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	Podcast:		KQED’s The California Report
	Episode:		Safety Board Approves New Workplace Mask Rules
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:11:27
	Publish Date:		2021-06-04 13:48:42
	Description:		New emergency rules passed by California’s workplace safety agency will keep a mask requirement at most worksites past June 15. But on that date, workers will be allowed to take their masks off if everyone in a room is vaccinated and doesn’t have COVID-19 symptoms. Reporter: Jackie Fortier, KPCC Governor Gavin Newsom is extending pandemic rules that have allowed restaurants to expand outdoor seating and sell cocktails to go. The announcement comes just days before the state is scheduled to lift most pandemic restrictions on June 15. Reporter: Guy Marzorati, KQED The state Senate has unanimously passed a bill that, if it becomes law, would help promote the practice of prescribed burns as a firefighting tool. The bill would establish new liability standards and would make insurance more accessible to fire professionals known as burn bosses. Reporter: Ezra David Romero, KQED
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