Shirley Weber Confirmed as California's Top Election Official

Shirley Weber Confirmed as California's Top Election Official

San Diego Assemblywoman Shirley Weber will become California's first Black Secretary of State roughly half a century after her family fled Arkansas when her father was threatened by a lynch mob. No legislator in either house opposed the nomination, but all Senate Republicans abstained.

Guy Marzorati, KQED

There have been a lot of major announcements in the last few weeks related to the pandemic, from Governor Gavin Newsom's lifting of the stay at home order to new rules for who gets priority for getting a COVID-19 vaccination.

Guest: Molly Peterson, KQED health reporter

The state has vaccinated more than 8,000 people incarcerated in state prisons, but it’s unclear if any ICE detainees have been vaccinated yet.

Reporter: Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQED

People with underlying health conditions were originally set to get vaccinated after most essential workers. Now that the governor is shifting to an age-based system, people with disabilities feel they’ve been pushed out of line.

Reporter: April Dembosky, KQED

The audit says EDD had a heads up from the Department of Labor as far back as May that it needed to prepare for more than a billion dollars’ worth of potentially fraudulent claims.

Reporter: Mary Franklin Harvin, KQED

Adhiti Bandlamudi shares this story about living with two people who have a different idea about what it is to be safe during COVID.

Reporter: Adhiti Bandlamudi, KQED 

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