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With coronavirus trending downward, LA County inches to within reach of less-restrictive red tierMarch 2, 2021 at 7:23 PM Los Angeles County took a huge leap Tuesday, March 2, in hopes to reopen its economy and further loosen its public health limits, watching its coronavirus case rates fall to just shy of the threshold for the state’s less-restrictive red tier.
According to the state’s latest update, the county’s adjusted case rate stood at 7.2 cases per day per 100,000, right on the cusp being able to move out of the most restrictive “purple” public health tier — a status it has never attained since the state in...Tags: Health, Business, Florida, Texas, News, Education, California, Cdc, Government, Disney, San Francisco, Sport, Indianapolis, Public Health, Soccer, United States 4 people like this. Like Newsom, lawmakers forge deal – with $6.6 billion in financial incentives – to get schools openMarch 1, 2021 at 12:42 PM Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders are scheduled to give an update this morning on the state’s school reopening efforts, during which they are expected to announce an agreement that would offer billions of dollars in funding for schools that reopen by the end of March.
Newsom and lawmakers have been negotiating for two months over bringing kids back to school, amid mounting pressure to reopen campuses closed nearly a year by the coronavirus pandemic. Newsom will be joined by Senate leader...Tags: Health, News, Education, California, Cdc, Government, Senate, San Francisco, Sport, Soccer, Community, Atkins, Associated Press, Gavin Newsom, Capitol, Johnson Johnson 48 people like this. Like Gov. Newsom, Lawmakers Reach Deal To Get California Children Back In ClassroomsMarch 1, 2021 at 11:20 AM cbsoptanon.onScriptsReady(function(cmp){cmp.ot.targetingAllowed(function(a){if(a) AnvatoPlayer("p0").init({"mcp":"cbs","width":"100%","height":"100%","video":"5348900","autoplay":false,"accessKey":"5VD6Eyd6djewbCmNwBFnsJj17YAvGRwl","accessControl":{"preview":false},"pInstance":"p0","plugins":{"heartbeat":{"account":"cbslocal-global-unified","publisherId":"cbslocal","jobId":"sc_va","marketingCloudId":"[email protected]","trackingServer":"cbsdigitalmedia.hb.omtrdc.net","customTrack...Tags: Politics, News, Education, California, Local, Syndicated Local, Sacramento, Ap, Atkins, Associated Press, Gavin Newsom, Assembly, Toni Atkins, Newsom, Anthony Rendon, CBS Broadcasting Inc 43 people like this. Like With more federal coronavirus relief likely, LA County scrutinizes impact of CARES dollarsFebruary 23, 2021 at 6:58 PM Gearing up for more federal coronavirus relief money, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Feb. 23, called for a detailed report on the impact of CARES Act dollars the county received last year.
A key element of the 2020 CARES Act was the Coronavirus Relief Fund, through which the county received $1.057 billion. Coupled with state funding, county coronavirus aid totaled $1.22 billion, which helped pay for such efforts as virus testing, food distribution, personal protective eq...Tags: Health, Business, News, Education, Government, Sport, Soccer, Community, Associated Press, LA County, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Hilda Solis, Top Stories LADN, Top Stories IVDB, Top Stories Breeze, Top Stories LBPT 30 people like this. Like Newsom touts new Southern California vaccine pop-ups as counties transition to Blue Shield networkFebruary 21, 2021 at 9:31 PM  Tags: Health, Business, News, Education, California, Government, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sport, Public Health, Soccer, Associated Press, Pfizer, Blue Shield, Orange County, Riverside County 134 people like this. Like L.A. County’s first priority will be second-dose COVID vaccinations this weekFebruary 7, 2021 at 5:58 PM If you’re looking to get your second coronavirus vaccination this week, you’re Los Angeles County’s first priority. Appointments for first doses, meanwhile, may be difficult to come by.
At the county-operated large-scale vaccination sites, only a limited number of first doses will be administered Monday, Feb. 8; the rest of the week’s mega-site appointments will be reserved solely for people in need of their second dose of the medication.
Meanwhile, the county on Sunday, Feb. 7, cleared another ...Tags: Health, Business, News, Supreme Court, Education, California, Kaiser Permanente, Government, Paul Simon, Sport, Soccer, Long Beach, Community, Associated Press, Pasadena, County 17 people like this. Like L.A. County confirms 9 new cases of MIS-C in childrenFebruary 6, 2021 at 7:08 PM Los Angeles County reported 4,860 new cases of COVID-19 and 193 additional deaths on Saturday, Jan. 6, and confirmed nine new cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. The number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals was 4,421, according to the state dashboard, with 28.8% of those people in intensive care units.
The latest cases of MIS-C bring the total number of children infected in the county to 75, including one death. MIS-C is an inflammatory condition associated with COV...Tags: Health, Business, News, Supreme Court, Education, California, Government, NFL, Paul Simon, Sport, Public Health, Soccer, Nba, Long Beach, Community, Associated Press 3 people like this. Like 10 Things in Politics: What Sen. Patrick Leahy's health scare showsFebruary 3, 2021 at 5:15 AM Tags: Amazon, Transportation, Education, Putin, Obama, Washington, Mexico, Senate, White House, Massachusetts, Russia, Alabama, West Virginia, Trends, Reagan, Cnn 67 people like this. Like 11,366 new cases reported as L.A. County battles new coronavirus strainJanuary 17, 2021 at 8:08 PM Officials urged residents to adhere to Los Angeles County’s “Safer at Home” orders a day after public health officials confirmed that the swifter spreading B.1.1.7 variant of coronavirus was present in the county.
Health officials reported 11,366 new cases of COVID-19 and 108 additional deaths on Sunday, Jan. 17, bringing the county’s totals to 1,014,662 cases and 13,848 fatalities. County health officials said, however, that the number of new cases reported Sunday reflects an undercount because...Tags: Health, Business, UK, News, Education, Washington, Oregon, Government, Paul Simon, Sport, Public Health, Soccer, United Kingdom, Long Beach, Community, Associated Press 46 people like this. Like First case of COVID-19 UK variant confirmed in Los Angeles CountyJanuary 16, 2021 at 5:37 PM  Tags: Health, Business, UK, News, Education, California, Cdc, Washington, Oregon, La, Government, Paul Simon, Los Angeles, Sport, Joe Biden, Public Health 149 people like this. Like L.A. County surpasses 900,000 coronavirus cases and 12,000 deathsJanuary 9, 2021 at 7:53 PM Eclipsing two sad milestones on the same day, Los Angeles County surpassed 900,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and 12,000 deaths, public health officials reported Saturday, Jan. 9.
The county posted 221 new deaths and 16,982 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. As the post-holiday surge appeared to be at full strength, health officials confirmed that the county had lost more 1,000 lives to COVID-19 in the past four days and posted more than 100,000 new cases in the last week.
With overtaxed local ...Tags: Health, Business, New York, News, Education, California, Government, Los Angeles, Sport, Hospitals, Public Health, University, Soccer, Pennsylvania, Community, Associated Press 44 people like this. Like 13,580 new coronavirus cases logged in LA County; hospitalizations keep climbingDecember 27, 2020 at 9:28 PM  Tags: Health, Business, News, Education, California, Government, Los Angeles, Sport, Public Health, Soccer, Long Beach, Community, Associated Press, Pasadena, Gavin Newsom, Bay Area 140 people like this. Like College students recruited as teachers to keep schools open as COVID sidelines educatorsDecember 18, 2020 at 3:01 PM  Tags: News, Education, California, Sport, Indiana, Indianapolis, Netflix, Soccer, Iowa, Connecticut, Kaiser, Nebraska, Associated Press, Lausd, South Carolina, Southern California 61 people like this. Like More grim L.A. County numbers arrive as officials race to ship first wave of coronavirus vaccines SundayDecember 12, 2020 at 7:57 PM  Tags: Health, News, Education, California, Government, Sport, UPS, Walgreens, Soccer, Community, Fda, Associated Press, Pfizer, Cvs, Southern California, Ventura 115 people like this. Like Surge continues: LA County posts 4,522 new coronavirus cases as state curfew arrivesNovember 21, 2020 at 9:36 PM Warily watching daily caseload reports that could soon trigger more restrictive stay-home orders, Los Angeles County public health officials reported 4,522 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, Nov. 21, as the unnerving current surge showed no sign of relenting.
Meanwhile, California was poised to enact a nighttime curfew Saturday night as spiking coronavirus cases threaten to swamp health care systems. Statewide, the newest restrictions require people not on essential errands to stay home fro...Tags: Health, Business, London, News, Education, California, La, Government, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Long Beach, Community, Associated Press, Lausd, Disneyland 1 people like this. Like New York City schools to close again as city fights coronavirusNovember 18, 2020 at 3:54 PM  Tags: New York, News, Education, California, New York City, Sport, Ap, Soccer, Bill De Blasio, Associated Press, Andrew Cuomo, De Blasio, Ucla, Cuomo, Lewis, Capitol 105 people like this. Like LAUSD becomes latest to refuse to include Trump letter in food boxesOctober 7, 2020 at 8:56 PM The nation’s second-largest school district is the latest agency to refuse to include a letter signed by President Donald Trump in food boxes provided by the federal government to aid families hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
Austin Beutner, superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, penned an open letter to Trump on Wednesday, Oct. 7, stating that the president’s letter would politicize relief efforts.
“I am writing to inform you Los Angeles Unified will not be including yo...Tags: News, Education, Government, Charity, Sport, Soccer, San Diego, Associated Press, Lausd, Donald Trump, Food Bank, Baker, Flores, Trump, U S Department of Agriculture, Rutgers University 9 people like this. Like Orange County doctor pulls out gun during anti-mask video, Hoag hospital rebukes himSeptember 23, 2020 at 5:43 PM  Tags: Health, Facebook, Florida, Politics, News, Education, California, Washington, US, America, Los Angeles, Sport, Ap, Soccer, Gop, Associated Press 150 people like this. Like 30 college towns that could face economic ruin if schools don't reopen or have to close again this fallSeptember 6, 2020 at 8:45 AM Tags: Texas, News, Education, College, Trends, Features, University, Associated Press, University Of Virginia, The Washington Post, New England, Cornell University, University Of Illinois, Oklahoma State University, Urbana Champaign, Bowling Green State University 52 people like this. Like Why is US facing a back-to-school laptop shortage?August 22, 2020 at 6:12 PM  Tags: Business, Politics, New York, Texas, News, Education, Colorado, California, La, China, US, Alabama, America, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Hp 138 people like this. Like Parents sue Gov. Newsom, other state officials demanding in-person instructionAugust 7, 2020 at 3:33 PM  Tags: News, Education, California, La, San Francisco, Sport, Soccer, New Hampshire, Associated Press, Riverside County, Anthony Fauci, Melgar, Southern California, Los Angeles County, South Bay, Riverside 61 people like this. Like Parents struggle as schools reopen amid coronavirus surgeAugust 3, 2020 at 9:02 AM  Tags: School, News, Education, Atlanta, Sport, Indiana, Soccer, Hawaii, Tennessee, Associated Press, William, Brad Sherman, Ball, Henry, Dunn, Barrett 91 people like this. Like Torrance, Hermosa Beach Catholic schools at heart of SCOTUS discrimination decisionJuly 8, 2020 at 8:14 PM The Supreme Court sided with two South Bay Catholic schools — one in Torrance, the other in Hermosa Beach — in a ruling Wednesday, July 8, that expands the number of employees at religious schools and other institutions who can’t sue for employment discrimination.
The 7-2 ruling stemmed from cases involving two teachers whose contracts were not renewed and argued their respective schools discriminated against them.
In one case, Agnes Morrissey-Berru sued Our Lady of Guadalupe school, in Hermosa ...Tags: News, Supreme Court, Education, La, Religion, Court, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Fund, Associated Press, Catholic, Las Vegas, Kristen, Trump, San Bernardino 31 people like this. Like Trump threatens to cut federal aid if schools don’t reopenJuly 8, 2020 at 2:44 PM By COLLIN BINKLEY
President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to withhold federal funding if America’s schools don’t reopen in the fall despite the coronavirus, and he lashed out at federal health officials over reopening guidelines that he complained are impractical and expensive.
As Trump increased his pressure on state and local officials, New York City announced that most of its students would return to classrooms only two or three days a week and would learn online in between. “Most scho...Tags: Health, Twitter, New York, News, Education, Congress, Cdc, Washington, Stanford, White House, Virginia, New York City, Uncategorized, America, Sport, Soccer 7 people like this. Like DeVos rejects part-time reopening for schools amid pandemicJuly 7, 2020 at 2:00 PM By COLLIN BINKLEY
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday assailed plans by some local districts to offer in-person instruction only a few days a week and said schools must be “fully operational” even amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Anything less, she says, would fail students and taxpayers.
DeVos made the comments during a call with governors as the Trump administration launched an all-out effort to get schools and colleges to reopen. Audio of the call was obtained by The Associated Press.
“U...Tags: Health, Twitter, News, Education, White House, Uncategorized, Sport, Soccer, Democrats, Brazil, Associated Press, Disneyland, Donald Trump, Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, Trump, Mike Pence 9 people like this. Like Professor Who Asked Student To “Anglicize” Name Put On LeaveJune 22, 2020 at 8:34 PM OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – A professor at a San Francisco Bay Area community college has been put on leave after asking a Vietnamese-American student to “Anglicize” her name because it sounds like a vulgarity in English, school officials confirmed.
Laney College President Tammeil Gilkerson said that as soon as campus leaders learned of the comments, an unnamed faculty member was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation, the East Bay Times reported.
Freshman Phuc Bui Diem Nguyen told K...Tags: News, Education, Associated Press, Vietnam, Oakland, San Francisco Bay Area, Hubbard, Oakland Calif, Nguyen, Community College, KGO TV, Laney College, Matthew Hubbard, East Bay Times, Phuc Bui Diem Nguyen, Tammeil Gilkerson 48 people like this. Like After MLK’s Assassination, a Schoolteacher Conducted a Famous Experiment–“Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes”–to Teach Kids About DiscriminationJune 12, 2020 at 7:00 AM  Tags: Google, Facebook, Jimmy Fallon, College, America, History, Current Affairs, Associated Press, Martin Luther King, Seoul, Martin Luther King Jr, Elliott, Facebook Twitter, Morehouse College, Johnny Carson, PBS Frontline 65 people like this. Like National Spelling Bee canceled for first time since 1945 amid pandemicApril 21, 2020 at 11:58 AM By BEN NUCKOLS
There will be no fidgeting at the National Spelling Bee microphone, no banter with pronouncer Jacques Bailly, no pointed questions about definitions or languages of origin, no dreaded bell that signals a misspelled word.
This year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee was canceled Tuesday, the latest beloved public event to be scrapped because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The bee will return next year, Scripps said, but that’s little comfort to the eighth-graders who are missing out on ...Tags: Health, News, Education, Washington, Uncategorized, Sport, Soccer, Tokyo, Associated Press, Espn, Ioc, Trump, Fort Worth Texas, AARP, Scripps National Spelling Bee, Schumer 5 people like this. Like This chart will tell you how biased your favorite news source isApril 3, 2020 at 11:07 AM  Tags: Politics, News, Education, Internet, Washington Post, Democracy, Journalism, Cnn, United States, New York Times, Innovation, Associated Press, Npr, National Enquirer, Vox, Fox News Channel How biased is your favorite news source? This chart will tell you.April 3, 2020 at 11:07 AM Tags: Politics, News, Education, Internet, Washington Post, Democracy, Journalism, Cnn, United States, New York Times, Innovation, Associated Press, Npr, National Enquirer, Vox, Fox News Channel |
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