• California Officials have unveiled their most anticipated set of guidelines related to the pandemic that will lead to California’s full reopening
• Recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will align with California’s expectations
• Governor Gavin Newsom has stated that California’s case rates have remained stable and continue to be among the lowest in the US as vaccinations numbers are “holding pretty steady”

• California’s plan to re-imagine math instruction for 6 million California are said to accelerate achievement while making math comprehension more accessible and valuable to as many students as possible
• The guidelines call on educators generally to keep students in the same courses until their junior year in high school where they can choose advanced subjects
• The advanced subjects include: calculus, statistics, and other science forms
• The commission over this project demanded that writers remove an original document that has become a problem for critics
• The document described its goals of calling out systemic racism in mathematics and help educators create more inclusive and successful classrooms. 
• Critics say that this document needlessly threw race into the study of math

• Out of more than 3 million people, 933 fully vaccinated residents are testing positive for the virus
• LA County’s public health director (Barbara Ferrer) has sad that the numbers translate to an infection rate of 0.03% among the 3.3 million
• Among the 933 people with these cases, 71 were hospitalized and 12 had died

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• California Gov. Gavin Newsom extended a drought emergency declaration to cover 41 of the state’s 58 counties on Monday
• Newsom and other officials are concerned California could experience a repeat of the catastrophic 2020 wildfire season
• Newsom proposed Monday a $5.1 billion package to cover an immediate drought response and long-term water resilience investments to address the crisis
• Newsom’s new order covers 30% of California’s population, or almost 40 million people, across areas including the Sacramento and San Joaquin river watersheds, the Tulare Lake basin region and the Klamath region

• If Los Angeles County continues to administer 400,000 COVID-19 vaccine shots a week, it will likely reach herd immunity among adults and older teenagers by mid- to late-July
• To reach herd immunity, a community must have enough people who have either been inoculated or have natural immunity to protect the rest of the population against the coronavirus
• In Los Angeles County, more than 3 million people have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
• California has recovered from the surge in cases over the fall and winter, with the state now seeing its lowest hospitalization rate since the beginning of the pandemic

• The California Highway Patrol is investigating a series of incidents in which vehicles were damaged by a BB or pellet gun on the 91 Freeway in Riverside County, with three reported less than 30 minutes apart on Monday morning
• The first report came just before 10:40 p.m. Sunday, when CHP units responded to an In-N-Out in the 7400 block of Indiana Street to help a motorist whose car window had been shattered while he drove on the 91
• No injuries were reported in any of the four incidents, and no formal suspect description was provided
• CHP is urging any witnesses to step forward and call them at 951-637-8000

• Cindy Marten, superintendent of the San Diego Unified School District, will be the nation’s next deputy education secretary
• As deputy secretary, Marten will effectively be the chief operating officer for the U.S. Department of Education at a time when the nation’s schools are helping students recover from the academic and mental health impacts of the pandemic and of months-long school closures
• Marten will work with Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, the former Connecticut chief of schools, who was confirmed at the beginning of March by a vote of 64-33
• Some U.S. senators also questioned whether Marten was fit for the job, expressing concern about her slow reopening of schools during the pandemic and her lack of experience with higher education
• This drew concerns from local parents and community members, who have been critical of her leadership of the district, including the district’s student discipline racial disparities and handling of school sexual assaults and other issues

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