Tonight’s meeting of the Yucca Valley Town Council will begin at 5 p.m. with a closed session during which the council will discuss potential litigation and a pending litigation case by JoAnne Barajas, whose son was killed in a crash in October 2019 with a Sheriff’s deputy’s patrol car. During the open session starting at 6 p.m., Mayor Jeff Drozd will give a State of the Town address. Reporter Joshua King has the highlights of the rest of the council’s agenda…
Following the election of a new mayor and mayor pro tem, the Yucca Valley Town Council will be asked to approve an amended ordinance concerning who is eligible to serve on the town’s Youth Commission. The council will also hear a report from the Tri-Valley Little League, followed by an update on COVID-19. Tonight’s meeting will be held in the Yucca Room of the Yucca Valley Community Center, but residents are strongly encouraged to watch the meeting online at the town’s website.
San Bernardino County health care workers should start getting vaccinated for the coronavirus this week, with the first doses of the vaccine expected today or tomorrow. Health officials said they expected 15,600 doses to start treating the 112,000 health care workers in the county. The Department of Public Health will receive the doses directly, then distribute them, starting with workers who have direct contact with COVID-19 patients. The initial shipment will serve 15,600 workers, who will then receive a second dose in 21 days. The vaccine comes as the number of people infected with COVID-19, hospitalized with it and in intensive care for it are all at record levels. Only 4.2% of ICU beds remain available Monday, more than a percentage point lower than the day before. California received more than 33,000 coronavirus vaccines Monday, slightly more than the number of new cases confirmed Monday. Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Eureka began vaccinating people Monday.