By BStigers on October 19, 2022.
Governor Newsom announced yesterday he is lifting the state of emergency declaration on California February 28th, of 2023 which will be phasing out 27 of 600 directors he established. The proclamation and other executive orders signed during the pandemic, after 2 1/2 years will retire the COVID-19 emergency proclamation. Governor Newsom said that the state of emergency was an effective and necessary tool that protected the state and could not have achieved this point without it. The announcement comes amid concerns of potential winter COVID surge and the Biden administration last week extended the national public health emergency declaration until January 11th due to concern that it might wane interest in getting booster shots. California is recording a daily average of 7.5 new cases per 100,000 residents which is an improvement from last winter’s peak of more than 300 new cases per 1000 according to data from the California Department of public health.
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A Pellet manufacturer, Martinez Pellet, Incorporated, and the owner Miguel Arturo Cruz, who failed to pay employees for time and 1/2 hours worked more than 40 hours, must now pay back $260,000 in overtime wages to 31 employees after the department Of Labor investigation found the company was in violation of federal labor law. Investigators also discovered the Real Alinda based company allowed two underage employees aged 16 and 17 to illegally operate woodworking machines and forklifts which federal labor law considers both tasks as hazardous occupation for miners. Martinez was fined $14,500 for child labor and overtime violations.
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Two Sacramento police officers and one sheriffa s deputy were hospitalized after coming into contact with a drug while booking an inmate into Sacramento County jail. A sheriffa s deputy arrived and used Narcan to help the officers, however, the deputy continued to be dizzy. The officers and the deputy were taken to a local hospital for further treatment while all bookings were handled at another location for a few hours while a cleanup occurred at the Main Jail. Deputies are expected to be at position today at Sacramento County Jail in Sacramento.
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Citrus Heights police along with their swat team became involved in a Sunday night event that started with a high-speed chase on Sunrise and Greenback avenues. The speeder left major highways and drove into a cold-a-sac, left the vehicle and ran into local homes until he got inside. The man of the home came out saying his wife was inside. She was upstairs and jumped from a window, was taken by officers to a local hospital treated for only minor injuries. Swat team officers finally captured the perolee from city of Pittsburg in the bay area and removed him under arrest to Sacramento Jail where he is being held. The home was in Fair Oaks in a residential neighborhood which was locked down for several hours as this event unfolded and was resolved by local police.
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