before Trump or did he do that to you?

        • Ah, the liberal name calling begins. Typical Dave. You misspelled STUPID. I would have guessed you knew that one.

          Election fraud is there. “It just was not enough to make a difference”. (Bill Barr)

          It’s like, he only killed a few, not enough to matter.

          Get your head out of the sand hole…or whatever else it is in.

          • Oh, Get Current,

            There are none so blind as those who will not see. Talkin’ ’bout you, y’know.

            You seem to be ignorant of what Trump has and hasn’t done in the last 5 or more years that has made things worse if not impossible for the rest of the counrty, He’s been corrupt all his life from the “bone sputs” to this “election fraud” scam of his.

            And you, patheticlly I might add, pretend it doesn’t exist. That’s on you buddy boy.

            Oh, you’ll point to something a Democrat did that pales in comparison. You’ll try to equate an apple with a motorcycle or something truly absurd. I’m sure you’ve perfected that technique. Good for you.

            Your turn.
            You can’t win this debate unless you lie and/or lie by omission. We’ll see now. I’ll let ya know when you use your “technique”.

          • The only election fraud in 2020 is from Republicans who voted for Trump using their dead mothers’ ballots.

            Lt. Gov. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania has 3 documented cases of voter fraud. Trump got 100% of the “Dead mother voter”.

            How ’bout that, Au Current???

            File that under “Be Careful What You Wish For”.

            Fetterman has hounded Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick for his $1 million offer of proof of voter fraud. He won’t pay up just like his hero Trump doesn’t pay what he owes people.

            That reflects poorly on you, Get Current. (get current??? if you only could)

            It seems you head is up Trump’s a$$ looking for polyps. That’s why you are so misinformed and proud of it.

      • Blame trump for all your problems lmao . Trump hurt my feelings lol. You people who want constant government interference in your life are idiots and sheep. Live free or die from a corona virus.

      • Get current: Past; nothing was let out of a lab. Past; Trump thought China was working hard. Past; Trump on video thought this pandemic was a hoax. Past to present; Trump’s 30,000 plus tweets contradicting everything. Past to present; Trump hiring, firing, name-calling, de-humanizing those that tried to put him on the right path. Current; President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris. That’s a fact Jack, so you can cry foul, stomp your feet, sue until your nose bleeds, resist, defy, revolt, while typing at your computer, remaining socially distant to keep us from your violent outbursts.

  4. I’m just waiting ’till he issuses the royal edict to close all gas stations and grocery stores. In the meantime I’ll continue to sharpen the blade of my guillotine.

    Recall this bozo fascist tyrant. Sign immediately.

    • If only he could close your mouth. You can’t do it.

      If you could you would have.

      But, noooooooooooo

  5. I will be dining with all of my superficial friends at The French Laundry on New Year’s Eve.

    Happy New Year!

    • Unlike SUPERSPREADER Trump, whose rallies end up with people getting sick from COVD like Chris Christie or testing postivie like Trump’s family and even dying like Heman Cain, Gavin Newsome and the rest of the Democrats have managed to not infect many dozens of people.

      How come?

      Trump and the Republicans aren’t very good at staying safe are they, y’all?

      It was dumb for Newsome to dine at the French Laundry (light on the starch, please, especially the potatoes) but it was dangerous being around Trump & Co. They are reckless carriers.

      • So, I suppose you want me to believe that California is on fire with the virus, and it is somehow connected to a Trump rally. I suppose you have some magical number to prove all this super spreading you speak of happened at a Trump Rally.

        Do you even have any real stats to show issues with the virus and a Trump Rally?

        Trump held no rallies in CA. This dismal state has been locked down for months, masked up, hut down and going broke, yet you all keep super spreading at Walmart. My guess is you are talking the nonsense simply because Trump gets under your skin so bad you let it alter your sense of logic.

        Get over it. Her will be gone soon and your supreme leader Kamala will be guiding your ship. And when they screw it all up, you in your infinite wisdom will still be pointing in the rear view mirror blaming Trump. When will it end. 4 years, maybe 8…..with you, probably never.

        • AV Illegal. Can’t you read?

          I didn’t say Trump’s SUPERSPREADER rallies were in California. He did that elsewhere just to show how careless he is and how stoopid the people who listen to him are.

          There are people here in the AV who don’t want to wear masks or get the vaccine and they help spread it. Careless people spread it wherever they are. Opening all businesses will only make it worse, don’t ya suppose?

          Now, Biden and Harris will have to do clean up like Obama/Biden did after Bush.

          See how the world works. Republicans mess things up and Democrats fix it.

          You can relax now that you’ve vented . I can see steam comin’ outcher ears.

  6. When will people ”FIGHT BACK” against these ”DRACONIAN RULES” set down by ONE MAN, GOVERNOR NEW-SCUM!! How will we ever get to ”Herd Immunity” when everyone is hunkered down in their homes??? South Dakota NEVER shut down their state & the Governor ”TRUSTED THE PEOPLE”!!! Yes, they’ve reached 75% herd immunity & cases are fewer & their hospitals are not over-run… The only reason for the Lock-Downs is to keep hospitals from being overwhelmed.. NOT, because of spreading the Virus.. BTW, isn’t this FLU SEASON too, but we NEVER hear about how many people have died from the Flu do we? We need to STOP being SHEEP & stand up to the Governor & all his ”Cronies” & let our SMALL BUSINESSES OPEN UP!! RESTAURANTS are not contributing to the spread, yet there’s no indoor or outdoor dining, neither are nail salons, barber shops or gym’s, etc…Where is the ”SCIENCE” that says that?? NO WHERE TO BE FOUND!!

    • I guess we can’t count on MagnetLady to know when she’s lost her mind. Maybe she’ll write in call CAPS if it happens.

      • Yeah William/Dave/Stinger. Anyone that doesn’t agree with your communist propaganda and unpatriotic drivel has “lost her mind”. You must be a communist bot and Un-American sympathizer paid by the Russians and Chinese Communist to divide us. And you try hard to earn your blood money.

        • Are you with the Trumpers who think it’s peachy keen for Trump to cozy up with Vladimir Putin, former KGB and a real Communist, and sell out this country to please Vlad?

          Funny that you never say anything about that, do ya? It’s right under your nose.

          That’s OK. I’m not a communist and yet you are a hypocrite today, tomorrow and for all time.

          How does that sit with ya, Trumpist#1, a fool for Donnie.

          You seem to think 3 names are all the same person. I bet you eat the yellow snow cuase you can’t tell the difference.

          Those in your demographic confuse, conflate and mistake so many things for so many other things, it’s a wonder you can find your way out of a room with only 1 door. But, that’s you.

          Now, what do you get outta suckin’ up to Trump/Putin? It’s certainly not getting smarter or funnier.

          Have a drink.

  7. As usual, Newsom did not say what he was doing to help the state and people with COVID, just LOCKDOWN, LOCKDOWN, LOCKDOWN!

    • Newsom is creating this mass hysteria with his unnecessary lock down orders in order to give himself omnipotent power. Governors are granted full unrestricted power without the need to hold votes during a state of emergency. State of emergencies do not last 1.5 years! A judge in nov. has even blocked his ability to pass any more bills and laws without voter approval, yet he continues.

      • All the more reason to sign the ”Recall Governor Newsom” petition. Every state run by Democrats is failing to stop the spread.. Lock-downs seem to be their only ”one-size-fits-all” solution, while destroying their economy & forcing businesses ”out of business”… Makes no sense to anyone anymore.. The only thing these Governors are creating is an ”Underground Economy”!!

      • So much ignorance to unpack… I guess I’ll stick with an obvious: How do you define, “unnecessary?”

      • Newsom is out of touch with the average Californian. Most of these ‘leaders’ are. But the food sure is tasty at the French Laundry they say.

        • It is wonderful. I dine there 2 or 3 times a year if I can.

          I should make reservations now for next fall.

          • Why wait until next fall to make reservations? Newsom went to a birthday party there. Sheila Khuel went to a winery, a bunch in the legislature went to Hawaii, Rex throws illegal fireworks shows. All of f these politicians are clueless, useless, and worthless.

      • Are you with the Trumpers who think it’s peachy keen for Trump to cozy up with Vladimir Putin, former KGB and a real Communist, and sell out this country to please Vlad?

        Funny that you never say anything about that, do ya? It’s right under your nose.

        That’s OK. I’m not a communist and yet you are a hypocrite today, tomorrow and for all time.

        How does that sit with ya, Trumpist#1, a fool for Donnie.

        You seem to think 3 names are all the same person. I bet you eat the yellow snow cuase you can’t tell the difference.

        Those in your demographic confuse, conflate and mistake so many things for so many other things, it’s a wonder you can find your way out of a room with only 1 door. But, that’s you.

        Now, what do you get outta suckin’ up to Trump/Putin? It’s certainly not getting smarter or funnier.

        Have a drink.

      • @Anon

        You’re so right. It has caused mass hysteria among you, MagnetLady and others.

        Read MagnetLady’s comments. Now, THAT’S hysteria.

        She’ll be hysteriacal for many years to come.

        With Trump departing, there will be lots of post-partum syndrome happenin’.

        Watch and enjoy.