[aggregation-styles] Los Angeles Times California’s My Turn COVID-19 vaccination appointment system is riddled with flaws that are making it difficult for counties to reserve vaccine appointments for targeted populations, according to local officials. The flaws have been exploited by wealthy, privileged people to use redistributed access codes to secure appointments...
Bishops Discourage Catholics From Receiving Johnson & Johnson Vaccine if Alternatives Available
[aggregation-styles] The Hill The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops this week encouraged Catholics to choose Pfizer or Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines over Johnson & Johnson, if possible, because the latter's inoculation was developed from stem cells obtained during two abortions decades ago. Bishop Kevin Rhoades, chairman of the conference’s Committee on...
Texting Enhancement for 9-1-1 Emergencies Expands to Tulare Police
[aggregation-styles] Foothills Sun Gazette The Tulare Police Department is telling any mobile phone user caught in a dangerous situation: “call if you can; text if you can’t.” Wireless customers in the city can now send a text message to 9-1-1 for emergency help when unable to make a 9-1-1 voice...
Where Biden’s Foreign Policy Is Taking the U.S.
[aggregation-styles] New York Times Soon after taking office, President Biden announced triumphantly that “America is back,” saying that he would put internationalism and diplomacy at the heart of his approach to governing — all with the goal of strengthening the United States’ standing on the world stage, and reasserting its...
Emergency Medical Systems in Kern Show Signs of Recovery After ‘Insane’ COVID Surge
[aggregation-styles] Bakersfield Californian Emergency medical services workers may finally get to breathe a sigh of relief after Kern County’s emergency medical services system finally hit levels not seen since the early part of the coronavirus winter surge. In another sign that COVID-19 is declining, Kern County Public Health Services has...
Houston and LA Are U.S. Cities Where Pandemic Life Is Hardest
[aggregation-styles] Bloomberg Houston, Los Angeles and Detroit rank as the major U.S. cities where life under Covid-19 is hardest, according to a Bloomberg analysis of Census Bureau data. The bureau has been carrying out regular surveys since early in the pandemic to measure its impact on households. The following table...
Blue Shield CEO Explains Plan To Increase CA’s Vaccine Doses To 4m per Week
[aggregation-styles] KGO-Television OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Blue Shield plans to increase the states capacity for delivery of COVID-19 vaccines from 1 million doses per week to 4 million doses per week. ABC7 speaks exclusively to Blue Shield's CEO Paul Markovich about their plans to expedite vaccine distribution in California. Luz...
South Valley Home Sales Surge as Prices Jump. ‘Never Seen a Market Like This’
[aggregation-styles] The Sun Gazette Visalia residents are buying up property faster than developers can build homes. Exeter realtor Dena Clark, president of the Tulare County Association of Realtors, said homes in the $250,000 to $300,000 range have sold the day they go on the market with as many as 18...
Oregon Man Traveled to Bakersfield for Attempted Sexual Offense with Minor: Police
[aggregation-styles] KERO News The Bakersfield Police Department arrested an Oregon man they say pretended to be a 16-year-old online with the intent to commit a sexual offense with a minor. According to BPD, officers conducted an investigation into online conversations between Antonio Camacho, 21, and a juvenile under the age...
Amateur Rapper Acquitted of Bakersfield Murder and Robbery. Songs Not Reality, Says Attorney.
[aggregation-styles] KGET News An amateur rapper who wrote about smashing someone’s head like a tin can was acquitted Tuesday of murder and robbery charges stemming from a killing in Bakersfield where the victim died from a severe injury to his head. A jury found Michael Emory Johnson not guilty on...