According to new guidelines, more than two dozen sports and exercise activities are allowed in the most-restrictive "purple" tier, which is Alameda Cty's.
Pfizer vaccine shipment expected later this week adds to 327,000 doses already being distributed. Some 672,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine are expected by the end of the month.
State leaders believe the rich and influential will have a hard time cutting in line to get the first precious doses of the vaccine, reserved for health workers and nursing homes.
Some years from now, infants and school-aged children will probably be the mainstay of a universal vaccination program against COVID-19 in the United States. But first, doctors want to be sure that vaccines won't harm them.
The average turnaround time for test results rose 30% in Nov as people flocked to test sites before Thanksgiving. Pressure on labs is expected to intensify.