The week of January 11-18 continued the start of a busy new year in terms of local and regional news. The state unveiled Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $227 billion proposed budget which included additional public health money for local health departments stirring the state’s pandemic response. Various school boards also held their first meeting of the year including LUSD which discussed the logistics of new COVID testing protocols for educators and staff. The week concluded with a rally and protest in downtown Lakeport where parents, coaches and players asked for the continuation of school sports, the bulk of which have been shut down since last spring due to the pandemic. (Photos by Coral Moseley, Lucy LLewellyn Byard, Renata Appel and Sarah Reingewirtz)
Pasadena Public Heath Department gives Pasadena firefighters the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Fire Station 36 in Pasadena last month. Gov. Newsom's proposed budget includes more funding to continue the fight against the COVID-19 virus. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
(Renata Appel for the Record-Bee) Members of the Lakeport Unified School Board gather for their first meeting of 2021.
(Coral Moseley for the Record-Bee) Members of the community including coaches, parents and students peacefully ask for the re opening of school athletics during Friday's "Let Them Play" rally in downtown Lakeport.
First place winner of this year's virtual Poetry Out Loud event, Emily Maccario (Lucy Llewellyn Byard for the Record-Bee)
(Coral Moseley for the Record-Bee) Protesters gather peacefully during the "Let Them Play" rally Friday in downtown Lakeport.
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Pasadena Public Heath Department gives Pasadena firefighters the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Fire Station 36 in Pasadena last month. Gov. Newsom's proposed budget includes more funding to continue the fight against the COVID-19 virus. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
