Less than half of eligible people in 45 of the state’s 58 counties have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Marin and Alpine rank at the top with 69%, while Lassen, Mariposa and Kings are at the bottom with 25% or less.

With most of the state gripped by extreme dryness, some conditions are better, some worse, than the last record-breaking drought. Over-pumping of wells hasn’t stopped. But urban residents haven’t lapsed back into water-wasting lifestyles.

Menos de la mitad de las personas elegibles en 45 de los 58 condados del estado han sido completamente vacunados contra COVID-19. Marin y Alpine se ubican en la parte superior con un 69%, mientras que Lassen, Mariposa y Kings están en la parte inferior con un 25% o menos.

Con la mayor parte del estado afectado por una sequía extrema, algunas condiciones son mejores, otras peores, que la última sequía récord. El bombeo excesivo de los pozos no se ha detenido. Pero los residentes urbanos no han vuelto a caer en estilos de vida que desperdician agua.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom made $1.7 million and paid $712,000 in state and federal taxes in 2019. His campaign says state law requires recall challengers to release their returns.

It’s only May, and I’m already having to write about wildfires forcing Californians to evacuate their homes. Around 1,000 people were displaced from their homes Sunday as the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County grew to more than 1,300 acres. The blaze, which was 0% contained as of Sunday afternoon, carved a path through dense, […]

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Legislators are talking a lot about equity in housing, and could help more Black families buy their own homes. But advocates say lawmakers are failing to confront racial equity in many other ways.

Los legisladores están hablando mucho sobre la equidad en la vivienda y podrían ayudar a más familias negras a comprar sus propias casas. Pero los defensores dicen que los legisladores no están enfrentando la equidad racial de muchas otras formas.