COVID-19 vaccines aplenty but some Californians struggle to get one
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Updated: 12:56 PM PDT Apr 28, 2021
By Janie Har
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Updated: 12:56 PM PDT Apr 28, 2021
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FIRST. THIS IS KCRA 3 NEWS AT 4:00. TEO: GOOD MORNING. IT’S WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28TH. I’M TEO TORRES. DEIRDRE: AND I’M DEIRDRE FITZPATRICK. HERE’S A LOOK AT OUR BIG STORIES TODAY. TEO: FOUR MORE COUNTIES HAVE MOVED TO THE LESS RESTRICTIVE ORANGE OR YELLOW TIERS. HOWEVER, SACRAMENTO, SAN JOAQUIN, STANISLAUS PLACER AND SOLANO COUNTIES REMAIN IN THE RED TIER. THESE COUNTIES HAVE CASE RATES THAT ARE ABOUT TWICE AS HIGH AS THE STATE AVERAGE. THERE ARE 13 COUNTIES STILL IN THE RED, AND MORE THAN HALF OF THEM ARE IN OUR AREA. DEIRDRE: AN INCREASE IN DEATHS OVER THE PAST YEAR, FUELED BY THE PANDEMIC, HAS SPED-UP A SACRAMENTO COUNTY CEMETERY’S PLANS FOR A NEW FUNERAL CENTER. CALVARY CEMETERY IN CITRUS HEIGHTS WILL BREAK GROUND ON THE CENTER THIS MORNING. IT’S THE SECOND-LARGEST CATHOLIC CEMETERY IN THE SACRAMENTO DIOCESES. THE STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY WILL BE MORE HAN 21,000 SQUARE FEET, AND CREATE DOZENS OF NEW JOBS FOR THE AREA. TEO: NOW LET’S GO TO KCRA FORECAST WITH MELANIE HUNTER. MELANIE: WE HAVE THIS CLOUD COVER TO THE NORTH WHICH MEANS THE TEMPERATURES ARE ONLY GOING TO GO UP. IT WILL BECOME TRIPLE THIS MORNING SO GET OUTSIDE -- IT WILL BE COMFORTABLE THIS MORNING SO GET OUTSIDE. WE HAVE A SHOT AT THE MID AND UPPER 70’S AND RUNNING MILD BY SUNSET.