California

A Los Angeles County judge limited the county's ban on outdoor dining to three weeks, but the state's order prohibiting in-person dining will stay in place 11 days longer.

His announcement came during a virtual conference Tuesday hosted by The Wall Street Journal, where he said, "For myself, yes, I have moved to Texas."

A golden monolith has reportedly been found in Chia, Columbia, making it the latest in a string of mysterious discoveries around the world.

"They have not given us money and they have shut us down. We cannot survive, my staff cannot survive," Angela Marsden said in her video.

Monoliths continue to appear across the world as the objects have recently been spotted on an English beach and in a Colombian field.

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco has hit out at Gov. Gavin Newsom's coronavirus orders as law enforcement officials in California push back against the latest restrictions.

The discovery comes after several metallic obelisks were discovered in remote locations in Utah, California and Romania.

Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes said: "To put the onus on law enforcement to enforce these orders against ... while at the same time ... taking away tools to do our jobs, is both contradictory and disingenuous."

"We have bartenders with babies and children and they can't pay their rent! They can't eat and it's because of you, Sheila Kuehl!" one protester yelled.

"If you're not working to stay ahead of this virus you're falling far, far behind and very quickly," said San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Friday.

COVID hospitalizations have hit the ICU capacity for the region's 11 counties, which has gone from over 20 percent to 13.1 percent in one day.

The former Food Network star criticized California's last lockdown restrictions with a sharply-worded video on Twitter.

Endeavor Content hired a doctor to lead the "Health and Safety Team" on the set of "Truth Be Told," a series starring Octavia Spencer and Kate Hudson. He wasn't licensed to practice medicine in California-—or anywhere else.

The risk of transmitting coronavirus means hospital patients in intensive care are having to speak to friends and family via the iPads, instead of seeing them in person.

Large parts of California are expected to trigger new guidelines on Saturday at the earliest.

The new order was issued following "an unprecedented surge" in the spread of COVID-19 across the state.

Earlier this week, California brought in strict new rules in an effort to tackle the outbreak, including curfews and quarantines.

The Bond Fire has burned 6,400 acres of the state, with 10 percent contained, as of Friday, according the Orange County Fire Authority.

"I just ran down there, plowed into the bear, tackled it and grabbed it by the throat and started hitting it in the face and the eye until it let go," owner Kaleb Bentham said after the encounter.

Four of the state's five regions are expected to fall under the new orders within the next few days.

Governor Gavin Newsom's new regional stay-at-home order would forbid indoor group worship, but federal judges have been told to re-examine his restrictions on churches and other houses of worship.

It's probably not aliens leaving the mysterious monoliths across the globe, but we can hope.

Mandatory evacuation orders and evacuation warnings are in place across several parts of Orange County.

In a matter of hours, the Bond Fire grew to more than 2,000 acres, forcing people from their homes and leaving thousands of others without power.

A Red Flag Warning is in place for parts of Southern California due to gusty winds and low humidity from Wednesday evening through Saturday evening.

The sixth-grader was a student at Woodbridge Elementary School in Lodi.

Austin Mayor Steve Adler joins a long list of leading politicians to have allegedly broken their own rules. Here's the rundown.

The mayor's latest lockdown order came as the total confirmed cases in Los Angeles surpassed 414,500.

The monolith was discovered by walkers this week, with photos of the three-sided, 10-foot tall piece of stainless steel shared on social media.

Some retail and personal care venues as well as recreational facilities remain open with restrictions in place.