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Petaluma, up in Sonoma county, has become what's thought to be the first city in the U.S. to ban all new gas stations in an effort to curb carbon emissions.
The Petaluma City Council voted unanimously to prohibit the creation, expansion, reconstruction, and relocation of gas stations, encouraging owners to transition to stations that serve electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles.
California says it will now set aside 40% of all vaccine doses for the state’s most vulnerable neighborhoods.
The doses will be spread out among 400 ZIP codes with about 8 million people eligible for shots. Many of the neighborhoods are concentrated in Los Angeles County and the Central Valley.
Those areas are considered to be most vulnerable based. Once 2 million vaccine doses are given out in those neighborhoods, the state said it will make it easier for counties to move through tiers specifying business and school reopenings.
The United Way in Monterey County is again offering free tax help to residents this year. And there is a new option for online help because of COVID-19.
United Way’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance service has IRS-trained volunteers offering free tax prep for families and individuals for free. Participants must have earned less than $57,000 in 2020.
In 2020, United Way in Monterey County filed almost 2,000 tax returns in their 11th year of services.
Teachers and daycare providers now have their COVID-19 vaccines thanks to the Thursday clinic at Natividad Hospital. The Salinas hospital says 589 people appeared for their vaccination appointments, including early childhood educators.
As many schools prepare to reopen certain grades, the Center for Disease Control states the chances for virus spread at schools are low with less than 10 percent of United States COVID-19 cases being among children and teens. However, parents and staff remain concerned.
Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency announced Thursday that they have provided Sutter Health with 3,800 COVID-19 vaccines.
Communications manager Jason Hoppin said they turned over the vaccines for local residences so they will not miss out on those appointments.
Sutter health had been searching for enough COVID-19 vaccines to provide second doses for thousands of people whose appointments were canceled or might have been.