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A sign asks for $15 minimum wage outside the McDonald's on Tierrasanta Boulevard in San Diego, June 5, 2015.

California Minimum-Wage Jump To Hit Virus-Battered Companies

California workers will get a promised jump in the state's minimum wage next year, but the higher costs represent another challenge for businesses staggered by the coronavirus outbreak. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom says he had the authority to suspend the increase to $14 an hour for larger employers in 2021.

San Diego Mayor Faulconer announces an executive order to allow businesses to expand indoor operations to the outdoors, July 20, 2020.

Mayor Signs Exec Order Allowing Gyms, Churches, Salons To Expand Outdoors

The order comes a week after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that all indoor operations would be shuttered at a wide variety of recently reopened businesses due to a rise in COVID-19 cases.

Demonstrators who favor mask-wearing gathered outside school district headquarters in Marietta, Ga., last week. A recent look-back at pandemic data finds requiring masks, capping the size of gatherings and instituting certain bar, gym and restaurant restrictions are all strategies that can help stop a surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations.

Even Moderate COVID Restrictions Can Slow The Spread Of The Virus — If They're Timely

Mask mandates and other interventions can help stop a surge, even where vaccination rates are low, say scientists who've reviewed states' data. When the measures start and how long they last matters.

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a glass of Soviet Champagne during a Kremlin ceremony in 2017. A new Russian law says only Russian sparkling wine may be sold in Russia as "champagne."

France And Russia Are In A Tussle Over Who Gets To Call Champagne ... 'Champagne'

French law says only sparkling wine produced in the Champagne region can use the name. A new Russian law reserves the name for bubbly produced and sold in Russia.

Authorities investigate a fatal shooting at a massage parlor, late Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Woodstock, Ga.

Prosecutor Plans To Seek Death Penalty In Atlanta-Area Spa Shootings

A Fulton County prosecutor says she’ll seek hate crime charges and the death penalty after a grand jury indicted 22-year-old Robert Aaron Long on murder charges Tuesday.

Oceanside art space Hill Street Country Club viewed from the street in an undated photo during the current Juan Beaz exhibition.

'If People Are Coming Here, They Trust Me': Hill Street Country Club On Pause

The Oceanside gallery and arts space made the decision to temporarily shut down in-person activities and cut appointment-only viewings for the safety of artists and community members.

The NCAA's focus on profits means far more gets spent on men's championships

NCAA spending per Division I and national championship participants was $4,285 for men and $2,588 for women in the 2018-19 season. The gap is even larger for single-gender sports, the report shows.

Richard Harmon from Ocean Beach getting vaccinated for COVID-19 at San Diego State's Viejas Arena, March 23, 2021.

1,495 COVID-19 Cases, 7 Deaths, 75 Hospitalizations As Delta Variant Surges

As the delta variant of the coronavirus continues to surge, San Diego County health officials Friday reported another 1,495 COVID-19 cases, seven deaths and 75 hospitalizations.

California Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox, right, speaks in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017

Gubernatorial Candidate John Cox Visits San Diego, Touts 25% Tax Cut Plan

San Diego businessman and Republican gubernatorial hopeful John Cox visited San Diego on his third statewide bus tour Friday, presenting a plan to cut income taxes by 25% across the board.

Former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer gives a thumb up to a supporter after speaking at a news conference in Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in the San Pedro section of Los Angeles.

GOP's Faulconer Still Trying To Make Mark As Recall Nears

California Republicans have long viewed Kevin Faulconer as someone moderate enough to win back the governor's office in the heavily Democratic state. The former San Diego mayor is now testing that theory in the recall election against Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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