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

The fire in Rawene, Northland, started about 3pm and spread to across 10 hectares, before being contained about 8pm.

Gov. Gavin Newsom's announcement Wednesday puts seniors in line before emergency workers, teachers, childcare providers and food and agriculture workers even as counties complain they already don’t have enough doses to go around.

California is allowing residents 65 and older to get scarce coronavirus vaccines, according to an announcement from Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Santa Monica News

By ADAM BEAM and AMY TAXIN Associated Press

SACRAMENTO — More than last year’s budget. More than the year before. More than any California budget ever.

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. In November, the state’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Gabriel Petek broke the “jarring” news: “As it turns out, revenues have proven to be much more resilient than that…We see a very large revenue windfall taking shape.”  Driven by a still-roaring stock market and stable earnings among the state’s highest earners and largest taxpayers, the governor’s new tax revenue projection for the current fiscal year ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Ten months into a pandemic that has overwhelmed hospitals and prompted government shutdowns that left millions of people out of work and forced many small businesses to close, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday revealed the most expensive budget in state history — a $227 billion spending plan highlighted by a $15 billion one-time surplus. Republican Sen. Melissa Melendez slammed Newsom’s plan for its lack of details. Melendez joined Good Morning San Diego to...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is again swimming in money.