The Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup on Wednesday gave its stamp of approval for California, Washington, Oregon and Nevada to use the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. J&J's offering is now the third COVID-19 vaccine supported for use in California. Initial shipments of the vaccine were received this week according to Governor Gavin Newsom's office. Only...
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...
Will Fresno See Mass Vaccination Site? Other States ‘Not Pleased’ California Got First Two.
Fresno is still in "hurry up and wait" mode when it comes to getting a long-rumored FEMA mass vaccination site. Governor Gavin Newsom, who toured a vaccination site for farmworkers at Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries with comedian and activist George Lopez, and other state and local officials, said the state is the...
Madera Supervisor to Newsom: ‘Complete the Widening of Highway 99’
It was a brief encounter with Governor Gavin Newsom, but a productive one according to Madera County Supervisor Rob Poythress. Newsom made an unannounced visit to Madera County late Monday afternoon to visit a COVID vaccination clinic. Seizing on an opportunity to push Newsom on a priority project, Poythress didn't...
Newsom Drops by Madera Clinic Unannounced. More Vaccines Available Starting Wednesday.
After visiting a vaccination clinic in Arvin on Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom visited another clinic in Madera. "Today we visited a Madera County vaccination clinic that is serving communities disproportionately impacted by #COVID19. The site’s administering 450-500 doses per day & is currently vaccinating those 65+ years of age, teachers...
Walters: Pandemic Relief Package Has a Downside
The immense drop in state revenue that Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislators anticipated last year when COVID-19 struck the state never materialized. Instead, high-income Californians who are the basic source of the state’s ongoing tax income continued to work and prosper, and what was originally described as a $54 billion...
County Opens More Vaccination Appointments as Allocation Increases
California is set to receive more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine next week and Fresno County will be getting a bigger share, as well, officials announced during a Friday call with reporters. 21,000 doses of vaccine are headed to the county, which is 2,000 more than the prior week. The...
California Will Send Fewer COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to Fresno County Next Week
Gov. Gavin Newsom insisted the Central Valley is a priority for his administration when he appeared in Fresno on Wednesday, but the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses coming to Fresno County next week — 1,000 fewer than this week — might say otherwise. Fresno County community health manager Joe Prado says...
Newsom Brings News of New Valley Vaccine Site. Big FEMA Site Plans Still on Hold.
Gov. Gavin Newsom came to Fresno on Wednesday to slake the region's thirst for bigger supplies of COVID-19 vaccinations for the Central Valley, but for some observers the glass he brought was only half full. Newsom announced at a Fresno Fairgrounds news conference that an OptumServe testing facility at Reedley...
Fresno County Says No More ‘First’ COVID Vaccinations Until Mid-February
As Governor Gavin Newsom was touting the benefits of new FEMA mass distribution vaccine sites in Oakland and Los Angeles, officials at the Fresno County Department of Public Health were left scratching their heads as to why the Central Valley was left out. "Fresno County was not chosen to host...