Health Officials Monitor Sacramento Senior Living Facility
State health officials are keeping a close eye on a senior living facility near Sacramento after one of its residents died this week from complications related to the COVID 19 virus.
Reporter: Katie Orr, KQED
Desert Residents Cope with Cancellation of Festivals
Both the Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals in Riverside County have been postponed because of coronavirus fears. And that will affect way more than music superstars and their fans. It’s a big blow to people’s livelihoods in surrounding desert communities.
Reporter: Benjamin Gottlieb, KCRW
ACLU: Release Detainees at Risk of Illness
The American Civil Liberties Union is calling on immigration authorities to release some people from detention facilities in California, especially those who are at high risk of COVID-19 infection.
Reporter: Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQED
Desert Residents Cope with Cancellation of Festivals
Both the Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals in Riverside County have been postponed because of coronavirus fears. And that will affect way more than music superstars and their fans. It’s a big blow to people’s livelihoods in surrounding desert communities.
Reporter: Benjamin Gottlieb, KCRW
Small Businesses Suffering in Outbreak
The California Report's Lily Jamali has another story about the economic effect of the coronavirus. She spoke to the founder of Andytown, a chain of coffee shops in San Francisco.
Reporter: Lily Jamali, The California Report co-Host
Supermarkets Slammed with Nervous Shoppers
Last night, Saul visited at a supermarket in the city of Glendale. Like so many grocery stores across the state, it was packed with shoppers loading up on food and essentials. With the coronavirus outbreak, they just didn’t know what the future might bring.
Guest: Ricky Valenzuela, nervous shopper