[aggregation-styles] KGET News A woman charged with vandalizing the Bakersfield Police Department’s Fallen Officers Memorial during a protest last year was sentenced to 120 days in jail on Tuesday. Jaqueline Hernandez pleaded no contest to defacing a law enforcement memorial, a felony. The memorial was vandalized during a May 29...
Here’s Why CDC Wants to Know How You Feel After COVID-19 Vaccinations
[aggregation-styles] Yahoo News Thus far, the data that's been gathered on the COVID-19 vaccines suggests that the majority of reactions to the shots are mild — including things like headache, fever, fatigue and nausea. But with over 38 million people in the U.S. now fully vaccinated, the Centers for Disease...
‘I Did Not Expect It To Be Positive’: Texas Teacher Tests Positive for COVID-19 After Getting Vaccinated
[aggregation-styles] KXAN Television AUSTIN (KXAN) — As vaccinations open up to more Texans on Monday with Phase 1C now eligible to get in line, a local teacher says her story illustrates why people should still take COVID-19 safety seriously. Paige Crain says she tested positive for the coronavirus after getting...
Grammy Awards Viewership Falls To Record Low
[aggregation-styles] Axios Just 8.8 million people tuned into the Grammy Awards on CBS this year, a new all-time low for the music awards show, according to near-final Nielsen ratings. Why it matters: In a sign of how much the pandemic has sped up ratings declines for award shows, the Grammy's...
Leaked Emails : Clovis Schools Ponder $6,000 Staff Bonuses Using COVID Relief Funds
[aggregation-styles] New York Post Some California school districts are weighing using COVID-19 relief funds for faculty bonuses — with one teacher’s association in the Bay Area joking that the money be put towards a trip to Hawaii, internal memos revealed. The memos, which were shared by the group Reopen California...
White House Weighs How to Pay for Long-Term Economic Program
[aggregation-styles] Wall Street Journal The Biden administration is looking past its $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill and starting to consider how to pay for the next round of programs meant to bolster long-term economic growth with investments in infrastructure, clean energy and education. The challenges are twofold. Officials face a...
Pro-OHV Riders Gather To Protest Potential Closure of Oceano Dunes To Vehicles
[aggregation-styles] KSBY Television Community members are demanding to keep off-highway vehicle use at the Oceano Dunes in the future. Friends of Oceano Dunes, a non-profit that supports the use of OHV's at the state park, organized the protest Sunday afternoon. The protest comes as the California Coastal Commission is set...
Fully Vaccinated but Scared to Remove Your Mask? For Some, It Could Take Time.
[aggregation-styles] The Chicago Tribune Subscription As more people across the country become vaccinated against COVID-19, the CDC released guidelines March 8 allowing for fully vaccinated people to gather together without masks. But pulling off the mask and adjusting to life before the pandemic will come with a learning curve, according...
Aggressive Coyote That Bit Five in Northern California is Caught
[aggregation-styles] New York Times The Bay Area’s long, furry nightmare is finally over. A coyote that bit five people, including two young children, in the last eight months was caught and killed on Thursday in Moraga, a suburb of about 16,000 east of San Francisco, the California Department of Fish...
New $1,400 Stimulus Checks are Already Showing Up in Bank Accounts
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Now that President Biden has signed the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill into law, millions of desperate Americans are wondering the same thing: When will I get my money? Some people got their answer Friday. People around the country, including in Fresno, are already seeing pending...