It’s official -- Joe Biden is President and Kamala Harris is Vice President. She is the first woman and the first woman of color to hold that office, after a stirring and peaceful Inauguration Day.

President Biden and Vice President Harris are already at work now, in their respective offices. Harris is making history but she is ready to move beyond symbolism

For more, KCBS Radio Political Reporter, Doug Sovern, along with KCBS Radio news anchors, Jeff Bell and Patti Reising, were joined by, Dr. Peniel Joseph. Dr. Joseph is a professor of both History and Public Affairs, and the Barbara Jordan Chair in Ethics and Political Values at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas in Austin, where he’s the founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy. He joined The State of California with what may be coming next from these two.

In less than 24 hours, Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President and California’s Kamala Harris will take the oath as Vice President

Harris will become the first woman to serve as Vice President, as well as the first woman of color, and also the first Californian since Richard Nixon more than 60 years ago. It’s a historic moment, but one that is overshadowed somewhat by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and the threat of violence after the attack on the Capitol two weeks ago.

Oakland's Lateefah Simon, the President of the BART Board of Directors, also president of the Akonadi Foundation, and member of the Cal State University Board of Trustees. She was the youngest woman ever to win a MacArthur Foundation “genius” fellowship, and once upon a time, almost 20 years ago, she was mentored by a young District Attorney named Kamala Harris. Simon joined KCBS Political Reporter, Doug Sovern, along with KCBS Radio news anchors, Jeff Bell and Patti Reising, with more on the significance of the ascension of Kamala Harris.

KCBS Radio news anchors Patti Reising and Jeff Bell spoke with Political Scientist from Sonoma State University Dr. David McCuan and State Senator Steven Bradford. They discuss where race relations stand at the moment with the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration and the presidential inauguration a few days away. 

California ranked 49th out of 50 states in administering COVID-19 vaccines, as the state used less than 28 percent of its allotment as of Friday, amid mounting anger and frustration from people who want to get their shots.

Now comes word that the Trump Administration does not have a reserve stockpile after all, meaning additional doses that were expected next week will not make its way to residents anytime soon.

Many questions now hang in the air surrounding the slower-than-expected coronavirus vaccine program in the state.

Dr. Tomas Aragon, the Director of the California Department of Public Health and the state’s Public Health Officer, talked more with KCBS Radio's Doug Sovern, Jeff Bell and Patti Reising.

California is expanding the pool of people eligible to start receiving the coronavirus vaccine, to include anyone 65 or older. But many counties say they don’t have enough doses to start vaccinating that group yet

The state has been one of the slowest in the nation to roll out the vaccine, distributing only about a quarter of the shots in its possession so far

Why is the vaccine program so sluggish in California, and what can be done to accelerate it? For more we were joined on the KCBS Ring Central Newsline by Anthony Wright, the longtime Executive Director of Health Access, the coalition that advocates for California health care consumers and their access to medical care.

The House of Representatives made history today, impeaching President Trump for a second time, for instigating the insurrection at the Capitol a week ago today

He becomes the first president ever impeached twice, but now the question is, what will the Senate do, and when will it hold a trial?

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said today he will not force the Senate to come back early from its recess, which ends next Tuesday, meaning it won’t be possible to hold a trial before then. And we don’t know how long the House will wait before transmitting the Article of Impeachment to the Senate, for the trial and possible conviction of the president.

UC Hastings Law Professor Rory Little, joined KCBS Radio news anchors Jeff Bell and Patti Reising with more information. Little is an expert on constitutional law who clerked at the U-S Supreme Court, and he dicusses what may happens next and where things go could go from heere.