The Livermore Valley Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7265 and California American Legion Post 47 will join the City of Livermore in hosting a Memorial Day Remembrance at Stockmen s Park
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It’s never been easier to get a COVID-19 vaccine in Los Angeles County and elsewhere.
Officials are hoping people who have not gotten their shots will take advantage of the opportunity at a time when demand for vaccinations is dropping.
So far, 48.7% of L.A. County residents have received at least one dose of vaccine and 35.4% are fully vaccinated, according to The Times’ vaccination tracker. Now that a vaccine has been authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for youth ages 12 to 15, that number will likely increase.
Officials have said that demand for COVID-19 vaccines has waned after an initial surge of interest, as most people who wanted the vaccine and had the time and resources to pursue it already have received at least one shot.
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With demand for COVID-19 vaccines waning, California officials are closing some mass vaccination sites while doubling down on efforts to get the reluctant inoculated.
Orange County announced it will close its four biggest vaccination centers in early June, and the city of Los Angeles will shut down the vaccine site at Dodger Stadium, one of the biggest in the country, at the end of May.
Los Angeles County has four other mass vaccination sites, and they will remain open for the foreseeable future. Officials said they may want to continue using them to vaccinate youths ages 12 to 15 if the Pfizer vaccine is authorized for that group as early as next week.
How Bay Area compares with other regions in vaccine hesitancy
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Bay Area residents line up for vaccinations at Moscone Center in February.Nick Otto/Special to The Chronicle
The Bay Area is outpacing the rest of the country in getting shots in arms. In the San Francisco metropolitan area (which includes Oakland and Berkeley), 42% of people are fully vaccinated, compared with 33% of the U.S. population overall, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
That gap is likely to widen even further. While the Bay Area has comparatively fewer residents left to vaccinate, those residents are far more likely to say they want shots than other Americans.