CalRTA Awards $100 Grants to Local Teachers
A high school math teacher from Lake Elsinore and a first grade teacher from Hemet were each selected to receive a $100 Teacher Grant from Division 33 of the California Retired Teachers Association (CalRTA). John Chung, who teaches math at Ortega High School in the Lake Elsinore Unified School District, and Nicole Flanagan, a teacher at Hemet Elementary School in the Hemet Unified School District were each randomly selected from nearly 40 applicants to receive the grant money.
CDC says many Americans can now go outside without a mask
NEW YORK (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines Tuesday on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans don't need to cover their faces anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers.
California recall has enough signatures to make ballot
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Organizers of the recall effort against California Gov. Gavin Newsom have collected enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot, state election officials said, likely triggering just the second such election in state history.
After sad Mother’s Day 2020, vaccines offer sweet reunions
NEW YORK (AP) — When Leland Stein heads to his 93-year-old mother's senior living facility for Mother's Day, he'll have flowers in hand, a bottle of bubbly and a year's worth of hugs.
US to share AstraZeneca shots with world after safety check
The U.S. will begin sharing its entire stock of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines with the world once it clears federal safety reviews, the White House said Monday, with as many as 60 million doses expected to be available for export in the coming months.
