In CA: The masks have it in California
In a move possibly designed to save neighbor v. neighbor fights, Gov. Gavin Newsom mandates masks be worn in most public spaces. And DACA recipients can stay, the U.S. Supreme Court rules, even as it leaves the door open to a future change. Plus: Gen Z is coming for the Millennials.
It's Arlene with Thursday's news.
But first, Los Angeles Angels first baseman Albert Pujols will spend $180,000 to cover the salaries of the team's furloughed staff in the Dominican Republic, sources told the LA Times.
Forbes estimates Angels owner Arturo "Arte" Moreno, who made some of the most aggressive pandemic cuts, to have a net worth of $3.3 billion.
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Let's start with some headlines:
The Trump administration cannot end a program that allows nearly 650,000 young, undocumented immigrants to live and work in the country without fear of deportation, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision. But the court stopped short of protecting DACA going forward.
- President Trump called the decision an attack on conservatives and pledged to fill the high court with more conservative conservatives if re-elected. And celebrities celebrated.
California police departments and ones across the country are changing use-of-force policies and shifting funding.
The city and county of Los Angeles will create 6,000 beds for homeless people over the next 18 months to comply with a court order to provide space for those living in unsafe and inhumane conditions.
A Ventura County essential worker and Mexico native who had been set to be deported got to see her son graduate high school, after receiving a 30-day extension.
At least three people who tested positive for COVID-19 while incarcerated at Chuckwalla Valley State Prison, which has 1,006 confirmed cases, have been transferred to a federal immigration detention center in Adelanto.
The pilot of the helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and seven others radioed that he was climbing to 4,000 feet. Then, he descended quickly before crashing, raising new questions about whether he could have become disoriented in the fog, new documents released by federal investigators show.
A set of ropes found hanging in a popular park in Oakland were not intended as nooses, a longstanding symbol of hate or white supremacy, but as part of a workout, the man who set them up said.
The half-brother of a Black man found hanged in a Palmdale park was killed in a gun battle with Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies who were seeking him as a kidnap and assault suspect, authorities and a family lawyer said.
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The debate's over: Masks are a must
Ending a debate that had grown hostile at times in places across the state, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Thursday everyone must wear one.
Newsom's requirement exempts young children, the hearing impaired and those with medical conditions, but mandates others cover their mouths and nose in most indoor and outdoor settings when social distancing isn't possible.
“Science shows that face coverings and masks work,” Newsom said in a statement. “They are critical to keeping those who are around you safe, keeping businesses open and restarting our economy.”
State public health officials said the mask order carried the same weight as any other state orders with violations resulting in possible financial and other penalties.
States including Michigan, New York, Maine, Delaware and Maryland already have statewide mask orders in place. In other states, including Florida and North Carolina, mask directives have been met with resistance ranging from protests to mask-burning events.
In Nebraska, Gov. Pete Ricketts has said local governments won't get federal COVID-19 money if they require masks.
We fact-checked: Cloth masks — homemade and not — do offer protection against COVID-19.
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So many blue whales, and JetBlue's ready to fly
A “possible record” number of blue whales were sighted indulging on what seemed to be an abundance of krill off the coast of San Francisco.
JetBlue's adding routes to Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego and these other destinations.
And since you may be flying soon, Ask the Captain answers, "If both pilots become incapacitated, who can land the plane?"
Drive-ins, Fuddruckers, and Gen Z on Millenials
Drive-in movies and drive-in concerts help ease our troubled minds, and they're popping up all over, including in the high desert.
Fuddruckers, struggling before the pandemic as the "better burger" market grew, has closed some SoCal locations.
Grab your 🍿 and settle in: Gen Z thinks Millennials are way too proud they can grow one vegetable, they need to get over Harry Potter and they share too many personal things no one cares about.
Pepper sprayed, because you're press
I'll leave you today with an important story of five Paste BN Network journalists who were arrested while covering the police brutality protests.
Here's more from Amalie Nash, the network's vice president of local news.
"Too often, journalists have themselves been targeted by police during protests – between May 26 and June 10, Human Rights Watch documented 300 incidents involving journalists at protests, with 49 arrests and 192 assaults (160 by police).
The Paste BN Network – Paste BN and our more than 260 local publications across the country – has had hundreds of journalists on the front lines of the protests. Dozens have been pepper sprayed or tear gassed, mostly as a result of being in crowds, but in a few cases, deliberately so after displaying credentials. Others have been hit by rubber bullets. And six of our journalists have been taken into custody by police, with three eventually jailed.
One of those reporters is still facing criminal charges, a decision our company is vigorously fighting. When authorities deem a reporter's work a criminal act, it is an outrageous violation of First Amendment protections."
In California is a roundup of news from across Paste BN Network newsrooms. Also contributing: Vice, Orange County Register, Bay Nature, Los Angeles Times, Omaha World-Herald.