“More than 4,000 hospital staff — including doctors, physician assistants, nurses, and facilities and food service teams — at NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst were surprised with a three-night complimentary vacation.”

+ A 15-year-old is dropping off puzzles and handwritten notes at nursing homes to cheer up residents.

+ Anonymous donor pays rent for local record store.

+ Newsom signs executive order to send every registered Californian a mail-in ballot.

+ Rock band Portugal. The Man will send kids the books an Alaska school district banned. (Even a band with a grammatical error in its name cares more about literature than some Alaska educators.)