Tahoe Talk - Wed. 5/20/20

Up-to-date, daily info on news that is happening around Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada! Notes from today’s discussion include:

Local News:
- Phased approach to launching boats underway at Lake Tahoe
- Gaming control board allows restaurants inside of casinos to reopen with strict precautions
- CA Assembly members introduce resolution to end the governors emergency powers

National News:
- Global C19 Totals: 5M+ cases, 325K deceased
- Michigan Dam failure causes 10K residents in Midland County to evacuate - could be under 9 feet of water within hours
- Navajo Nation has surpassed NY and NJ for the highest per-capita C19 infection rate in the US - 173K people total across AZ/NM/UT
- CDC quietly releases 60 page “guidelines of reopening economy” on Sunday. All 50 states have eased some C19 restrictions - rules vary widely
- Trump administration extends border closures to Canada & Mexico until June 22
- Trump says “we’ll see” to a request from Ford to wear a mask upon his visit to their factory on Thursday
- Tyson vs. Holyfield Round 3 stage is set in Saudi Arabia
- On this Day, 1873: Levi Strauss patents “Blue Jeans”

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