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Vaccine access codes meant for underserved groups are getting shared by text among healthy, privileged Bay Area residents
Meghan Bobrowsky
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Drivers line up in their cars in the parking lot as Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines were administered to the public for the first day of mass vaccinations at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, February 16, 2021.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle
Dimitri Anthes received a text message from a trusted friend Monday afternoon, telling him that vaccines at the Oakland Coliseum were at risk of expiring and that anyone could sign up to get one using a special access code.
The head of epidemiology at UC Berkeley s school of public health offered up some guesses about what life could be like in the spring, summer, fall and into 2022 as coronavirus vaccines become more widespread.
His instincts were right. While he was able to get an appointment, he canceled it last night after learning he was indeed taking a spot away from someone else.
The codes are actually meant for people who live in areas disproportionately impacted by the pandemic - Areas like Marin County s Canal neighborhood, which is made up largely of Latinos and low-income essential workers.
Omar Carrera is the CEO of the Canal Alliance. He s frustrated he didn t even know about the codes and say it s just another reminder of the inequities of the pandemic.
PG&E is willing to consider all trees that could hit power lines when it decides where to cut power to prevent fires, but California officials say that approach could have unintended consequences.
In this Aug. 15, 2019, file photo, a Pacific Gas & Electric worker walks in front of a truck in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) Pacific Gas and Electric on Friday agreed to accept new fire-prevention probation terms that are expected to bring more power blackouts, despite warnings from California officials and regulators that expanded outages will cause other major problems.
PG&E said it will consider the approximate number of trees tall enough to fall on its power lines, regardless of their health or distance from lines, when deciding whether to cut power during windstorms to prevent wildfires.
As part of a new joint effort by the State of California and the federal government, national guardsmen of the 40th Infantry Division are supporting a new mass vaccination site at California State University, Los Angeles. According to California National Guard Spc. Simone Lara, the partnership includes Federal Emergency Management Agency, California Office of Emergency Services, active duty Army, California National Guard, California Conservation Corps and other partner agencies. Lara recently documented the 40th ID’s activities. Her photos were released through the Defense Visual Information Distribution System (DVIDS).
Anthony Merluzzi, a California Conservation Corps member, receives a vaccine against COVID-19 by U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Green, a combat medic specialist with 4th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Striker Brigade Combat Team, at the mass vaccination site on California State University, Los Angeles, Feb. 16, 2021. Merluzzi volunteered to be vaccinated after a small numb