LOS ANGELES (AP) – California’s state epidemiologist is urging a halt to more than 300,000 COVID-19 vaccinations using a Moderna version because some people who got it needed medical treatment for possible severe allergic reactions. Dr. Erica S. Pan is recommending that vaccine providers stop using one lot of the Moderna vaccine pending completion of…… MORE
Calif. Man Allegedly Hid 3 Months in Airport Due to Virus
CHICAGO (AP) – A California man who told police that the coronavirus pandemic left him afraid to fly has been arrested on charges that he hid in a secured area at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport for three months. Thirty-six-year-old Aditya Singh is charged with felony criminal trespass to a restricted area of an airport and…… MORE
Harris Prepares for Central Role in Biden’s White House
WASHINGTON (AP) – Kamala Harris will make history on Wednesday when she becomes the nation’s first female vice president – and the first Black woman and the first woman of South Asian descent to hold that office. But that’s only where her boundary-breaking role begins. A confluence of crises confronts the Biden administration, and an…… MORE
VP-Elect Harris Resigns Senate Seat, Newsom Appoints Padilla
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Monday formally submitted her letter of resignation as senator from California to Gov. Gavin Newsom, CNN reported. In commentary for the San Francisco Chronicle, she wrote “serving as your senator has been an honor.” Harris won’t give a farewell speech on the Senate floor, since the upper chamber isn’t scheduled to…… MORE
Cannabis May Reduce Risk of Dying From COVID-19
Cannabis extract can reduce the risk of dying from COVID-19, according to a new study. It works by calming an over-stimulated immune system, taming the so-called “cytokine storms” that cause the body to attack its own tissue instead of the invading virus. Canadian researchers found that certain strains of cannabis sativa can reduce the inflammatory…… MORE
High-Wind Warning In Effect for Most of California
[vemba-video id=”weather/2021/01/18/daily-weather-forecast-california-winds-fire-snow.cnn”] California could be facing the strongest wind event of the season this week, forecasters say. Strong, damaging winds began across portions of Northern and central California Sunday night and are expected to last through Wednesday. High-wind alerts are in effect for over 30 million people from north-central California down to Southern California. The…… MORE
VP Pence Speaks to Sailors at NAS Lemoore
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Authorities: Napa Businessman had huge cache of weapons, bombs
NAPA, California (Napa Valley Register) — The Napa business owner arrested on Friday on various weapons charges had five pipe bombs, more than 50 firearms — several unregistered or illegal — 15,000 rounds of ammunition, and several pounds of gunpowder in his possession when authorities raided his office and home, the Napa County Sheriff’s Office…… MORE
Vaccine Hesitancy in Rural America
A recent study finds rural residents are hesitant to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The Kaiser Family Foundation COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor tracks the dynamic nature of public opinion as vaccine development unfolds. The Foundation is a nonprofit organization focusing on national health issues. The monitor shows three in ten people in rural areas say they…… MORE
Meat Worker COVID-19 Cases Drop
A new analysis of independent data for 2020 shows that new COVID-19 infection rates amongst meat and poultry workers were five times lower in December than in May. Meanwhile, rates in the general population rocketed up nine times in the same period. According to data from the Food and Environment Reporting Network, the meat…… MORE
