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Maps show dramatic change in California snowpack after dry January
California’s snowpack is now below average for this time of the year following a dry January, a dramatic turn from the previous month when the Sierra Nevada was inundated with record amounts of snow.
California education agency reconsidering East Coast pandemic hire
The California Department of Education is reviewing its hire of a top official who lives in Philadelphia and runs a separate business there.
California to require booster shots for health care workers
California will require health care workers to get a Covid-19 booster in order to be fully vaccinated, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday.
FATAL CRASH NEAR KING OF HAMMERS
A San Jacinto man was fatally injured in an off-highway vehicle crash Saturday (January 29) near the King of the Hammers area. According to a CHP press release, on January 29, shortly before 3 p.m., Christian Karnes, 27 of San Jacinto, was driving a black and red 2022 Polaris Razor westbound up a steep sand dune with a passenger, identified as Maribel Gonzalez, 27 also of San Jacinto.
Omicron drives US deaths higher than in fall’s delta wave
Omicron, the highly contagious coronavirus variant sweeping across the country, is driving the daily American death toll higher than during last fall’s delta wave, with deaths likely to keep rising for days or even weeks.
