Happy Friday on this holiday weekend! I’m wishing you all a nice Memorial Day on Monday as we honor the women and men who lost their lives while serving in the U.S. military. Interesting fact (as reported by history.com): Memorial Day, which began in the years following the Civil War and became an official federal holiday in 1971, was originally known as Decoration Day.
Just one tiny warning: If you’re in the Fresno area and you’re planning to spend time in a city park, be sure not to annoy any lizards there because, believe it or not, to do so is against the law.
I’m Winston Gieseke, philanthropy and special sections editor for The Desert Sun in Palm Springs, and I’m just about ready to remove my work hat and chillax. But first, here are some of today’s headlines from the Golden State.
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California to offer $116M in coronavirus vaccine prize money
Californians will be eligible for $116.5 million in prize money for getting coronavirus shots, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday, a windfall aimed at getting millions of additional Golden State residents vaccinated before the nation’s most populous state fully reopens next month.
California isn’t the first state to offer vaccine prizes, though its pot of money is the largest and so is the most valuable single prize: $1.5 million.
The state’s reopening is pegged for June 15, and on that day a drawing will be…
