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How to check if your vote is counted in California

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With postal delays expected this election as California conducts more widespread mail-in voting than ever before, many voters are anxious about their ballots being received on time — and counted.

This year, California rolled out a new tool: WheresMyBallot.sos.ca.gov. It lets voters track their mail ballot from the point it’s sent to them until it’s been accepted and counted by their local elections office.

The site will also let you sign up for email, text or phone call updates on your ballot’s status.

If you haven’t yet mailed your ballot, should you take it directly to a polling location? Not necessarily. This year in California, mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day will still be counted as long as they are received by Nov. 20 — or 17 days after Election Day, compared to the usual three.

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New state coalition aims to make sure eventual COVID-19 vaccine is accessible to all

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MERCED, California (KGPE) — Scientists worldwide are working around the clock to create a COVID-19 vaccine. Locally, there’s work being done to make sure everyone has access to it when one is approved.

Right now, there are a number of human trials underway. While it’ll still be some time before we see a fully approved vaccine, health leaders around the country are already making sure they’re prepared for distribution.

In Fresno County, interim health officer Dr. Rais Vohra said the public health department is looking at how to store the vaccine — knowing it’ll need to be kept cold.

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Care home residents reunited thanks to new visiting lounge

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Encore Care Homes has announced the new “bespoke” rooms for Great Oaks in Bournemouth and Oakdale in Poole.

The rooms are partitioned with an airtight glass screen to ensure the safety of residents, relatives and care teams.

Opening in time for half-term, the rooms allow up to six people of any age to come and visit a relative safety and comfort.

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Pumpkins, Polio Information Featured At Area Fundraiser

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There were plenty of pumpkins to choose from on Saturday, Oct. 24 at Vella Farms in nearby Modesto, with the ongoing pumpkin patch there also hosting a visit by the Salida Rotary for World Polio Day.

The double duty event raised awareness of the Rotary Club’s work in polio eradication efforts and also gave youngsters the chance to paint pumpkins for the Halloween holiday. Visiting the pumpkin patch and finding the right one for painting and taking home was 8-year-old Jacob Platts of Riverbank, who was there with his mom, Kristin. She serves as president of the Riverbank Historical Society and said they were enjoying the chance to get out in the fresh air and support a good cause.

Proceeds of the day were earmarked for three charities: the Children’s Crisis Center of Stanislaus County, VIPS – Visually Impaired Persons Support, and the Salida Rotary.

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Local Highway Roadwork On Highways 4, 49, And 120

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Caltrans has work scheduled this week that will delay travel in Tuolumne and Calaveras Counties. Caltrans has also been taking advantage of the climate, with District 10 Maintenance crews busy replacing snow poles and related equipment on State Route 108/Sonora Pass in Tuolumne County. Snow poles are set on the sides of the roadway and help motorists stay alert to the edge of the road during heavy snowfall.

Utility work on Highway 4 between Lashkoff Place and Lower Moran Road will limit traffic to one-way and create delays of ten minutes. The work is scheduled between 6 AM and 6 PM Monday through Friday.

On Highway 4 from the Stanislaus/Calaveras County Line to Eastbound Highway 49 in Angels Camp there will be a moving closure of one of the two lanes for road striping. The work is scheduled Monday through Thursday from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM. About seven miles further down Highway 4 there will be a paving operation on the left shoulder from Anrey Court to Pennsylvania Gulch. The paving is scheduled Tuesday and Wednesday from 7AM to 5 PM.

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Musicians want to communicate with an audience: ‘We’re not complete unless we can do it’

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LODI – The Stockton Symphony has not been allowed to perform inside its home, San Joaquin Delta College’s Atherton Auditorium, since the coronavirus pandemic hit in March.

The symphony has made due to the best of its ability with virtual events and performances, including a town hall meeting on Sept. 8 to celebrate Peter Jaffe’s 25th anniversary as music director. But as the maestro said, nothing compares to a live concert.

Cathy Ettle of Stockton, band director at Lincoln High School and Sierra Middle School, and Andrea Hawkes of Turlock, who both perform with the symphony orchestra, also were part of the sax quartet.

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More power shutoffs probable: some Plumas residents impacted

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PG&E announced that high fire-risk conditions are expected to arrive Wednesday evening, Oct. 21 in Northern California and continue through Friday morning, Oct. 24, impacting 50,000 people in 19 counties including 353 in Plumas County as of now.

Sheriff Todd Johns said that those customers include residents in the La Porte/Little Grass Valley Reservoir areas, but that could change.

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For outage updates from PG&E visit:

According to PG&E, the weather will impact the shutoffs primarily in the following areas:

  • Northern Sacramento Valley and adjacent elevated terrain;
  • The Northern Sierra Nevada generally north of I-80;
  • The North Bay mountains; and
  • Mt. Diablo in the East Bay.

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SCAN Health Plan Earns 4.5-Star Medicare Rating for Fourth Straight Year, Named to U.S. News Best List for Third Straight Year

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LONG BEACH, Calif., Oct. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- As millions of seniors across California select Medicare Advantage plans for the coming year, SCAN Health Plan®, one of the nation's largest not-for-profit Medicare Advantage plans, earned a series of accolades reflecting SCAN's unending commitment to keeping older adults healthy and independent.

First, SCAN received a 4.5-star rating* from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for the fourth consecutive year, making it the only Medicare Advantage plan in California to do so. SCAN was also named to U.S. News & World Report's 2021 list of Best Insurance Companies for Medicare Advantage in California for the third year in a row. Also for the third year running, 90% of SCAN members gave the plan high marks in the annual CMS Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers & Systems (CAHPS) survey, which gauges member satisfaction.

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Millennials worried about our obsession with grass and not just type some smoke

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It is clear the Manteca Millennial Advisory Committee has a concern about grass.

I’m not talking about their belief it makes sense on a lot of levels — including economically — about Manteca allowing storefront sales of cannabis, the commercial cultivation in non-residential zones, and the transport from legal sellers to buyers.

I’m referring to the grass that Manteca and virtually the rest of California  refuses to wean itself off of —the non-native grass species that make up lawns that exist only for  ornamental purposes that threaten to suck the life out of the Golden State.

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Drone video captures the devastation left behind by the fires in California wine country

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Dramatic drone video on Monday captured the utter devastation left in the wake of raging wildfires that are wreaking havoc throughout Northern California.

This footage showed what little remained of Mountain Hawk Drive in Santa Rosa, about 60 miles north of downtown San Francisco, after flames from the Glass Fire roared through the neighborhood.

Firefighters, putting out remaining hotspots in the upscale Skyhawk neighborhood, came upon frames of now-obliterated houses, the skeletons of pickup trucks and bicycles baked to crisps.

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