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This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 2 When scientists find a new disease-causing virus in humans, the first question they want answered is: Can this thing spread easily from person to person? And if not, will it someday? Avian influenza can infect humans, but it’s not very good at passing from one person to another. Same with the coronavirus that causes MERS, another severe respiratory illness. Though hundreds of cases of both have been reported over the past two decades, neither virus seems inclined to evolve toward efficient person-to-person transmission. In less than three years, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has mastered it. SARS-CoV-2 has accumulated a suite of mutations over an astonishingly short period of time that have made it now one of the most infectious human pathogens on the planet. And for the first time ever, scientists have the tools and the knowledge to closely track that evolution in near-real … [Read more...] about Will the coronavirus evolve to cause less severe COVID? Why we can’t assume the answer is yes

California could open its first national park in almost a decade under a recently revived plan to commemorate labor leader César Chávez and the saga of farmworkers. The proposed César E. Chávez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park, based outside Bakersfield and possibly extending to the Bay Area, would offer the public a chance to visit a constellation of landmarks central to the civil rights story of Mexican Americans. The success of the proposal is uncertain given the sharply politicized climate in Washington, but if it comes to fruition, it would be the first national park to honor this chapter of American history. Among the sites proposed for inclusion in the new park is Cesar E. Chavez National Monument in the rural Kern County town of Keene. Also included, if a deal can be reached with the current property owner, would be McDonnell Hall in San Jose, where Chavez and other activists once famously organized. Additionally, a historic trail following the 300-mile … [Read more...] about California could get a new national park honoring César Chávez

It’s just after 1 p.m. on the longest day of the year. The San Joaquin Valley heat hasn’t yet turned all the way up, and it looks like a thunderstorm is brewing over the eastern foothills, cumulonimbus clouds heaping upon themselves like meringue. Against this heat, Andre’s Drive-In beckons like an oasis. It’s a concrete and steel mid-century space ship that looks like it fell from the sky 65 years ago, smack dab in the middle of Bakersfield. As I wait for my food, I look at the giant curbside arrow — reminiscent of In-n-Out’s famed logo , which came out around the same time — pointing the way from the street as I wait for my food. Beyond the menu, the first thing you should know about Andre’s is that it should have been one of the original McDonald’s franchises, the first in the Central Valley. (As a reminder, it lives in the shadow of one today, right across the street.) After Andre’s turned down McDonald’s, it became a fast food innovator, responsible for some of our … [Read more...] about Andre’s Drive-In in Bakersfield is directly responsible for many of your fast food favorites, including the McDonald’s apple pie

Care for your home with 0 Home & Garden Local roads need state and federal financial support, County says. Mark Nero , Patch Staff Posted Reply SAN RAFAEL, CA – A new state assessment of pavement conditions showed roads in unincorporated Marin have an average pavement condition index of 60 on a scale of zero to 100. Although the County improved from 48 to 60 over the past eight years, its current rating is still below the average statewide rating of 65. The biennial California Statewide Local Streets and Roads Needs Assessment , released Oct. 25, showed that Marin needs to spend an estimated $458 million on roads over the next 10 years just to maintain their current condition. The assessment confirmed that pavement conditions around the state are continuing to decline and that existing revenue does not provide enough funding to properly fix and maintain streets, roads, bridges, traffic signs and … [Read more...] about Marin Roads Rated Below Statewide Average