Blue Shield of California to assist and oversee distribution of vaccine doses

California announced late Monday that Blue Shield had been chosen as the state’s third party administrator for vaccine distribution. Governor Gavin Newsom has been promising for weeks to release details of the contract. Those details were made public yesterday, a holiday, the same day no-bid contract went into effect.

Amid the closure of the state’s biggest Covid-19 vaccination site over a precipitous drop in supply, California state health officials announced on Friday that the state would soon allow another 4-6 million residents to qualify for vaccination. There are currently 13 million people in the state who are eligible for vaccination.

“The issue of mutations is top of mind,” said Governor Gavin Newsom at his Wednesday Covid-19 press conference, “not only here in the State of California, but across the globe.”

LOS ANGELES – Only those Angelenos with proof of getting the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine will be inoculated starting Tuesday.

The Brady Bunch! Tom Brady’s three kids joined him on the field at the Raymond James Stadium following his Super Bowl LV win on Sunday, February 7.

Metallica performed on a special edition of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert to mark Super Bowl weekend last night (February 7) – watch them close out the show with ‘Enter Sandman’ below.A host of special performances took place around the game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.Performing from their studio in the Bay Area of California, the metal titans ran through a rendition of one of their biggest hits.Watch the ‘Enter Sandman’ performance

Giving it her all! The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs have been gearing up to play in Super Bowl LV on Sunday, February 7 — all while H.E.R. was preparing for the performance of a lifetime.

A devastating loss. Dustin Diamond‘s close friend Dan Block is opening up about what the late actor was looking forward to before losing his battle with stage IV small-cell carcinoma.

saved his baby grandchild from being kidnapped at his home in Malibu, California, by a female intruder.

On Thursday, two California Assembly Members representing the districts in which Disneyland and Six Flags Magic Mountain lie were set to co-sponsor a bill that will place all theme parks in the “Orange – Moderate – Tier 3” of the state’s Covid-19 Industry Guidance for Amusement Parks and Theme Parks. The guidance in Governor Newsom’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy currently restricts theme parks from reopening until the county they are located in achieves the “Yellow – Minimal – Tier 4.”

WASHINGTON – Speaking via teleconference in Washington Wednesday morning, President Biden’s Coronavirus Task Force COVID19 Czar Jeff Zients announced a new partnership with the State of California to launch two pilot mega-vaccine community centers in underserved minority communities devastated by the pandemic.

Tuesday’s Zoom press conference with Colleen Bell, director of the California Film Commission, and Dee Dee Myers, the state’s newly appointed director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, was disrupted by a Zoom bomber, who spewed racist and sexist profanities, accompanied fits of loud screaming, before finally slinking off to bother someone else.

TMZ that Diamond was battling Stage 4 cancer, which had spread throughout his body. Diamond discovered a lump in his throat which led to the diagnosis; the actor’s family has a history of cancer, and Diamond’s mother died of breast cancer.

coronavirus vaccine, despite being in the age bracket to qualify for the jab in California. The singer, who is currently suffering from stage four breast cancer for the third time in 28 years, made the surprising admission in a joint interview with her daughter Chloe Lattanzi, 35, but didn't go into detail for her reasons behind the decision.

COVID-19 vaccine, and wore an Avengers-themed mask to mark the occasion.Revealing the news of his jab on Instagram, Jackson said he was about to “bust back out” following his vaccination, and encouraging others to also get vaccinated.“At The Forum getting that 1st jab!!” he captioned his post, taken at the vaccination centre at the Forum music venue in Inglewood, California.Taking a selfie while in his car wearing a face mask themed on the Avengers, Jackson added the hopeful hashtags: