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Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to use the California budget surplus to confront the crises facing the state, including COVID-19 and climate change.
The family of a Yucaipa man who died from COVID-19 complications has filed a lawsuit against Riverside County, alleging workplace negligence that led to his catching the virus.
Michael Haywood, 61, died last February. His family says he contracted the virus at the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, where he had worked for 15 years.
Mt. San Jacinto College (MSJC) will open its free COVID-19 testing sites to the public this week.
The three testing sites at the San Jacinto, Menifee Valley and Temecula Valley campuses are open this week from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday and then 7 a.m. to noon Friday. Next week, the testing sites will be open to the public from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.
MSJC contracts with Virus Geeks to offer the free testing service.
Distrust, misinformation and delays because of the holidays and bad weather have combined to produce what authorities say are alarmingly low COVID-19 vaccination rates in U.S. children ages 5 to 11.