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Heres how 22 California residents scored vaccine appointments FacebookTwitterEmail Hundreds wait in queue for the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine (Johnson & Johnson) in Oakland.SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty California expanded vaccine eligibility to all residents 16 and over this week, and millions of people are now scrambling to find appointments. You may have heard finding an appointment can be tricky. While health care providers, pharmacies and counties are continually opening appoint...

How 15 California residents snagged vaccine appointments FacebookTwitterEmail Amy Lighter and Alan Joss spent 2 Sundays, driving 952 miles to Hanford CA for their vaccines.Courtesy of Alan Joss California is expanding vaccine eligibility to all residents 16 and over beginning April 15, and hundreds of thousands of people will be scrambling to find appointments. You may have heard finding an appointment can be tricky. While health care providers, pharmacies and counties are continually opening a...

Letters to the Editor: Dont diminish the legacies of great leaders San Francisco Chronicle FacebookTwitterEmail In this June 12, 1944, file photo President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks on a national radio program from the White House in Washington. Roosevelt was diagnosed early in 1944 as suffering from high blood pressure, hypertensive heart disease, cardiac failure and acute bronchitis.Eugene Abbott/Associated Press Regarding “Lincoln’s legacy not aging well, school panel decides” (Fron...