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Santa Clara County’s Public Health System on Track to Vaccinate 30K Residents a Week – NBC Bay Area
Santa Clara County’s public health system is on track to vaccinate 30,000 residents a week, officials said Friday. Santa Clara Valley Medical Center has established five vaccination sites, including mass vaccination sites at Berger Drive and Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. The Berger location has the capacity to vaccinate 1,300 people and the Fairgrounds can vaccinate …
Social Media Account Promotes San Diego Businesses Defying Public Health Orders – NBC 7 San Diego
Businesses across the county are hanging on by a thread, forced to partially or completely close because of the pandemic. Some, however, are choosing to break the rules. Now, those businesses are getting promotion on social media. The Instagram account San Diego Free is public. On it, you’ll find dozens of businesses that are currently …
San Diego County Warm Weather in January – NBC 7 San Diego
Friday’s warming trend could bring record-breaking temperatures to San Diego County as parts of the region face an elevated fire threat coupled with a wind advisory. Vista and El Cajon set new record highs on Thursday, while Chula Vista tied its previous high for the date, according to the National Weather Service. On Thursday, Vista …
Detectives Hope New Technology Can Break Cold Case That Inspired ‘Amber Alerts’ – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Jan. 13 marks 25 years since 9-year-old Amber Hagerman was kidnapped and killed in Arlington, inspiring the nationwide Amber Alert system for missing and endangered children. Police still working the case decades later announced plans Wednesday to submit items of evidence originally obtained in the investigation to new forensic testing that may yield a more …
Miami Beach to Vote on Plan to Prevent ‘Super Spreader’ Spring Break – NBC 6 South Florida
As spring break nears and college students ready their plans to descend on Miami Beach, city officials are taking action to prevent a possible “super spreader” event in South Florida. Miami Beach is taking a different approach to spring break as coronavirus cases continue to increase in South Florida: organized events. The city is tentatively …
Kane County Health Department Launches Form to Update Residents on COVID Vaccine – NBC Chicago
Kane County residents can fill out a form to receive updates on when they might be eligible to get the coronavirus vaccine and how they can register. The county’s health department is expecting to release new information on vaccine registration for residents in the coming weeks, and launched a form on its website to keep …
Water Main Break Closes Canal Street, Part of I-95 South in Stamford – NBC Connecticut
A water main break has closed Canal Street and part of I-95 south in Stamford on Tuesday morning. Police said Canal Street at N State Street is closed to vehicular traffic from Tresser Boulevard, Elm Street and S State Street due a water main break in the area. The off ramp for Interstate 95 south …
Man Seen Carrying Lectern During Capitol Riot Arrested in Florida – NBC 6 South Florida
A Florida man caught on camera carrying a lectern through the United States Capitol during Wednesday’s riot has been arrested. NBC affiliate WFLA-TV reports 36-year-old Adam Johnson was booked into the Pinellas County Jail around 9 p.m. on Friday on a warrant from the U.S. Marshal’s office. Johnson lives in Parrish, located in nearby Manatee …
Caregiver No Longer at UMass Memorial Health Amid Capitol Riot Participation Probe – NBC Boston
A person who’d been a “caregiver” at UMass Memorial Health Care is no longer employed by the hospital system, which had been investigating whether they were involved in Wednesday’s riot at the Capitol. UMass Memorial made the announcement in a statement released Friday evening, but didn’t identify the person, say where they worked, identify what …
Mass. Tops 400,000 Coronavirus Cases Amid Record-Breaking Surge – NBC Boston
Massachusetts surpassed 400,000 confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday as it recorded another single-day record with 7,635 confirmed cases. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health also reported 74 new confirmed coronavirus deaths. There have now been a total of 12,708 deaths and 400,823 cases, according to DPH. The state had last broken the single-day coronavirus record …
