The Issue Is: Dr. Anthony Fauci, Carla Marinucci, John Myers

This week, Elex caught up with Dr. Anthony Fauci to discuss vaccine passports and the future of masking. Politico's Carla Marinucci and LA Times' John Myers also stopped by to discuss the effort to recall Gov. Newsom and VP Kamala Harris' return to Oakland.

The Issue Is: Randy Economy, Wolfgang Puck and Matthew Friend

In this week's The Issue Is, Randy Economy discusses the push to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom, Wolfgang Puck on changes to the restaurant industry and Matthew Friend does his impressions of Dr. Fauci, Former President Donald Trump and Governor Newsom.

Newsom issues pardons; commutes murder sentence

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday commuted the life sentence of a woman convicted of killing her stepfather in 1989, making her immediately eligible for release on parole.

California could get $150B from federal virus relief bill

The massive COVID-19 relief bill Congress approved Wednesday will pump more than $150 billion into California’s economy, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration said Wednesday, including a $26 billion windfall for the state’s already burgeoning budget surplus.