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By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer - Lauren Hammond, the first Black woman elected to the Sacramento City Council, died in her sleep at the age of 68 after a career of public service and community leadership, leaving behind a legacy of blazing a trail for those who would follow.
The first Black woman-owned marijuana dispensary in Sacramento, California, opened on Saturday.
Congress approved Juneteenth as a new federal holiday back in 2021. It was the first new federal holiday in nearly four decades.
Just think of the diseases that have been conquered by vaccines in the U.S. since I was a child, columnist George Skelton says.
Some in Afghanistan and Pakistan are still stricken with polio, a reminder of the importance of vaccines. The U.S. should mandate the coronavirus vaccine to stop the spread of COVID-19.