The shortage comes several months into protracted labor negotiations between the union that represents West Coast dockworkers and the industry group representing maritime shippers, which are hashing out a new contract.

It remains to be seen how much of an appetite there could be for more shots in the U.S. In California, 45% of vaccinated seniors have received the updated booster shot.

Fatal drug overdose like those this week at 649 Lofts are becoming ‘the norm,’ according to skid row residents, who are calling on city officials to do more to stop fentanyl overdoses.

Tulare Lake, once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi, was last full in 1878. Recent storms have flooded thousands of acres of farmland in the area.

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