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California s COVID vaccine shipments are being delayed by winter storms pounding U.S.
Sacramento Bee 2/19/2021 Michael McGough and Tony Bizjak, The Sacramento Bee
Feb. 18 The extreme winter weather blanketing most of the United States is delaying shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine to California, but the full extent and expected duration of those delays are not yet entirely clear.
The state was set to receive around 1.1 million doses this week, and next week s 1.25 million shown in allocation data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would mark the biggest allotment to date.
But the arctic blast cold snap that continues to pummel the vast majority of the U.S. with a mix of snow, freezing rain and subfreezing temperatures is impacting multiple major distribution hubs, casting uncertainty on coronavirus vaccine supply.
Lindsey Holden is a staff reporter at the
San Luis Obispo Tribune and recently published a series of stories resulting from a months-long investigation into substandard housing in SLO County.
Tribune reporter Lindsey Holden (far right) and a community health worker, a Promotora, (far left) speak to a renter while canvassing in Nipomo.
Credit Danielle Fox
Holden said the investigation started with the Grandview Apartments story in Paso Robles; the former apartment complex where for years, dozens of households endured appalling conditions.
The tenants finally brought a class-action lawsuit against the apartment complex s owners, and in this interview, Holden bring us up to date on that situation, and ensuing reporting it prompted.