The Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle - January 7th, 2021

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Remembering the COVID-19 victims

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COVID IN HOSPITALS:

After nine months of the pandemic, the county is reporting a total of 1,985 deaths related to coronavirus. | Draw from the book "Nursing Story" by Oh Young June, nurse at Gachon University Gil Hospital in Incheon, South Korea.

More than 1,980 residents have died from the virus

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s 2020 came to a close, health officials remember the lives lost during the pandemic and remind residents that, collectively, everyone contributes to slowing the spread of the virus. Coronavirus caused or contributed to the deaths of hundreds of Riverside County residents, including two children under the age of 18. The first coronavirus-related death in Riverside County was reported March 15 – an Indio resi-

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Half a Century of Service for Soboba Tribal Member

Fauci: US could soon give 1 million vaccinations a day

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rances Salgado Diaz has made the decision to retire from the All Mission Indian Housing Authority (AMIHA) board after serving for 50 years. Members are elected by their tribes and she was Chairwoman of the (Soboba) Board of Commissioners, a position she was elected to by fellow AMIHA board members. Diaz has been an integral part of the organization, having been involved with the formation of AMIHA prior to its establishment in the early 1970s along with eight other tribes within Riverside, San Diego and Santa Barbara counties. Its purpose was to provide affordable, low income housing to tribal members

of 10 reservations in the three counties it serves. It is one of only three Indian Housing Authorities in the state of California that represents multiple tribes. To date, AMIHA has built more than 950 housing units in its three counties. Approximately 90 homes which were constructed over the past years through the AMIHA program were for families at Soboba. While sitting on the board that established AMIHA, Diaz helped to improve and stabilize operations and worked closely with Executive Director Dave Shaffer, who is also retiring, to support AMIHA on many other accomplishments. Diaz leaves the program in a very strong position for continued growth. AMIHA has become one of the most successful Tribally Designat-

ed Housing Entities in the nation and has been awarded more Indian Community Development Block Grants and Indian Housing Block Grants than any other Tribally Designated Housing Entity. “AMIHA has been a passion of mine, to assist our Native families with adequate homes and improve the quality of life for all of our home participants as well,� Diaz said. “It has been an honor for me to have been given the opportunity to work with the very dedicated, hard-working staff and board members at AMIHA.� Diaz said that she was motivated to get involved at a young age because she was excited that Native Tribes were finally being given the

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LAURAN NEERGAARD | AP MEDICAL WRITER

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he U.S. could soon be giving at least a million COVID-19 vaccinations a day despite the sluggish start, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday, even as he warned of a dangerous next few weeks as the coronavirus surges. The slow pace is frustrating health officials and a desperate public alike, with only about a third of the first supplies shipped to states used as of Tuesday morning, just over three weeks into the vaccination campaign. “Any time you start a big program, there’s always glitches. I think the glitches have been worked out,� the nation's top infectious disease expert told The Associated Press. Vaccinations have already be-

gun speeding up, reaching roughly half a million injections a day, he pointed out. Now, with the holidays over, “once you get rolling and get some momentum, I think we can achieve 1 million a day or even more,� Fauci said. He called President-elect Joe Biden’s goal of 100 million vaccinations in his first 100 days “a very realistic, important, achievable goal.� It’s an optimistic prediction considering the logistical hurdles facing states and counties as they struggle to administer rationed vaccine supplies amid rising COVID-19 hospitalizations. Fauci pointed to California’s swamped hospitals and exhausted workers even before holiday travel and family gatherings added fuel to the outbreak.

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Protesters swarm to Capitol, halt session on Biden victory LISA MASCARO AND MARY CLARE JALONICK| AP NEWS

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s demonstrators swarmed the U.S. Capitol, Congress was forced to abruptly halt deliberations Wednesday over Republican challenges to Joe Biden’s presidential victory. President Donald Trump’s relentless effort to overturn the election results and cling to the White House drew a massive crowd to

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the White House, and then Trump sent them to the Capitol. Lawmakers had convened for an extraordinary joint session to confirm the Electoral College results but protests erupted outside the Capitol and government office buildings were being evacuated. Though fellow Republicans were behind the challenge to Biden’s 306-232 Electoral College victory, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sought to lower tensions

On Jan. 7, 1789

Congress sets today as the date by which states are required to choose electors for the country's first-ever presidential election. A month later, on Feb. 4, George Washington was elected president by state electors and sworn into office April 30.

On Jan. 8, 1966

ABC's rock and roll TV variety show "Shindig" airs its last episode. The show had debuted in September 1964, featuring acts including the Everly Brothers, the Rolling Stones and The Beach Boys.

On Jan. 9, 1972

A fire breaks out aboard the lavish Queen Elizabeth, and by the next morning the world's larg-

and argued against it. He warned the country “cannot keep drifting apart into two separate tribes� with “separate facts.� McConnell declared, “The voters, the courts and the states all have spoken." But other Republicans, including House GOP leaders among Trump's allies were acting out the pleas of supporters at his huge Wednesday rally up Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House

est passenger ship lies in a wreck on the bottom of Hong Kong harbor. Launched in 1938, the Queen Elizabeth steamed across the ocean as a troop transport during World War II.

On Jan. 10, 1901

A drilling derrick at Spindletop Hill near Beaumont, Texas, produces an enormous gusher of crude oil, signaling the advent of the American oil industry. The geyser flowed at an initial rate of 100,000 barrels a day. Today, only a few oil wells still operate in the area.

On Jan. 11, 1973

The owners of America's 24 major league baseball teams vote to allow teams in the American League to use a "designated pinch-hitter" that could bat for the pitch-

to “fight for Trump.� “We have to fix this,� said Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the GOP whip. The last-gasp effort is all but certain to fail, defeated by bipartisan majorities in Congress prepared to accept the November results. Biden i s to be inaugurated Jan. 20. Still, Trump vowed to he would “never concede� and urged the

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er, while still allowing the pitcher to stay in the game.

On Jan. 12, 1838 After his Mormon bank fails in the Panic of 1837, Joseph Smith flees Kirtland, Ohio, to avoid potential criminal prosecution by angry and disillusioned former believers. Smith claimed the angel Moroni had visited him in 1823 and told him he was destined to become a modern prophet of God.

On Jan. 13, 1968

In the midst of a plummeting music career, legendary country singer Johnny Cash arrives to play for inmates at California's Folsom Prison. The concert and the subsequent live album launched him back onto the charts.

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