Antelope Valley Press, Saturday, February 27, 2021 A5

State expecting 1.1 million J&J vaccines Driver was

By DON THOMPSON California Distribution of the J&J vaccine still
wearing full
and JANIE HAR
Associated Press
Gov. Gavin
Newsom
speaks during
is contingent upon federal Food and
Drug Administration and Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention action,
body armor
SACRAMENTO — California
expects to start administering the new a press though Newsom said he is confident of
conference the quick approval and availability. From A1
Johnson & Johnson vaccine next week
Friday after Addition of the J&J vaccine would
and to receive more than 1.1 million of patch to let them know he was
visiting a come as California is seeing dramatic
the single-dose shots in the next three the person being pursued.
COVID-19 drops in virus cases and hospitaliza-
weeks, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Fri- “They instructed him to
vaccination tions after record highs in early Jan-
day. pull over and he did,” he said.
clinic for uary. The 5,590 people hospitalized
The vaccine, still in the final federal When he finally stopped
farmworkers
approval process, has fewer handling now are only about a quarter of the again, it was at Fort Tejon
in Fresno.
restrictions than the Pfizer and Mod- peak total, while the rate of people Road and Pilot Creek Road
ASSOCIATED
erna vaccines now being used. Those PRESS
testing positive in the last week fell to in Valyermo. Deputies found
vaccines require two doses to be fully 2.7%. the driver, identified as Lydell
effective and must be stored at ex- should be complete by March 31. State clear what this would mean in terms of “There’s bright light at the end of Yarbrough, 37, to be wearing
tremely low temperatures. officials also announced that as of getting appointments on Monday. the tunnel,” Newsom said during what body armor. According to
News of a possible third vaccine Monday, all residents would fall under The Biden administration has told have become near-daily appearances Sneed, he had one gun with
came as California announced it would the same eligibility criteria to receive California it can expect to receive at vaccination centers around the state. a 50-round drum attached to
be able to administer 3 million doses a the vaccine regardless of where they 380,000 Johnson & Johnson vaccines Newsom, a Democrat, faces the it and what deputies thought
week starting Monday, even though it’s live in the state. next week and Newsom said he expects possibility of a recall election later this at the time, to be six explosive
currently doing about 1.4 million shots Currently, some of the state’s 58 the same amount each week for three year over his handling of the pandem- devices.
due to constrained supply. counties are vaccinating teachers, food weeks, but it’s just a preview. ic, and regardless must run for reelec- “Arson and Explosives re-
The state is in the process of switch- and agriculture workers and other es- “It’s consistent based on that three- tion next year. And despite the positive sponded to the scene and ex-
ing over to a centralized vaccine ap- sential personnel as well as seniors 65 week window,” he said at a Fresno news trends there remains continued uncer- amined the items and deter-
pointment and delivery system ad- and older, while other counties are conference. “We will figure out where tainty over unequal, sometimes chaot- mined they were fireworks,”
ministered by insurer Blue Shield that sticking solely with seniors. It was un- to land in terms of the distribution.” ic, vaccine distribution and testing. Sneed said.
They are also in the process

Lessenevitch wonders what happened

of examining the ammunition,
Consultants will present final to determine whether it’s ar-
mor-piercing ammunition.

the community. O’Laughlin said she would

reports to Board in the future Shaffer said Yarbrough did
not offer an explanation for
From A1
“Now I challenge us to ac- like to review what the reve- the gun and other items in his
tually look at the budgets and nues were going back three From A1 turn with finalized reports, car or why he suddenly fled.
budget but to offset the spe-
look at collections and look at years and compare those to models and recommen- “I think what happened
cial tax.
how money has been spent the expenses if the depart- financial requirements over dations at a future Board was, he had guns in the car,
“Here you are potentially
saying that as we raise rev- because we have some large ments stayed at their original the next five years. meeting. they were inside the cab of
enue from cannabis, that issues that we are address- budget with the $182.50 tax RDN is in the preliminary “This is a lot coming at the car, within arm’s reach
you’re going to allow the ing,” he said. rate in mind. stages of developing rec- us, initially. But, it’s a good and they weren’t supposed to
police and fire departments Mayor Jeanie O’Laughlin Linn expressed her frus- ommendations on achiev- start for us to move forward, be there,” he said. “He had
to raise their budgets corre- said historically police and trations and said that while ing the needed increases in and I do appreciate the ef- high-capacity magazine and
spondingly,” he said. “We fire seem to always be over she agrees with the points revenue. Strategies include fort that you and your staff illegal ammunition.”
will never be able to absorb budget and are never held to everyone is making, no one is restructuring rates based on have put into this.” Board Though Cruz was hit as
police and fire into the gen- their budget. focusing on the source of the customer demand. One way President Rick Webb said Yarbrough sped off, he was
eral fund.” “So if I look at the police problem. to accomplish this is to sim- to General Manager Steve not injured.
Lessenevitch said the department, their retained “This year is a mess and plify the current rate struc- Perez. Yarbrough was booked into
Council needs to question earnings is a negative $1.1 it’s a mess because of the ture and tailor the tiers to Webb added: “We know the Palmdale station jail. His
what happened with the million,” she said. “They’re council, because of manage- an averaged statistical con- that water is going to go up, bail is set at $260,000. He has
budget and how they have running a deficit this year. If ment, and we’re blaming it sumption. regardless of what we do or a court date set for March 10
allowed the expenditures to you look at fire department, on fire and PD,” she said. The consultants will con- we don’t do. This has given in Lancaster.
get beyond what they think (it) has about a negative $1 tinue applying their exper- us a good visual of why we
is a reasonable service to million as well.” rgarcia@avpress.com tise and experience and re- have to try to do something.” jgarcia@avpress.com

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