Author: Donald A Promnitz

  Technology companies led stocks lower on Wall Street as another rise in bond yields rattled investors. The S&P

Buoyed by a surge in vaccine shipments, states and cities are rapidly expanding eligibility for COVID-19 shots to teachers,

(AP) — A Federal Reserve survey of business conditions across the United States has found that economic activity was

(AP) — A railroad worker was killed early Wednesday in a Southern California rail yard, authorities said. A brief

(AP) — A California appeals court has sided with Los Angeles County public health officials who halted outdoor dining

(AP) — Teresa Parada is exactly the kind of person equity-minded California officials say they want to vaccinate: She’s

New results extend hopes for drugs that supply antibodies to fight COVID-19, suggesting they can help keep patients out

The Biden administration is giving states an approximately 17% boost in vaccine over the next three weeks following complaints

Wall Street is tapping the brakes on its record-setting rally this week, as markets worldwide take a pause on

(AP) — There is some evidence that a new coronavirus variant first identified in southeast England carries a higher

Fortune struck one man in the bakery aisle at the supermarket. Two others were working the night shift at

(AP) — In the days before Joe Biden became president, construction crews worked quickly to finish Donald Trump’s wall

(AP) — California reported a one-day record of 764 COVID-19 deaths on Friday but the rate of new infections

(AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has from the start said his coronavirus policy decisions would be driven by

(AP) — Griffith & Feil Drug has been in business since 1892, a family-owned, small-town pharmacy. This isn’t its

(AP) — A panel of experts commissioned by the World Health Organization has criticized China and other countries for

The only stars at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am this year will be the players. The spike in COVID-19

(AP) — A law professor who spoke during President Donald Trump’s Washington, D.C., rally last week before the attack

(AP) — California made another 4 million people eligible for the coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, intensifying a competition among

(AP) — A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first

(AP) — Siegfried Fischbacher, the surviving member of the magic duo Siegfried & Roy who entertained millions with illusions

(AP) — Two former Michigan health officials were charged Thursday with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of nine people

(AP) — The World Health Organization and partners said Tuesday they are creating a global stockpile of Ebola vaccines

A familiar 10-acre lot in Fresno is in the process of being developed into the city’s next major shopping

Stocks managed small gains on Wall Street Wednesday following a mixed set of reports on the economy. The S&P

(AP) — On Hawaii’s rural island of Kauai, where sprawling white sand beaches and dramatic seaside mountains attract visitors

(AP) — As COVID-19 cases skyrocketed before the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House

(AP) — California has recorded a half-million coronavirus cases in the last two weeks and in a month could

(AP) — Critical fire danger is likely to return to Southern California at midweek due to a new round

(AP) — California’s health care system is in the throes of a coronavirus crisis stemming from ill-advised Thanksgiving gatherings,

(AP) — Over 2,800 stranded truck drivers hoped to get the green light Tuesday to leave Britain and get

(AP) — Brenda Luntey is openly violating California’s order to close her restaurant to indoor dining. But she wants

(AP) — California has strongly recommended that hospitals test all their workers for the coronavirus each week as the

(AP) — Two birds were stolen from a zoo in Fresno, California over the weekend, officials said. A lesser

(AP) — As coronavirus cases surge in California, county officials enacted stricter COVID-19 restrictions on Monday, a day after

(AP) — Four people have pleaded not guilty to felony charges in connection to a scheme where more than

Stocks pulled back slightly from their record levels Monday as Wall Street put a quiet coda on one of

Moderna Inc. said it would ask U.S. and European regulators Monday to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine

(AP) — As an elite political fundraiser, Imaad Zuberi had the ear of top Democrats and Republicans alike —

A month after the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to end the 2020 head count of every U.S.

(AP) — California voters have granted the state’s nearly broke first-of-its-kind stem-cell research program a desperately needed $5.5 billion

(AP) — The governors of California, Oregon and Washington issued travel advisories Friday urging people entering their states or

(AP) — A mountain biker from Florida fell to his death after going over a remote Northern California mountain,

(AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, once among the most powerful Republicans in Congress, was leading Wednesday in

(AP) — California wildlife regulators on Wednesday postponed the start of the commercial Dungeness crab season to protect whales

(AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell slightly last week to 751,000, a still-historically high level

(AP) — The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate at a record low near zero Thursday and signaled

Wall Street’s post-election wave swept stocks solidly higher again Thursday, pushing the S&P 500 toward its biggest weekly gain

Stocks rallied on Wall Street Wednesday, sending the S&P 500 index up 2.2%, as investors embraced the upside of

Regardless of the presidential election outcome, a vexing issue remains to be decided: Will the U.S. be able to