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By Alan Devall CARLSBAD, Calif. (Reuters) - People took pictures amid waist-high blossoms in every imaginable hue of orange, pink, yellow and purple at California's famous Flower Fields in Carlsbad as it opened to the public. The attraction was closed for most of 2020, due to pandemic-related restrictions, but plummeting coronavirus cases and California's move to the orange tier of lockdown restrictions means the fields can once again welcome a limited number of visitors. "I am so happy we're open again," said general manager Fred Clarke. "Last year we were nine months in and we had to mo...

By Alan Devall CARLSBAD, Calif. (Reuters) - People took pictures amid waist-high blossoms in every imaginable hue of orange, pink, yellow and purple a...

California's Carlsbad Flower Fields welcome visitors with full blooms Reuters 2 hrs ago By Alan Devall CARLSBAD, Calif. (Reuters) - People took pictures amid waist-high blossoms in every imaginable hue of orange, pink, yellow and purple at California's famous Flower Fields in Carlsbad as it opened to the public. © Reuters/MIKE BLAKE Flower Fields reopened for limited visitor numbers in Carlsbad, California The attraction was closed for most of 2020, due to pandemic-related restrictions, but plummeting coronavirus cases and California's move to the orange tier of lockdown restriction...

3 Min Read MECCA, Calif. (Reuters) - Deemed an essential workforce during the pandemic, California’s mostly Latino farmworkers are also underrepresented in the state’s vaccination program, health officials and activists say, prompting the delivery of shots in the fields. In one such campaign, public health officials vaccinated about 250 workers on Monday, including about 150 from Hadley’s Date Gardens, in the first of what they hope will be a weekly visit to agricultural lands. “We’re essential for the country, to be able to feed the other families,” Maria Razo, 45, a date sorter,...

3 Min Read SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. (Reuters) - For Southern California ambulance crews, the shifts feel never-ending and the calls to pick up COVID-19 patients seem endless. Slideshow ( 5 images ) “In 30 years, I’ve never seen a call volume like this,” said Eileen Cegarra, 56, an ambulance dispatch center supervisor for Care Ambulance Service, one of the largest ambulance companies in the Los Angeles area, which has become the epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus pandemic. California hospitals have grown so full of COVID-19 patients that state officials ordered hospitals to delay non-life...