Counties using ZIP codes to tackle vaccine inequities, expand eligibility Share Updated: 8:16 PM PDT Apr 7, 2021 Share Updated: 8:16 PM PDT Apr 7, 2021
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Show Transcript AT THE EFFORTS TO EQUITABLY VACCINATE EVERYONE. WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAD BARRIERS, WERE HARDER TO REACH, WERE NOT FORGOTTEN IN THAT PROCESS. EMILY: THE STATE USES A TOOL CALLED THE HEALTHY PLACES INDEX COMMUNITIES. NOW, THAT INDEX IS BEING USED TO IDENTIFY ZIP CODES WHERE ACCESS TO THE VACCINE COULD BE LIMITED. I THINK WE ALL HAVE TO REALIZE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE EXTREMELY DIVERSE. THAT THEY TRUST DIFFERENT PEOPLE, THAT THEY GET DIFFERENT INFORMATION IN DIFFERENT WAYS. EMILY: IN YOLO COUNTY, PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE OPENING VACCINE ELIGIBILITY TO PEOPLE 18 AND OLDER WHO LIVE IN WEST SACRAMENTO’S 95605 ZIP CODE. A CLINIC WILL BE HELD AT HOLY CROSS CHURCH THIS SATURDAY, NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY. YOU DON’T HAVE TO SIGN UP, YO
California Coronavirus Updates: Stockton Arena Opens As Mass Vaccination Site
Thursday, April 8, 2021 | Sacramento, CA
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The Stockton Arena opened up this week as the vaccine hub for the Central Valley, with the capacity to administer over 5,000 doses a day.
About 35% of San Joaquin County residents over 18 have been vaccinated. San Joaquin County Public Health Officer Dr. Maggie Park is urging local residents not to delay in getting vaccinated.
“This mass vax hub is not only open to our residents but residents from other counties. Please make sure you grab these appointments before people from other counties come in and take them all. That’s my fear.
Convicted Sacramento after-school teacher charged with unemployment fraud, Yolo DA says [The Sacramento Bee]
Dec. 22 An incarcerated Sacramento man convicted of trying to lure a 12-year-old girl to have sex with him is now accused of working with an accomplice to receive more than $11,000 in fraudulent unemployment claims, Yolo County prosecutors said.
This week, Taylor Lewis Gholar and his girlfriend, Sonia Chan, were charged with felony counts of grand theft, making a false and fraudulent insurance claim and conspiracy to commit fraud, according to a news release from the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office.
The charges against Gholar and Chan were the result of a vast probe into a California unemployment scam that revealed at least $140 million worth of improper payments made to inmates and their outside accomplices, a group of county district attorneys announced late last month.