\nThe outdoor gaming operations will allow the local cardroom to restore the jobs of its employees, most of whom have not been working the past several months, as the cardroom remained closed,” a statement from Stars read.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
While Newsom has the authority to close commercial gaming enterprises such as cardrooms, he has no power over tribal casinos, which operate on sovereign land. According to the American Gaming Association’s COVID-19 Casino Tracker, all but one casino venue owned by Native Americans is back open for play.<\/p>\n
California Wildfires <\/b><\/h2>\n
Setting up outdoor gaming areas is one solution to keep cards in the air during Newsom’s ban on indoor gatherings. But the actual air in many parts of California is currently quite poor.<\/p>\n
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Wildfires are raging up and down the state. Nearly 400,000 acres of land throughout the counties of Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Merced, and Stanislaus have burned. Artichoke Joe’s and Stars are both near the SCU (Santa Clara Unit) Lightning Complex, as the Diablo Range fires are being called.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The EPA’s AirNow website warned of “Unhealthy” air conditions for Tracy (Artichoke Joe’s) on Monday and “Moderate” for San Mateo (Stars).<\/strong><\/p>\nDepending on winds, residents as far away as Las Vegas have, in the past, reported being able to smell smoke from California wildfires, so their potential inhalation impact range is hundreds of miles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
California card clubs in counties where Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has maintained a ban on nonessential indoor business operations and gatherings have become quite resourceful in keeping the cards in the air. Newsom ordered California card clubs to suspend their indoor operations back in March. After easing certain restrictions on indoor businesses, the governor reimplemented […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":147824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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