Don t let down your guard
Austin Widger,
Ojai Valley News reporter
“Don’t share your air!” is the message from three California health systems leaders, imploring all Californians to take stringent precautions against spreading COVID-19 during the holiday season.
“We need to keep the people that you want to spend time with … healthy and alive,” said Ventura County Public Health Officer Dr. Levin.
In counties under the regional Stay Home Order such as Ventura County and more than 90 percent of the state any type of gathering beyond one’s immediate household is prohibited. Ventura County residents are advised not to travel or gather with other households since the county is under a regional Stay Home Order.
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As Californians prepare for the Christmas holiday during the COVID-19 pandemic, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) reminds everyone the rules of safe driving are just as critical as ever. Although traffic may be lighter this holiday season, it is not an invitation to speed. The rules of the road still apply, and motorists should avoid driving tired, impaired, or distracted.
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Jesuit Fr. John Piderit, San Francisco s archdiocesan vicar for administration, celebrates Mass simultaneously with three other priests on the feast of the Assumption near the steps of the city s Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption Aug. 15. (CNS/San Francisco Archdiocese/Dennis Callahan)
A virtual posada; vigils in the early afternoon; tickets for Mass these are some of the ways dioceses are planning to celebrate the Nativity this year.
In most U.S. cities, COVID-19 restrictions will prevent Catholics from gathering for large cathedral Masses, but indoor, outdoor and livestreamed Masses are still being planned.
Brooklyn Diocese
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Brooklyn Diocese last month after the diocese objected to state regulations under coronavirus that limited church attendance. The court said that the state could not restrict religious institutions more than other entities such as retail stores.
Clock begins to tick on 3-week stay in restrictive health order
Dr. Bela Matyas
FAIRFIELD It seems as though Solano County has been watching the clock for months about what will come next during the Covid-19 pandemic.
And as the case numbers surged after Thanksgiving, and the regional intensive care unit capacity declined, the clock was set for when Solano would be thrust into the state’s more restrictive stay-at-home order.
The toll struck just before midnight Thursday, and the new watch begins for when the order might be lifted in three weeks.
But Solano County’s top public health official said he does not expect much change in how residents will respond to the new health order, which among other things prohibits private gatherings of any size heading into Christmas and other winter holidays.