Tag: national

Many California campgrounds, national park lodgings closed over new stay-home rules

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Campgrounds and lodgings at Yosemite, Joshua Tree, Death Valley and other national parks closed Monday to comply with new California stay-home rules. Also, California state parks in affected areas also closed campgrounds but remain open for day-use. The governor’s stay-at-home order announced Thursday went into effect late Sunday in Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley. The new, stricter rules go into effect when areas of the state fall below 15% ICU capacity.

Five counties in the Bay Area, which include the cities of San Francisco and Berkeley, also adopted the new order Sunday to address already overcrowded hospitals dealing

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Banyumas to close some tourist attractions following surge of COVID-19 cases – National

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Banyumas regency in Central Java will temporarily close some tourist attractions in the area to contain the spread of COVID-19, antaranews.com reported. 

Banyumas Regent Achmad Husein said on Monday that the local administration would close both government-owned and privately owned tourist attractions gradually, following the surge of COVID-19 cases. 

He noted that the local administration would check the implementation of health protocols in each tourist attraction to find out which spaces could attract large crowds.

Amid the rise in COVID-19 cases, the local administration decided not to close all tourist attractions immediately out of consideration for economic activity in the

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Virtual Tour, real national championships: Daily News Digest

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Hello CyclingTips readers,

The return to the racing season continues to roll on in its haphazard fashion.

The Virtual Tour de France, back for a second weekend, saw riders race on the virtual roads of France, with wins from some names you’ve probably heard of and some that you may not have. There was also the withdrawal of an entire team, with an excuse that probably hasn’t been used before in the history of the sport, but may be used again.

Meanwhile, in Switzerland, there was

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