11 min listen
California Will Send More COVID-19 Vaccines to Vulnerable Areas
California Will Send More COVID-19 Vaccines to Vulnerable Areas
ratings:
Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Mar 4, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Governor Newsom is working with Major League Baseball and county health officials on a plan to allow fans at California's five ballparks. This comes as his administration is dedicating more vaccine doses to vulnerable communities, in an effort to reopen businesses sooner.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is one step closer to becoming the nation's next Secretary of Health and Human Services. This follows an important vote Wednesday in the Senate Finance Committee.
Reporter: Scott Shafer, KQED
Anti-Asian hate crimes have been on the rise since the pandemic began last year. In Sacramento, an incident at a Chinese-owned butcher shop is under investigation as a hate crime and several businesses are struggling in the Little Saigon neighborhood.
Reporter: Sarah Mizes-Tan, CapRadio
New research from UCLA looks at what businesses received loan money and how much they received. It shows ZIP code and race played significant roles in determining how much loan money small business owners in California secured from the federal Paycheck Protection Program last year.
Reporter: Benjamin Gottlieb, KCRW
New PG&E CEO Patti Poppe said it took some convincing to take the job. But she said watching media reports and investigations about the deadly fires caused by utility equipment played a big role in accepting the position.
Guest, Brandon Rittiman, Reporter, ABC 10 in Sacramento
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is one step closer to becoming the nation's next Secretary of Health and Human Services. This follows an important vote Wednesday in the Senate Finance Committee.
Reporter: Scott Shafer, KQED
Anti-Asian hate crimes have been on the rise since the pandemic began last year. In Sacramento, an incident at a Chinese-owned butcher shop is under investigation as a hate crime and several businesses are struggling in the Little Saigon neighborhood.
Reporter: Sarah Mizes-Tan, CapRadio
New research from UCLA looks at what businesses received loan money and how much they received. It shows ZIP code and race played significant roles in determining how much loan money small business owners in California secured from the federal Paycheck Protection Program last year.
Reporter: Benjamin Gottlieb, KCRW
New PG&E CEO Patti Poppe said it took some convincing to take the job. But she said watching media reports and investigations about the deadly fires caused by utility equipment played a big role in accepting the position.
Guest, Brandon Rittiman, Reporter, ABC 10 in Sacramento
Released:
Mar 4, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Hospitals Brace for Wave of COVID-19 Patients: PG&E Pleads Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter for Camp Fire PG&E said Monday that it is pleading guilty to 85 criminal counts in connection with the 2018 Camp Fire in Butte County, a blaze that killed 85 people and destroyed nearly 14, by KQED's The California Report