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Desert Hot Springs, CA PERMIT NO 00005
July 15, 2020 Vol. 16 No. 54
California’s Shutdown 2.0
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Newsom: L.A., Other Counties on Watchlist Must Close Gyms, Salons, Offices, More By Desert Star Staff Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered an update on California’s response to coronavirus, including both additional closures for watchlist counties (including L.A. County) and closures across the state. You can read highlights below or watch the full press conference above. GYMS, CHURCHES, SALONS, MORE MUST CLOSE
IN LA COUNTY, OTHER WATCHLIST COUNTIES All counties on the county monitoring list — 30 out of the state’s 58 counties, which represent about 80% of the state’s population — have to close indoor operations for additional sectors due to the risk of COVID-19 spread. And any other openings based on county variances are no longer allowed.
Those additional closures: • Fitness centers • Worship services • Offices for non-critical sectors • Personal care services • Hair salons and barbershops • Indoor malls The governor said that the state is moving back into a modified version of its stayat-home order, Newsom said. He once again compared the state’s stay-at-home order to a
dimmer switch — not fully on with an open economy, but not entirely off with a lockdown. Coronavirus hospitalizations and the positivity rate are continuing to rise, Newsom said. The number of intensive care unit patients is also moderately increasing, he said. INDOOR RESTAURANT OPERATIONS, MORE MUST CLOSE THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA
Effective today, all counties are required to close indoor operations in several different areas. The list is similar to an order that counties on the state’s monitoring list were already under, including Los Angeles County. Those areas are: • Restaurants • Wineries and tasting rooms Continues on Page 8
Body recovered in California lake identified to be ‘Glee’ star Naya Rivera
By Desert Star Staff Police think the body recovered from Lake Piru in southern California belongs to actress Naya Rivera, who disappeared five days ago and was presumed drowned during an outing with her 4-year-old son. Rivera was reported missing last week, after she had rented a pontoon boat to spend a day with her son on the lake in the Los Padres National Forest, not far from Los Angeles. The boy told the police that they went swimming, but his mother never got back to
the boat. Her life vest was found on board, alongside the boy who was asleep. She was best known as the singing cheerleader Santana Lopez on ‘Glee,’ a musical comedy series that ran between 2009 and 2015. She is the third cast member to die in their 30s. Her former boyfriend and costar Mark Salling committed suicide in 2018, at the age of 35, after pleading guilty to charges of child pornography. One of the leading cast members, Cory Monteith, 31, died in 2013 from a drug and alcohol overdose.