Apr 5, 2021 10:25am What’s happening in California’s Mendocino County echoes the frustrations, successes and stumbles felt by counties and clinics across the state during this turbulent transition. (Pixabay) In California’s Mendocino County, public health officials and community clinics say they have hit their vaccination stride. Despite the county’s remoteness and its largely rural population spread among wooded mountains, rugged coastline and idyllic vineyards, about 40% of eligible adults have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. But now, they face renewed turbulence as health insurer Blue Shield of California takes over the state’s vaccine program with the mission of speeding up vaccinations.