Online retailer curtails operations in a ‘handful of cities’Target temporarily closes dozens of stores across nationBy Spencer Soper and James Ludden(Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc. scaled back deliveries and adjusted routes in cities including Chicago and Los Angeles, Apple kept some outlets shut, while Target Corp. extended store closures nationwide after the death of George Floyd sparked demonstrations across the country.“We […]
Month: May 2020
By ASHRAF KHALIL, AARON MORRISON and TIM SULLIVANWashington (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets across America again Sunday, with peaceful demonstrations against police killings of black people overshadowed by unrest that quickly ravaged parts of cities from Pennsylvania to California.City and state officials had deployed thousands of National Guard soldiers, […]
Minneapolis erupts in outrage over George Floyd murder. CNN Crew Arrested. See story from Dow Jones. 10:50 am ET May 29, 2020 (Dow Jones) Print By Benjamin Mullin A CNN television crew was arrested and detained briefly by Minnesota state patrol officers early Friday morning while covering a protest in Minneapolis sparked by the death of George […]
Human Impact: 3000+ Deaths, 76K Infections – Strill Growing Unfortunately, more than 75,961 people in Southern California are suffering from the Covid-19 infection. This figure is a sum of all Southern California counties infection counts done today May 27, 2020. Worse still, 3,008 deaths have been attributed to Covid-19, the infection caused by contracting the […]
Southern California has now entered phase 2 of the quarantine, where some businesses are permitted to conduct curbside pick-up and less tactile forms of conducting business in the region. This is just in time for Memorial Day weekend, but limited business still exhibited quite a few worrisome trends, like lack of face coverings.
Yesterday, reports on a potential vaccine showing positive results appeared to have driven an optimism frenzy both in the stock market and in general public sentiment. However, a report published today in StatNews indicates the positive outlook was based on unconfirmed data – invalidating the conclusion reached. Regardless, the vaccine and publicity received by the […]
Riverside County’s death and infection toll is currently updated during the work week only. Riverside County supervisors have requested a relaxation of safety guidelines at the state level. Specifically, the supervisors are calling for a switching to federal CDC guidelines that have themselves been more optimized for economic restart and not health. One of the […]
In an effort to aid regional decision making, SugarBearAI, a software development group, has released a map reporting the most current death and infection outbreak figures in an easy to understand way. Data Sources The map pulls directly from county websites instead of relying on downstream counts from larger, more well known organizations who are […]
Mexicans residing in the United States are showing signs that they may weather the economic storm differently from others The survey group of 107 total US residents was split into two categories: Mexicans and non Mexicans. Non-Mexicans indicated an over 80 percent impact on economic activity (lost wages, hours) while fewer Mexicans comparatively, 46 percent, […]
As some businesses board up, leave town or simply struggle to pivot for the moment at hand, others are selling on the corner, pleasing the local public with traditional cuisine or simply trying their best to hang with a cup of coffee. How’s your town doing and what needs to change or stay the same? […]