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Carrots, Sticks and Jabs: What Will California Do to Win Over Vaccine Skeptics?

April 1, 2021

Today all Californians 50 and older are now eligible to get their coveted COVID vaccine — including one politically imperiled 53-year-old governor. Gov. Gavin Newsom celebrated this latest benchmark by getting a well-publicized jab himself, thus marking the...

Blue Shield of California Tapped to Speed Up State Vaccines

AP News

January 28, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO — Health insurance giant Blue Shield of California will be the outside administrator tasked with ramping up coronavirus vaccinations, which to date has been slow, stilted and plagued by confusion,...

US Surging Vaccine to States Amid Complaints of Shortages

AP News

January 26, 2021

Answering growing frustration over vaccine shortages, President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the U.S. is surging deliveries to hard-pressed states over the next three weeks and expects to provide enough dos...

‘Tedious, Stressful’: Why Older Californians Are Still Struggling to Get Vaccine

CalMatters

January 26, 2021

For eight days in a row, David Griffin, 67, woke up at 3 or 4 a.m. to search for a rare, coveted COVID-19 vaccine appointment for himself and his wife, 70, who has multiple sclerosis. Two slots he found, at a Ralph’s supermarket, were abruptly cancelled. Fi...

Biden More Bullish on Vaccines, Open to 1.5M Daily Shot Goal

AP News

January 25, 2021

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday appeared to boost his goal for coronavirus vaccinations in his first 100 days in office, suggesting that the nation could soon be vaccinating 1.5 million Americans on ...

China Pushes Conspiracy Theories on COVID Origin, Vaccines

AP News

January 25, 2021

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Chinese state media have stoked concerns about Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, despite rigorous trials indicating it is safe. A government spokesperson has raised the unsubstantiated theory that the...

California May Prioritize Age Above All for COVID-19 Vaccine

AP News

January 25, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO — Advocates for farmworkers, teachers, grocery store clerks and other essential workers are worried they will have to wait until this summer to be vaccinated against the coronavirus as California considers giving priority to older residents. S...

Health Experts Blame Rapid Expansion for Vaccine Shortages

AP News

January 21, 2021

Public health experts Thursday blamed vaccine shortages around the U.S. in part on the Trump administration’s push to get states to vastly expand their vaccination drives to reach the nation’s estimated 54 mill...

California Pins Vaccine Hopes on Biden Administration

AP News

January 20, 2021

SACRAMENTO — California officials are pinning their hopes on President-elect Joe Biden as they struggle to obtain coronavirus vaccines to curb a coronavirus surge that has packed hospitals and morgues. Doses...

Vaccine Chaos: Californians Scramble for Shots Amid Mixed Messaging

CalMatters

January 19, 2021

The chaos and confusion many Californians experienced this week in their search for a COVID-19 vaccine only intensified today as Gov. Gavin Newsom revealed that the state would not receive an additional supply of doses it was counting on to accelerate vaccinat...

How Will Fresno Spend New Round of Federal COVID Funds? Council Counts the Ways.

Only 25 of 600 Available COVID Jabs Given at County Sites. Now One is Shut Down.

California Senate OKs Supervised Sites for Drug Users

Fresno Area Schools Hold Steady Amid California’s ‘Sharp Decline’ in Enrollment

As Drought Warnings Rise, Will Local Water Restrictions Return?

Fresno Gets ‘F’ Grades in Air Quality Again, but Is Any Progress Being Made?

Paycheck Protection Loans: California Received Less Per Capita Than States Like North Dakota

Resnicks Give $250K To Help Newsom, but Pro-Recall Farmers ‘Afraid’ to Donate

Redemption Is Here for Autry's Film 'Victory By Submission'

Ted Nugent, Who Once Dismissed COVID-19, Sickened by Virus

Saddle Up and Get Vaccinated for Return of the Clovis Rodeo

How MrBeast Burgers Came to Fresno and Who Makes Them

Opinion: We Can't Rely on the 'Important People' to Cut Carbon Pollution

Will Amtrak Joe Save California’s Troubled High-Speed Rail Project?

Walters : California’s ‘Tort Wars’ Flaring Up Again

Nursing Scholarship Donation Is an Investment and a Thank-you

GV Wire Unfiltered – January 12, 2021

Eid al-Fitr Marks End of Ramadan, but COVID-19 Curtails Big Events

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

After Taking on Costa and AOC, Elizabeth Heng Sets Sights on U.S. Senate

Planning Commission Delays Decision on Southwest Industrial Question

Clovis City Council Candidates Spar During Candidate Forum

Valley GOP Lawmaker Valadao Votes To Impeach Trump

Carrots, Sticks and Jabs: What Will California Do to Win Over Vaccine Skeptics?

Blue Shield of California Tapped to Speed Up State Vaccines

US Surging Vaccine to States Amid Complaints of Shortages

‘Tedious, Stressful’: Why Older Californians Are Still Struggling to Get Vaccine

Biden More Bullish on Vaccines, Open to 1.5M Daily Shot Goal

China Pushes Conspiracy Theories on COVID Origin, Vaccines

California May Prioritize Age Above All for COVID-19 Vaccine

Health Experts Blame Rapid Expansion for Vaccine Shortages

California Pins Vaccine Hopes on Biden Administration

Vaccine Chaos: Californians Scramble for Shots Amid Mixed Messaging

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