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[Transcript: Hello all! I wanted to send out a quick reminder Don’t forget that this Thursday, May 20th from 1 to 5pm at Red Bluff Community Center, there will be a vaccination clinic with ASL interpreters provided as well as NorCal’s Client Advocates there to help. If you are interested and need your vaccinations done, go to myturn.ca.gov and register. There will be one place where you put in your Zip Code and it pulls up a list of vaccination sites near you. So if you live... near Red Bluff, this is your opportunity to get an appointment with an interpreter there. While you are registering on myturn.ca.gov, be sure to select between the two - there will be two vaccines available, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson, so you can pick between those two. Be sure to select the listing that says WITH ACCOMMODATIONS when you register and book your appointment. So again, this Thursday, May 20th from 1pm to 5pm at Red Bluff Community Center. If you are local to there, go register today on myturn.ca.gov! Get vaccinated and protect yourself from COVID-19!] . . . . . #LetsGetToImmUNITY #StopThePandemic #VaccinateAll58 #StopCOVID19 . . . . Need assistance with the location - contact Tiana Johnson at [email protected] or VP 530-410-6519

Come join us we will be here until noon at 4044 North Freeway Blvd in Sacramento! Get your box of free food! Transcript: Food drive! 9am too noon. You can come, drive up and park, we will bring the food to you. It is a free food box! Food has been donated by Elevate Life Church. First come first serve until its all out!

Have a Healthy and Happy Holidays! Your support means a great deal to all of us NorCal Services for Deaf & Hard of Hearing. Please consider NorCal for your holiday donation this year so we can continue to provide essential services for the NorCal Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community! https://www.norcalcenter.org/donation/

NorCal offices will be closed today at noon, and Friday. We will open again Monday Dec 28th. For after hours emergency interpreting please contact us at: (916) 236-1184.NorCal offices will be closed today at noon, and Friday. We will open again Monday Dec 28th. For after hours emergency interpreting please contact us at: (916) 236-1184.

Image description: The top half of the flyer has a picture of a woman, smiling and looking at a toddler across from her. The brown hair, brown-eyed toddler is looking towards the left of the camera and smiling.... The logo of the California Association of the Deaf is on the top left with the words CAD Annual Symposium Webinar Series to the right. Under the logo, the year 2021 and the following dates are listed: Jan 21, Jan 28, Feb 04, and Feb 11. It’s followed by the words Save the Dates. The bottom half of the flyer starts with the statement For families and professionals working with Deaf/HoH infants and toddlers, ages 0-5. On the right side, it says Families, Medical Providers, Early Start Teachers The words Co-sponsored by is followed with the logos of LEAD-K Family Services and NorCal Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

For more info please visit: www.covid19.ca.gov Visual Description: A woman with long red hair, she has a black jacket and grey blouse, and a gold necklace with a black crystal. She is sitting in front of plain white wall. Full Transcript Below:...Continue reading

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Sacramento County Public Health has issued an updated Dec. 9, 2020 Sacramento County Health Order that aligns with the State’s Regional Stay at Home Order. The Stay at Home order will take effect Thursday, Dec. 10, at 11:59 p.m. https://www.saccounty.net//Greater-Sac-In-Regional-Stay-Ho The information on Sacramento County website is not offered in ASL. For assistance, contact our office.

Visual Description: A man with black hair and a white beard with glasses and a black shirt. In the background is a white wall. Upon assessment of the recent, unprecedented rate of rise in increase in COVID-19 cases across California, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is taking immediate actions to prevent the spread of the virus. These immediate actions will help reduce community spread, protect individuals at higher risk of severe illness or death from COVID-...19, and prevent the state's health care delivery system from becoming overwhelmed. Reducing movement and mixing of individual Californians is critical to decreasing transmission, hospitalizations, and deaths. Therefore, there is a Limited Stay at Home order, effective in counties under Tier One (Purple) of California's Blueprint for a Safer Economy, requiring that all gatherings with members of other households and all activities conducted outside the residence, lodging, or temporary accommodation with members of other households cease between 10:00pm PST and 5:00am PST, except for those activities associated with the operation, maintenance, or usage of critical infrastructure[1] or required by law. This order does not apply to persons experiencing homelessness. Nothing in this order prevents any number of persons from the same household from leaving their residence, lodging, or temporary accommodation, as long as they do not engage in any interaction with (or otherwise gather with) any number of persons from any other household, except as specifically permitted herein. This Limited Stay at Home Order will reduce opportunities for disease transmission with the goal of decreasing the number of hours individuals are in the community and mixing with individuals outside of their household. Every intervention to decrease mixing of households is critical during this unparalleled increase in case rate rise of about 50 percent during the first week in November. In particular, activities conducted during 10:00pm to 5:00am are often non-essential and more likely related to social activities and gatherings that have a higher likelihood of leading to reduced inhibition and reduced likelihood to adhere to COVID-19 preventive measures (e.g., wearing face coverings and maintaining physical distance). This order shall take effect on November 21, 2020, at 10:00pm PST until 5:00 am December 21, 2020 and may be extended or revised as needed. For counties that move into Tier One (Purple) after the effective date of this Order, the terms of this Order shall apply at 10:00pm PST on day two after the county is assigned to Tier One (Purple). For the purpose of counting days, day one shall be the first full day following the date of the tier assignment.

TOMORROW is the last day for NorCal's Holiday Bazaar Fundraiser! Interested in this product? Go bid at https://www.biddingforgood.com/norcalcenter all money raised goes to support Deaf Advocacy!

Announcing the winners of NorCal’s Halloween Mask Contest! Thank you to our sponsors ZVRS/Purple Communications for making this contest possible! We were so happy to see so many creative submissions, some individual, some with their families. Thank you to everyone who participated. We will contact each of the winners with more information on how you get your prize on Monday. Stay safe and healthy! We can’t wait to see you all next year at our next Monsterball or Haunted House!

FREE Virtual ASL iPhone training! To attend a free virtual ASL training through VIDEO PHONE contact Skippy Summer at 559-478-2755VP or [email protected] Help make your iPhone the best communication tool it can be! Learn how to: Use the basic functions of your iPhone. Use Siri by text. Explore the Accessibility menu and much more!... This is a 2 part online training. To participate you will need a VIDEO PHONE and valid email address. Space is limited so register now! Part 1 is Wednesday December 9, 2020 from 10-11am Part 2 is Tuesday December 10th, 2020 from 10-11am.

Happy Halloween from NorCal! Remember to tune in at 5pm today for the reveal of who won the Halloween Mask Competition!

FREE Virtual ASL iPhone training! To attend a free virtual ASL training through ZOOM contact Skippy Summer at 559-478-2755VP or [email protected] Help make your iPhone the best communication tool it can be! Learn how to: Use the basic functions of your iPhone. Use Siri by text. Explore the Accessibility menu and much more!... This is a 2 part online training. To participate you will need a computer or tablet, internet service and a valid email address. Space is limited so register now! Part 1 is Monday December 14th, 2020 from 1-2pm. Part 2 is Tuesday December 15th, 2020 from 1-2pm.

Everyone is excited to find out who the winners of the Halloween Mask Contest are! We will announce tomorrow at 5pm on FB Live!Everyone is excited to find out who the winners of the Halloween Mask Contest are! We will announce tomorrow at 5pm on FB Live!

The finished look! Visit www.norcalcenter.org/halloween to submit your mask today! Contest ends tomorrow at NOON!

https://www.norcalcenter.org/halloween/ Watch as I make my mask LIVE! CONTEST ENDS TOMORROW! Prizes include IPAD, IPHONE SE, MACBOOK AIR and MORE!!! Decorate! Paint! Get Creative! Stay Healthy!... Prizes for first place of each age group. Age Groups: 3-5, 6-10, 11-17, 18+ Submission Deadline is October 30th at NOON! Winners picked on October 30th! More info to come! Submit your photo at: https://www.norcalcenter.org/halloween/ Thank you to this event’s sponsor: ZVRS / Purple Communications of ZP Better Together, LLC Questions? [email protected] (916) 993-3048 VP

https://www.norcalcenter.org/halloween/ Some more Halloween Mask Contest entries, keep them coming folks!! Prizes include IPAD, IPHONE SE, MACBOOK AIR and MORE!!! Decorate! Paint! Get Creative! Stay Healthy!... Prizes for first place of each age group. Age Groups: 3-5, 6-10, 11-17, 18+ Submission Deadline is being extended to October 30th at NOON! Winners picked on October 30th! More info to come! Submit your photo at: https://www.norcalcenter.org/halloween/ Thank you to this event’s sponsor: ZVRS / Purple Communications of ZP Better Together, LLC Questions? [email protected] (916) 993-3048 VP

https://www.norcalcenter.org/halloween/ Announcing NorCal’s Halloween Mask Contest!!! Prizes include IPAD, IPHONE SE, MACBOOK AIR and MORE!!! Decorate! Paint! Get Creative! Stay Healthy! Check out some of our cute submissions so far! Prizes for first place of each age group. ... Age Groups: 3-5, 6-10, 11-17, 18+ Submission Deadline is being extended to October 30th at NOON! Winners picked on October 30th! More info to come! Submit your photo at: https://www.norcalcenter.org/halloween/ Thank you to this event’s sponsor: ZVRS / Purple Communications of ZP Better Together, LLC Questions? [email protected] (916) 993-3048 VP See more

Latent Interpreting Media Ready to Post Dr. Mark Ghaly’s Press Conference - 10/20/2020: https://youtu.be/dqsysp5wieU For donations or to sponsor a video please ...contact [email protected] Disclaimer: This transcript is a back translation of the Latent Interpretation and is not intended to be a verbatim reproduction of the original message. For questions, comments, and feedback, please email [email protected] Thank you! [VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Deaf Interpreter, Romduol Ngov, a Khmer genderfluid person with short black hair, wearing a dark olive green short-sleeve shirt, standing in front of a black background, looking at the camera.] TRANSCRIPT: [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: [top corner] Picture of Dr. Mark Ghaly, a bald-headed white man with transparent white glasses. He is standing in front of a tree in a gray suit with red/gray tie and white shirt. He is smiling and looking at the camera. [underneath the picture] WHITE TEXTt: Dr. Mark Ghaly, October 20, 2020. [bottom corner] WHITE TEXT: Video made possible with support from [fancy font] Rosemary Wanis and Friends] DEAF INTERPRETER: Hello, my name is Romduol. I will interpret Dr. Ghaly’s press conference from today, October 20, 2020. [WHITE TEXT: Topics: Theme parks, Sport Outdoor Arenas, Covid-19 Updates] DR. GHALY: Today’s presentation covered three key points: theme parks both small and large. Small theme parks such as the Santa Cruz Boardwalk or Funderland or a place for young children such as Fairland or Safari - all smaller theme parks where people usually go to have a good time on rides,or where they go to look at animals. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Aerial view of Santa Cruz Boardwalk Giant Dipper rollercoaster next to blue ocean and sand with Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk text overlapping the blue ocean] [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Two little kids sitting in a ride that looks like a fish with blue eyes, purple rounded lips, blowing our bubbles. Both kids have face painted and arms up in the sky, smiling looking at the camera with a black fence behind them. Green and white text at bottom corner: FUNDERLAND with a red banner: Amusement Park] [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Big shoe house with words Fairyland each letter in a different color pink,light green, red, and light blue with green trees in background] [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Picture of a large area with green grass and tall trees with wild animals roaming around and people watching from a large jeep with rows of chairs] DR. GHALY: We also want to discuss bigger theme parks such as Disneyland which usually has a lot of people. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Picture of a white rollercoaster with yellow row of cars with blue, orange and many colors spread out over the ride against a blue sky in the background] DR. GHALY: Also think of sports outdoor arenas that are open and have lots of places for people to sit and watch a game such as baseball or football. Keep in mind that these arenas can’t be closed in like basketball arenas, they must be open where you sit down and look up and see the sky. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Large open arena with blue seating all around and a green/white grass/ground football game layout at the center with a large scoreboard on the left] [WHITE TEXT: Covid-19 Updates] DR. GHALY: My third topic today is about COVID-19 updates which I do every Tuesday. [WHITE TEXT: Theme parks] DR. GHALY: Now back to our first topic on theme parks. We have different people who know a lot about business, medicine, science, pandemics, we all get together and developed guidelines for theme parks. For small theme parks like Santa Cruz Boardwalk, they can open but still limited to only if they are in a county that is in the orange code. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Orange bar with wo thumbs up middle warning sign. WHITE TEXT: 25%] DR. GHALY: Still can’t have a full number of people still can only have 25% or of the usual number of people. You have to buy your tickets in advance online (can’t show up and buy your ticket there). The reason for ordering tickets online is so that everyone can answer health questions online before arriving such as do you feel sick, do you have a fever, and more. When you buy your ticket online, the theme park will have your name and information. The reason for this is suppose COVID-19 does spread at that theme park, they have everyone name in the system and can quickly contact everyone who was at the park that day and let them know that they were maybe exposed. Another restriction is for example Santa Cruz Boardwalk, ONLY people who live in the Santa Cruz area can buy tickets online and can go to the Boardwalk. But if you live in Sacramento you can’t go to Santa Cruz Boardwalk because you live far away. This is ONLY open for people who live in the same area as the theme park. Theme parks are only open for people who live closeby, not for people who are from out of town. We are doing this because your safety comes first. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Yellow bar with two happy faces and in the middle a thumbs-up icon] DR. GHALY: For small or large parks/arenas, if they are in a county that is in the yellow code All theme park may resume as long as the county is in the yellow tier. Disneyland, for example, can only open IF that county is yellow. Disneyland cannot open if that county is orange, red, or purple because it is a large theme park with people traveling from all over the country and all over the world to visit. With such a large place and large number of people, the virus can easily spread if someone has it. Which is different than smaller local theme parks which are usually visited by local people and have smaller numbers of visitors. With a smaller chance of spreading the virus. Therefore, bigger places like Disneyland has to be much more careful about when they open. Even with a yellow code, the guidelines are the same for yellow and orange. Smaller number of people can go, have to order tickets online in advance, answer health questions with your name and more. Once you enter the theme park you must wear a mask and keep it on all day except when eating and drinking. [WHITE TEXT: Sport outdoor arenas] DR. GHALY: For sports outdoor arenas, we have new guidelines set up. Again, arenas are limited to people who live within 120 miles from that place, they are the only ones who can buy tickets. Northern California can’t go to Southern California. You still hae to buy tickets in advance, give your name, wear a mask, all for safety as your safety is most important. When you enter, you will notice assigned seating with space to keep your distance. In the past when you go to the arena you could get up to buy a drink or food. Now you can’t do that. You have to wait for someone to come to you, bring you food/drink, you stay in your seat. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Picture of a group of people sitting in folding fabric chairs with the back of an SUV open, BBQ food, eating and drinking in a parking lot with a large red X covering the photo] DR. GHALY: Tailgate parties are not allowed, having BBQ, drinks, food by your car in the parking lot is not allowed. This is not allowed period. [WHITE TEXT: Covid-19 Updates] [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Coronavirus cell with gray base and several red stems sticking out all around the cell] DR. GHALY: Now for a COVID-19 update. We are seeing some improvements. We have been using our website that collects information that helps us to predict what might happen with COVID-19 over th next two to three or four weeks. We can see if the numbers might go up in the future or go down. The numbers are showing us from the website that the numbers will go up in the next few weeks but predict that it will get worse just like it did in some other states. If you want to look at the website yourself, go to calcat.covid19.ca.gov. On this website there are different icons you can click to give you information such as if COVID-19 spreading fast, slow, in a small area, or large area, etc. Take a look. [WHITE TEXT: calcat.covid19.ca.gov] [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Four different colors from the top to bottom - purple with stop signs and skulls icon, red with stop sign and warning signs icon, orange with a warning sign and thumb up icon, and yellow with smiley faces and thumb up icon.] [ORANGE TEXT: Orange. WHITE TEXT: Butte County, Napa County] [YELLOW TEXT: YELLOW. WHITE TEXT: SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY] DR. GHALY: Here is our update on counties who have moved to a different color code. I am sad that Riverside and Shasta Counties have moved back up to the purple tier. They were red, and now they are back up to purple which means they did not improve. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Purple bar with stop signs and skulls icon. WHITE TEXT: RIVERSIDE, SHASTA] DR. GHALY: We will work more closely with southern California including: Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino to work with them to keep the virus from becoming worse than it is now. That might mean giving them more PPE such as masks, face shields, gloves, gowns, etc. Maybe it means changing some of the guidelines so they can improve. Come up with isolation resources and encourage everyone to have a backup plan like family or friend who can help out if you happen to be sick or have the coronavirus but need a place to stay, food to eat, have errands to run like going to the bank, and more. We are also giving more tests in different areas to help bring numbers down because some of those area maybe don’t have enough tests and places where people can get tested. These are different ways we work with counties to get their numbers down. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: White rectangle with clip art image at top hands with soap with orange text: Wash. Second image down is a face with brown hair and blue mask with blue text: Mask. Third image down is the outline of a blue spray bottle with orange text: Clean. Fourth image at bottom is the image of a woman standing with long dark hair and blue clothes and a light blue arrow in front of her with blue text: 6 Feet] DR. GHALY: Lastly, remind you again to wear a mask, social distancing, washing hand, avoid gatherings. Even if you don’t have the virus you still need to be careful. Because the virus is out there and easily spread. Again be careful, don’t socialize with too many people. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Clip art of a doctor’s hand giving a flu short to a patient’s arm] DR. GHALY: It's winter season meaning flu season! Please get your flu shot to prevent the spread of flu. Thank you! [FULL SCREEN IMAGE DESCRIPTION: [top left corner] Picture of Dr. Mark Ghaly, a bald-headed white man with transparent white glasses. He is standing in front of a tree in a gray suit with red/gray tie and white shirt. He is smiling and looking at the camera. [bottom left corner] Edited by Xgamil’s Photography & More. [bottom right corner] WHITE TEXT: Video made possible with support from [fancy font] Rosemary Wanis and Friends]

Latent Interpreting Media Ready to Post: Governor Newsom Press Conference, October 19, 2020 https://youtu.be/wYFkoJHD8Bs Thank you NorCal Services for Deaf & Ha...rd of Hearing for sponsoring this video. For donations or to sponsor a video please contact [email protected] Disclaimer: This transcript is a back translation of the Latent Interpretation and is not intended to be a verbatim reproduction of the original message. For questions, comments, and feedback, please email [email protected] Thank you! [VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Deaf Interpreter Alexis Bravo sitting in front of a textured gray background; Mexican man with a light tan, short light brown hair; wearing a black short-sleeve shirt.] TRANSCRIPT: [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: [top left] WHITE TEXT: CA Governor Newsom, October 20, 2020. IMAGE: A white male presenting with short hair, wearing a black suit with dark blue tie, Governor Newsom giving a speech during press conference; three flags behind the governor: US flag, white flag, blue flag with logo of CalOES] [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: [bottom left] WHITE TEXT: This video made possible by support from: [IMAGE] NorCal Services for Deaf & Hard of Hearing with dark blue logo spells NORCAL with Empower (purple). Educate (teal). Elevate (green) above the logo] TRANSCRIPT: DEAF INTERPRETER: Hello my name is Alexis [name sign A to 5 wiggle outward from heart] interpreting for Governor Newsom’s press conference today with three points. GOVERNOR NEWSOM: My first point today is about vaccines for COVID-19 which will hopefully help us slow the spread and keep COVID-19 positive numbers as low as possible. Even with the vaccine, there is no 100% guarantee that you will not catch COVID-19. Same thing with flu shots, when you get a flu shot, there is no promise that you will not get the flu. We have been working with one company to provide 45 million vaccines for COVID-19. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: white background; a syringe with needle laying across a person’s hands with blue latex gloves and a person wearing a white shirt holding a white sign covering their face. The white sign has black text: COVID19] GOVERNOR NEWSOM: America is divided into 50 states. Those 45 million vaccines will be divided to all 50 states. California will get about 12% of the 45 million vaccines which equals 1 to 2 million total vaccines. [WHITE TEXT; 12% of the 45 million doses go to California] GOVERNOR NEWSOM: Those 45 million vaccines have been made by two different companies seen here. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: a white background with blue oval logo with white text: Pfizer] [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: a white background; teal & pink mask, syringe, and medical pills with a red text that reads Moderna below Moderna are blue dotted lines and below the lines is blue text: messenger therapeutics] GOVERNOR NEWSOM: Everyone who wants the vaccines must get two shots within 21 days (3 weeks). Once California gets our vaccines, we will call people in to get their shots by groups. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Picture of a medical expert wearing PPE and doing some kind of lab experiment with a syringe in hand and vial in another hand] GOVERNOR NEWSOM: We will work closely with medical experts, scientists, researchers, biologists, and others who will make sure that how we give out COVID-19 vaccine shots that we do it the right way without making people become sick or sicker. We want to start with our experts when the vaccines arrive hopefully in December of this year. That is our hope. After we go through our own test with experts, we want to start vaccines to the public in 2021. [WHITE TEXT: JANUARY-MARCH; APRIL -JUNE, JULY-SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER-DECEMBER] GOVERNOR NEWSOM: We will not be able to get everyone in for vaccines right away, we need to start with different groups one after the other starting with those who have the highest chance of getting the virus to those who have the lowest chance of getting the virus. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Clip art of rows of abstract people without facial features all with masks including children, adults, people of different skin color, clothing, and headwear standing against a pale blue/green background] [BELOW IMAGE WHITE TEXT: 65+ age, Essential workers, Disabled people, BIPOC, people who live in rural areas] GOVERNOR NEWSOM: Before we start giving our vaccinations we want to be sure we have all the supplies we need. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A picture with different medical supplies including wipes, gauze, medical scissors, alcohol pads, bandages, and more] GOVERNOR NEWSOM: Some of the vaccines require ultra cold storage of below -70 degrees celsius. Other vaccines require cold storage below -20 degrees celsius. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A lot of vaccines in a cold storage/refrigerator with sliding glass doors; a black presenting, wearing a lab coat, stand right next to the cold storage looking at the vaccines] GOVERNOR NEWSOM: The state's California Immunization Registry (CAIR) is the system currently in place to handle the related data. This system able to keep track of who has had the vaccine and who hasn’t, who was isolated for those three weeks and who did not. Who did recover from COVID-19 and who did not. If we see that the vaccines are working, then we will ask the two companies to make more so that we don’t run out. As you go out and socialize you see that people are wearing masks. Look at me and my mask. See the mask below my nose. That is not okay because you can still get COVID-19 germs in through the nose and can spread it out from your nose too. See me cover my nose and mouth with my mask. That is how you should wear your mask to slow the spread. I now you are tired of wearing a mask. I know it is hard to breath. But please wear your mask. Wait until you are alone, alone in your car, alone at home, then you can take off your mask and take a deep breath. Don’t take deep breaths without a mask while you are in the same space with other people. [WHITE TEXT: 3,747 new cases] GOVERNOR NEWSOM: Now for an update on the number of COVID-19 positive caes. See the white text. While numbers of people in hospitals and ICU have gone down we don’t want to get too comfortable and think everything is okay when the virus is still going on and going up in some areas. Please stay safe. For the number of people who have taken the COVID-19 tests (nose swab, mouth swab, blood tests) see the white text. [WHITE TEXT: 121,581 tests] GOVERNOR NEWSOM: Remember our four-tiered county color coding system with purple, red, orange yellow. Let me show you how many counties are in each color group. See white text. [WHITE TEXT; 10 counties in purple group. 27 counties in red group. 12 in orange group and 8 counties in yellow group] GOVERNOR NEWSOM: Remember, the goal is for all counties to keep moving down the tiers and get to yellow. Keep working hard to do your part to slow the spread of COVID-19. This is serious and needs everyone to help. GOVERNOR NEWSOM: Now for my third and final point: California wildfires. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Picture of two firefighters putting out the wildfire with a water hose that shooting out water] GOVERNOR NEWSOM: The fires that we have right now are huge. Really huge! [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A picture of a huge wildfire all over the land] [WHITE TEXT: More than 4.1 million acres] GOVERNOR NEWSOM: There have been 31 deaths in this wildfire season. Our hearts are with them. Last week with the high winds, our firefighters have been working hard to get control of the fires. Thank you to all of our firefighters who are trying to get these fires to stop. Again, I know you are tired of all of our reminders but again, because I care about each of you, follow our guidelines, wash your hands, avoid contact with other people, do not socialize more than you need to. Stay safe. Stay healthy. Thank you! [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: [top left image] Teal background with dark image of hands with a drop of water and lathered soap next to WHITE TEXT: Wash your heads BLUE TEXT: frequently] [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: [center left image] Teal background with dark image of shadows of several people standing close to each other with BLUE AND WHITE TEXT: Avoid cross, stay home if you can.] [VIDEO IMAGE: Animation of a woman with brown hair and light skin wearing a green blouse with black buttons and white collar is seen pulling a blue mask over her nose/mouth again and again on loop] [FULL SCREEN IMAGE DESCRIPTION: WHITE TEXT: This video made possible by: [IMAGE] NorCal Services for Deaf & Hard of Hearing with dark blue logo spells NORCAL with Empower (purple). Educate (teal). Elevate (green) above the logo] Disclaimer: This transcript is a back translation of the Latent Interpretation and is not intended to be a verbatim reproduction of the original message. For questions, comments, and feedback, please email [email protected] Thank you!

Latent Interpreting Media Ready to Post: https://youtu.be/P6_O9WkYs-4 Thank you to the Access Language for sponsoring this video. For donations or sponsorship ...opportunities please email [email protected] Disclaimer: This transcript is a back translation of the Latent Interpretation and is not intended to be a verbatim reproduction of the original message. For questions, comments, and feedback, please email [email protected] Thank you! [VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Deaf Interpreter Alexis Bravo sitting in front of a textured gray background; Mexican man with a light tan, short light brown hair; wearing a black short-sleeve shirt, standing looking at the camera.] [IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS: [top corner] Picture of Dr. Mark Ghaly, is a white bald-headed man with transparent glasses. He is standing in front of a tree and is smiling at the camera. Dr. Ghaly is wearing a grey suit, white shirt, and a red and grey tie. [bottom corner] IMAGE DESCRIPTION: White Box with black text: Sponsored by:. A black circle inside another larger black circle with black calligraphy A L. in between the two circles at the bottom is block black text: ACCESS LANGUAGE in capital letters.] DEAF INTERPRETER: Hello my name is Alexis [name sign A to 5 wiggle outward from heart] interpreting for Dr. Ghaly’s press conference today. This press conference has three main topics: upcoming holidays, COVID-19 update, and Questions with Answers. [WHITE TEXT: TOPICS: Holidays, Coronavirus, Q & A] DR. GHALY: The holidays are coming soon including Halloween and Dia De Los Muertos. [WHITE TEXT: Holidays. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Large orange pumpkin with a face carved out. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: White skull with bared teeth with black eyes and nose as an upside down heart. The white skull is covered with orange and pink flowers with green stems and red dots.] DR. GHALY: We want to go out and trick or treat, see friends, go to scary places, and eat candy but because of COVID-19, we can’t do that. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Orange pumpkin bucket full of candy] DR. GHALY: However, we have alternative solutions to celebrate Halloween. You can hide candies at your house for a candy hunt or can celebrate through video chat to show off your costume, share a story, etc. You even can have a costume contest to see who has the best costume and who gets the prize! [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: light skinned father, mother, and daughter wearing costumes: father as pirate with white and black painted face, mother in a red dress with red devil horns, and daughter with a black witch hat with a purple/orange dress. Table has pumpkins and candies on it and blurry decorations on the back wall. The three family members all have their mouths wide open roaring with hands up like claws, looking into the screen.] DR. GHALY: If you want to go out to see how people decorate their home for Halloween you can enjoy the view from your car, you can look around and take pictures; just DO NOT get out and walk around, stay in your cars and drive around. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: White house with two steps to the front door with a fall wreath, with a porch covered with fall leaves, orange pumpkins, yellow flowers, and a white skeleton laying across the pumpkins by the walkway] DR. GHALY: If you want to get together I would suggest limiting three groups for a gathering at your place. Wear a mask and continue social distancing. Hang out for two hours at the most. Same for Halloween party. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: picture of several people walking in the streets all dressed up a wide variety of costumes.] DR. GHALY: Want to celebrate Dia De Los Muertos, can set up the photo of your loved one who passed away and decorate by the window for people who can see the photo of one who are honoring for Dia De Los Muertos. Not limited to your family, can be your friend, dog, cat, etc. Can do video chat to share the story to honor those who passed away that you care for. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: White skull with bared teeth with black eyes and nose as an upside down heart. The white skull is covered with orange and pink flowers with green stems and red dots.] [WHITE TEXT: COVID-19 IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Gray base cell with several red stems spiking out all around.] DR. GHALY: I will now provide an update on the coronavirus which seems to be improving, however, two counties have not improved that much. Fresno and Riverside. [WHITE TEXT: FRESNO, RIVERSIDE] DR. GHALY: We had a conversation with Fresno and will see if they improve or not. I hope they will improve their numbers soon. Haven't reached Riverside yet, but will update once we discuss the plan soon. Right now it's winter season which means flu season. So, I encourage you to get a flu shot, if you don't have one then contact the local to get a flu shot to prevent flu from the breakout. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A white medical professional with graying hair and a blue mask with white gloves is giving a shot to a Black/African Heritage female with a blue mask. The patient is wearing a soft pink blouse with sleeve rolled up.] [WHITE TEXT: QUESTION & ANSWER] DR. GHALY: Someone asked since the death rate due to coronavirus seems to be low. Does that mean we can have gatherings, have fun time together? The answer is no because we don't get the COVID-19 positive cases update right away. We usually update these numbers every Tuesday; the reason is because offices are closed on the weekends. Just because it seems the death rate has gone down, we still must be very careful So, please continue to follow the guidelines. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Four rows of color bars. The top row is purple with images of skull bones and open hands gesturing stop. The second row is red with exclamation points (!) and open hands gesturing stop. The third row is orange with thumbs up signs exclamation points. The fourth row is yellow with happy faces and thumbs up signs.] DR. GHALY: Now an update on our color coding categories. Please take a look. [RED TEXT IN CENTER: RED] [WHITE TEXT: Colusa, Kern, Kings, San Benito, Stanislaus, and Sutter] [ORANGE TEXT IN CENTER: ORANGE] [WHITE TEXT: Alameda, Placer, and Santa Clara] [YELLOW TEXT IN CENTER: YELLOW] [WHITE TEXT: Sierra] DR. GHALY: The restrictions depend on what color your county is in. It is important that you follow the guidelines then you will see your county move down toward and into the yellow code. Please keep following the guidelines. That covers the three topics covered today during Dr. Ghaly’s Press Conference. Thank you! [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: White Rectangle with four rows of images and text. Top row is an image of hands with soap next to orange text: Wash. Second row is a head with a blue mask next to blue text: Cover. Third row is an outline of a blue spray bottle next to orange text: Clean. Fourth row is a woman with long hair in blue clothes with a light blue arrow next to her next to blue text: 6 Feet.] [IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS: [top left corner] Picture of Dr. Mark Ghaly, is a white bald-headed man with transparent glasses. He is standing in front of a tree and is smiling at the camera. Dr. Ghaly is wearing a grey suit, white shirt, and a red and grey tie. [bottom right corner] IMAGE DESCRIPTION: White Box with black text: Sponsored by:. A black circle inside another larger black circle with black calligraphy A L. in between the two circles at the bottom is block black text: ACCESS LANGUAGE in capital letters. [bottom left corner] WHITE TEXT: BY XGAMIL’S PHOTOGRAPHY & MORE.]

Thank you to the Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness, Inc. for sponsoring this video. For donations or sponsorship opportunities please email [email protected] Disclaimer: This transcript is a back translation of the Latent Interpretation and is not intended to be a verbatim reproduction of the original message. For questions, comments, and feedback, please email [email protected] Thank you! [VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Deaf Interpreter: Jim Brune, a white male with short light brown/blonde hair wearing black-framed glasses and a dark purple button down shirt sitting in front of a light purple background and looking at the camera.] TRANSCRIPT: DEAF INTERPRETER: Hello, my name is Jim Brune, I will be interpreting the October 12, 2020 press conference with California Governor Newsom (and Dr. Mark Ghaly). This press conference has four main topics: COVID-19 update, wildfires, three-housing rule, and ongoing reminders. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Governor Gavin Newsom is a white man with slicked back grey hair. He is wearing a black suit with a light blue shirt and a dark blue tie. He is speaking and gesturing with his hand. He is standing in front of three flags and from left to right, they are the American flag, California state flag and California Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) flag.] [IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS: [top corner] Picture of Dr. Mark Ghaly, is a white bald-headed man with transparent glasses. He is standing in front of a tree and is smiling at the camera. Dr. Ghaly is wearing a grey suit, white shirt, and a red and grey tie.] [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: GLAD logo in green/blue. GLAD block letters, above is GLAD in fingerspelled white font and next to GLAD is Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness, Inc.] [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: The Coronavirus cell is a gray sphere with orange dots and red stems protruding all around it.] [WHITE TEXT: COVID-19 UPDATE][WHITE TEXT: 3,449 POSITIVE WITH COVID-19, 2,196 Hospitalized, 604 in ICU GOVERNOR NEWSOM: I want to share with you the current COVID-19 positive cases from yesterday, Sunday, October 11, 2020. The total number of positive cases is 3,449. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A sick man wearing a blue mask lies in a hospital bed. A doctor with latex gloves is using a stethoscope to check the man’s heartbeat.] GOVERNOR NEWSOM: The total number of people who have gone in the hospital with COVID-19 is 2,196. The total number of people who have gone in ICU with COVID-19 is 604. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A sick person with a fever exhales the coronavirus. Two other people catch it and also exhale the coronavirus. Arrows show that the coronavirus is spread though contact tracing] GOVERNOR NEWSOM: Next, we want to talk about contact tracing. That is the system in which we investigate how people got COVID-19. How did they get COVID-19? Who did they have contact with? What are their names? Where did they meet them? What is their contact information? When we have this information we can keep track of where the virus has been. The goal is to keep track of the people who might have been exposed to coronavirus. With positive cases going up, that means we need more contact tracers making phone calls. We have been working on training more people. We have so far trained 10,892 people on the how to make calls for contact tracing. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Several speech bubbles are filled in with various flags from all across the world, indicating multilingualism, or the ability to speak more than one language.] GOVERNOR NEWSOM: The neat thing about the training that has been done is that out that 10,892 people, 1,800 are fluent in not just English, other languages too. Before there was a long waiting period between testing positive and getting a phone call from a contact tracer. With more people trained, the waiting time is much shorter. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A man shows the ASL sign for support] [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A sick emoji face is quarantined inside a locked house and four coronavirus cells.] [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Top image: The boss is wearing a tie is pointing to outside, telling another man to get out. The other man looks sad and also has a tie and a briefcase.Middle image: A smiling farmer holds up lettuce and other produce. There are rows of produce behind him. Bottom image: A silver key with a house shaped keychain.] GOVERNOR NEWSOM: California is committed to providing resources for those who have to quarantine because of being COVID-19 positive. If a person is quarantined that means they can’t go to work, can’t earn money. We have many different programs to support them. One is job-protected sick leave. Another is Housing for Harvest - a program to provide housing for agricultural workers and farm workers. Another program is Project Roomkey which provides housing for people who have COVID-19 or are in a high-risk population. We’ve been working hard to provide programs and support for the community. These services are made possible because of people and companies giving a lot of donations. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Four rows of color bars. The top row is purple with images of skull bones and open hands gesturing stop. The second row is red with exclamation points (!) and open hands gesturing stop. The third row is orange with thumbs up signs exclamation points. The fourth row is yellow with happy faces and thumbs up signs.] [WHITE TEXT NEXT TO EACH COLOR BAR: purple = 16 counties; red = 24 counties, orange: 11 counties, yellow = 7 counties] GOVERNOR NEWSOM: California has set up a 4-color tier system: purple, red, orange, and yellow. Purple means that COVID-19 cases are high and hospital beds are full. Red means less with some businesses open. Orange is even lesser with more businesses are opening. Yellow means numbers are stable (not going up) and more businesses are open. You can see the chart with numbers of counties in each color code category. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A huge red-orange wildfire rages behind green trees. Two firefighters use a firehose to spray water on the greenery.][WHITE TEXT: WILDFIRE UPDATESWHITE TEXT: 4,100,000 acres, 12,000 firefighters, 31 deaths] GOVERNOR NEWSOM: Now an update on the wildfires in California. Our fires have been the largest in history burning over 4.1 million acres! We are now having 14 major fire complexes with over 14,000 firefighters working hard to control these fires. 31 people have died because of the fires. Look at the screen to see how many fires, locations and how much they have been contained. Take a look. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A firefighter uses a firehose to spray a flame, which represents the Glass Fire containment. The flame is 96% white with a little bit of yellow at the bottom.][WHITE TEXT: Glass Fire 96]. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A firefighter uses a firehose to spray a flame, which represents the Zogg Fire containment. The flame is 99% white with a little bit of yellow at the bottom.][WHITE TEXT: Zogg Fire 99%] [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A firefighter uses a firehose to spray a flame, which represents the August Fire containment. The flame is 76% white with some red, orange and yellow at the bottom.] [WHITE TEXT: August Fire 76%] [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A firefighter uses a firehose to spray a flame, which represents the Creek Fire containment. The flame is 55% white with red, orange and yellow at the bottom half.][WHITE TEXT: Creek Fire 55%] GOVERNOR NEWSOM: We noticed this week it is more windy and more hot. That is not good for our fires. Now about socializing, we set up a new policy this past Tuesday. This rule is about three households gathering together. We know that holidays are coming soon including Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, and more. This means that family and friends want to get together. We are now dealing with COVID-19 and the flu. We don’t want to see numbers go up. At the same time don’t want to tell you that you can NOT get together so we set up a new rule. Now we will allow people who live in three different houses can get together. Still must meet outside (not inside). Follow the same rules of having a mask, keep separate, not sit too close to each other, keep your hands clean by washing often. Be careful. Keep a list of who is gathering together so that you remember who was there on a specific date. That is the rule right now, it might change in the future. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: White Rectangle with four rows of images and text. Top row is an image of hands with soap next to orange text: Wash. Second row is a head with a blue mask next to blue text: Cover. Third row is an outline of a blue spray bottle next to orange text: Clean. Fourth row is a woman with long hair in blue clothes with a light blue arrow next to her next to blue text: 6 Feet.] GOVERNOR NEWSOM: Lastly, a reminder to continue to follow recommendations to slow the spread by wearing a mask, keep 6 feet apart, wash your hands, and do not socialize in large crowds. Thank you! [FULL SCREEN IMAGE DESCRIPTION: GLAD logo in green/blue. GLAD block letters, above is GLAD in fingerspelled white font and next to GLAD is Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness, Inc.] Disclaimer: This transcript is a back translation of the Latent Interpretation and is not intended to be a verbatim reproduction of the original message. For questions, comments, and feedback, please email [email protected] Thank you! -- Rosemary R. Wanis, Ed.D., MSW, CDIpronouns: she, her, [email protected] See more