SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Hospitals in the heart of California’s Central Valley are running out of beds in their intensive care units, state officials announced Friday, as a more contagious version of the coronavirus continues to spread. Hospitals in the eight-county San Joaquin Valley region have had fewer than 10 percent of staffed adult ICU beds for three consecutive days. State officials labeled it a “surge,” triggering special rules announced last month that require nearby hospitals to accept transfer patients. In Fresno County and neighboring counties, the number of confirmed and suspected coronavirus patients in hospitals is more than double what it was four weeks ago, the Fresno Bee reported. According to the Bee, almost half of the county’s one million residents have not yet had a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Interim Fresno County health officer Dr. Rais Vohra on Friday encouraged all county residents to wear masks “If you want to know …