Covid-19

As he's sworn in today by Vice President Kamala Harris to take her old seat, California's newest senator says the outgoing president and some fellow senators must be held accountable for the deadly siege of the Capitol.

Alicia Villanueva started making 100 tamales at night and sold them door-to-door before finally realizing her dream of opening her own restaurant. Eventually, she was selling tens of thousands of her tamales, serving the likes of Google and Facebook, and expected 2020 to be her most profitable year.  Then the pandemic hit, she lost 95% […]

Hoy Alex Padilla prestará juramento ante la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris para ocupar su antiguo escaño, el senador más nuevo de California dice que el presidente saliente y algunos compañeros senadores deben rendir cuentas por el mortal asedio del Capitolio.

Looking past COVID-19 and recession, California still faces the threat of prolonged drought.

California aceleró sus vacunas contra COVID-19 la semana pasada, pero el estado aún tiene una de las tasas más bajas de utilización de vacunas del país.

From child support to insurance fraud, court cases are delayed throughout California. Only half as many civil and criminal cases were resolved last summer compared with pre-pandemic numbers. “Justice has not shut down. Justice has slowed down,” according to an attorneys' group.

California sped up its vaccinations for COVID-19 last week, but the state still has one of the nation's lowest rates of vaccine utilization.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said the feds failed to deliver promised vaccine supplies, but he expects Californians with their first shots to be able to secure their second.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday activated 1,000 members of the California National Guard to protect the state Capitol ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week — a sign the state is taking seriously the FBI’s warning that armed demonstrators may target statehouses in attacks similar to last week’s siege on the U.S. Capitol. Also […]

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