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Arnold Schwarzenegger Explains It All
Thursday: The former governor had a lot to say in a recent interview at his home in Los Angeles. Also: A sheep experiment in Davis.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger with his donkey Lulu in the backyard of his home in Los Angeles.Credit.Tracy Nguyen for The New York Times
Good morning.
Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state’s last four governors have put out a new public service announcement counting the reasons that Californians should get vaccinated.
“Hugs!” Gray Davis suggests. “Road trips!” notes Pete Wilson. “Theme parks!” barks Jerry Brown.
Arnold Schwarzenegger cites “movies” and “a pump in the gym.” Not only is the Covid-19 inoculation “safe and effective,” he says, but “you’re more likely to get an allergic reaction listening to the Sacramento politicians.”
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A family playing miniature golf at the Golf N’ Stuff Family Fun Park in Los Angeles County. Stimulus payments have helped families cope with the economic shock caused by the pandemic.Credit.Philip Cheung for The New York Times
Good morning.
Today we’re going to talk about money, money, money or more precisely, government stimulus payments.
Several rounds of federal and state payments directed at individuals in 2020 and 2021 were intended to help people cope with the pandemic’s shock to the economy.
Each of them has different rules, but all of them are pegged to taxable income. In a recent report, the California Policy Lab estimated that up to 2.2 million eligible Californians will not get up to $5.7 billion in federal payments because they earn too little to file tax returns and therefore aren’t popping up in government computer systems.
All Adults in the State Can Now Get a Vaccine. You Just Have to Find One.
Thursday: Getting a Covid-19 vaccination hasn’t been easy. Will that change now that the state has expanded eligibility?
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Good morning.
Today, every Californian age 16 and older is officially eligible to receive a Covid-19 vaccine.
That doesn’t mean it will be easy for everyone get a shot right away though.
The vaccine rollout has been chaotic, according to various news reports and hundreds of emails sent to us by California Today readers.
Government sites like My Turn as well as the sites of pharmacy chains and hospital networks have been unreliable when it comes to booking appointments, sometimes offering many slots and sometimes making empty promises of callbacks or emails when new slots become available.