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With hundreds of healthcare workers in line, Dodger Stadium becomes massive vaccination site4h ago ( January 15, 2021 at 4:56 PM )  Tags: Health, Facebook, Business, News, Congress, Government, Los Angeles, Sport, Joe Biden, Soccer, Community, Lausd, Biden, Eric Garcetti, Trump, Ortiz 133 people like this. Like LA County schools chief recovering from COVID-19January 14, 2021 at 8:59 PM Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools Debra Duardo, who has been quarantining since last week after contracting the coronavirus, gave a positive update about her recovery on Thursday, Jan. 14.
“It’s been a difficult 10 days, but I’m happy to say that I am finally seeing major improvements in my health,” Duardo tweeted. “I have an incredibly strong team and I am grateful for the outpouring of support I’ve received. Thank you for all the well wishes. Stay safe & be well.”
The schools chief ...Tags: Health, News, Education, Walmart, Sport, Soccer, Long Beach, Community, Lausd, Local News, Los Angeles County, LA County, Newsom, Top Stories LADN, Top Stories IVDB, Top Stories Breeze 15 people like this. Like L.A. County strives to step up vaccines, but seniors told they’ll have to wait until FebruaryJanuary 14, 2021 at 8:52 PM Public health officials worked to clarify Los Angeles County’s coronavirus timetable on Thursday, Jan. 14, as many seniors found themselves confused over when exactly they could sign up for a vaccine — and why they must wait, likely for another month, for those shots — after Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Wednesday they could get them immediately. Another 287 people, meanwhile, lost their lives to the outbreak, officials announced.
Despite the governor’s announcement on widening vaccine delivery, th...Tags: Health, Business, News, Education, La, Government, Walmart, Sport, Soccer, Long Beach, Community, Lausd, Disneyland, Pasadena, Orange County, Major League Baseball 24 people like this. Like Three local Walmarts and one Sam’s Club temporarily closed for COVID-19 cleaningJanuary 13, 2021 at 8:21 PM Walmart temporarily closed three of its Southern California Walmart stores and a Sam’s Club supermarket Wednesday afternoon so third-party cleaning crews have time to clean and sanitize the buildings to guard against the spread of COVID-19.
The closures affected the company’s Downey Neighborhood Market at 1445 E. Foothill Blvd., its Torrance supercenter at 22015 Hawthorne Blvd., its Huntington Beach supercenter at 8230 Talbert Ave. and a Sam’s Club at 871 Firestone Blvd. in South Gate.
The Walma...Tags: Health, Business, News, Walmart, Sport, Soccer, Local News, Sam, Huntington Beach, San Clemente, South Gate, Sam s Club, Southern California Walmart, Hawthorne Blvd, Top Stories LADN, Top Stories OCR 26 people like this. Like COVID deaths in U.S. hit another one-day high at over 4,300January 13, 2021 at 11:29 AM Coronavirus deaths in the U.S. hit another one-day high at over 4,300 with the country’s attention focused largely on the fallout from the deadly uprising at the Capitol.
The nation’s overall death toll from COVID-19 has eclipsed 380,000, according to Johns Hopkins University, and is closing in fast on the number of Americans killed in World War II, or about 407,000. Confirmed infections have topped 22.8 million.
With the country simultaneously facing a political crisis and on edge over threats ...Tags: Health, News, California, America, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Arizona, Johns Hopkins, Trump, Rialto, Gilligan, Johns Hopkins University, Tommy John, Dawn Wells, National News 44 people like this. Like Officials hope LA County’s coronavirus hospitalizations could be plateauingJanuary 10, 2021 at 6:05 PM As state officials closed in on 30,000 coronavirus deaths, Los Angeles County’s daily report slid below 200 fatalities for the first time in six days on Sunday, Jan. 10, as public officials hoped for a break in the as-yet uncontrolled post-holiday COVID surge.
The county Public Health Department reported 14,482 new cases of COVID-19 and 166 additional deaths on Sunday, bringing the county’s totals to 920,177 cases and 12,250 fatalities.
Meanwhile, state officials posted 468 deaths on Sunday, a d...Tags: Health, Business, News, Education, California, Government, Sport, Soccer, Cuba, Lapd, Feb, Los Angeles County, Department of Public Health, LA County, City News Service, Office of Emergency Services 11 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 Garcetti’s plea to U.S. leaders: Coronavirus-rocked L.A. needs more resourcesJanuary 7, 2021 at 9:49 PM  Tags: Health, Business, News, California, La, Government, New York City, US, Los Angeles, Sport, Public Health, Soccer, Long Beach, Community, Fda, Pasadena 68 people like this. Like As 258 more COVID deaths are posted, LA County urges people to wait their turns for vaccinesJanuary 6, 2021 at 8:41 PM As Los Angeles County lost another 258 lives to coronavirus — one of the highest single-day totals of the pandemic — health officials pleaded on Wednesday, Jan. 6, with residents not to sign up for a vaccine appointment meant for healthcare workers.
“Please do not sign up for an appointment if you’re not an eligible frontline healthcare worker,” said Barbara Ferrer, the public health director, acknowledging that some people have been inoculated inappropriately because they were not asked for ver...Tags: Health, Business, News, Education, California, La, Government, Sacramento, Walmart, Sport, Soccer, Long Beach, Pasadena, Paramount, Gavin Newsom, Southern California 26 people like this. Like Pandemic-Era Heroes: San Gabriel Valley’s Henry Miao donated thousands of masks to frontline workersJanuary 6, 2021 at 8:00 AM Pandemic-Era Heroes
Name: Henry Miao
Hometown: Walnut
Role: Owner of Henrial
Quote: “His distribution truly helped,” West Covina Mayor Letty Lopez-Viado said of Miao. “People couldn’t get one single mask. It bought time for others to make more masks. We were able to distribute to the community. Our city got masks when other cities didn’t have any.”
Latest installment in a series of stories about people who have made a big difference in the community during a time framed by the coronavirus pan...Tags: Health, Europe, Business, News, California, Government, China, Sport, Soccer, Poland, Community, Lapd, City Hall, Walnut, LA County, Wu 11 people like this. Like Pandemic-Era Heroes: Henry Miao donated thousands of masks to frontline workersJanuary 6, 2021 at 8:00 AM Pandemic-Era Heroes
Name: Henry Miao
Hometown: Walnut
Role: Owner of Henrial
Quote: “His distribution truly helped,” West Covina Mayor Letty Lopez-Viado said of Miao. “People couldn’t get one single mask. It bought time for others to make more masks. We were able to distribute to the community. Our city got masks when other cities didn’t have any.”
Latest installment in a series of stories about people who have made a big difference in the community during a time framed by the coronavirus pan...Tags: Health, Europe, Business, News, California, Government, China, Sport, Soccer, Poland, Community, Lapd, City Hall, Walnut, LA County, Wu 47 people like this. Like LA Coounty ambulance response being compromised now by coronavirus surgeJanuary 5, 2021 at 12:05 PM Hospitals across Los Angeles County have become so slammed with patients in recent weeks that county officials have instructed ambulances not to transport patients to the hospital with virtually no chance of survival and to preserve supplemental oxygen supplies by only administering it to people who desperately need it.
While both directives did not deviate enormously from typical standards of care, they came as a precursor to possibly more instructions for health care providers to begin rationi...Tags: Health, Business, News, Education, Government, Sport, Soccer, County, Larry King, Southern California, Los Angeles County, Burbank, Whittier, LA County, Kazan, Bosson 39 people like this. Like LA County ambulance response being compromised by coronavirus surgeJanuary 5, 2021 at 12:05 PM Hospitals across Los Angeles County have become so slammed with patients in recent weeks that county officials have instructed ambulances not to transport patients to the hospital with virtually no chance of survival and to preserve supplemental oxygen supplies by only administering it to people who desperately need it.
While both directives did not deviate enormously from typical standards of care, they came as a precursor to possibly more instructions for health care providers to begin rationi...Tags: Health, Business, News, Education, Government, Sport, Soccer, Hawaii, County, Larry King, Southern California, Los Angeles County, Burbank, Whittier, LA County, Kazan 33 people like this. Like Pandemic-Era Heroes: Burbank teacher shopped until she dropped for people with high-impact needsJanuary 5, 2021 at 8:00 AM  Tags: Health, Facebook, Business, News, Education, California, Government, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Ford, Community, Mccarthy, Palm, Larry King, Southern California 109 people like this. Like Pandemic-Era Heroes: She shopped until she dropped for people with high-impact needsJanuary 5, 2021 at 8:00 AM Tags: Health, Facebook, Business, News, Education, California, Government, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Ford, Community, Wisconsin, Mccarthy, Palm, Andrea 54 people like this. Like Jammed LA County hospitals get assistance with overtaxed oxygen-delivery systemsJanuary 4, 2021 at 9:59 PM As the massive volume of COVID-19 patients continues to strain hospitals throughout Southern California, state and federal agencies are stepping in to assist facilities needing to provide oxygen to individuals with respiratory issues.
Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday, Jan. 4, that the state has convened an oxygen task force and devised a five-part strategy for addressing the higher-than-usual demand for oxygen and related equipment.
Among these strategies was the deployment of U.S. Army Corps of En...Tags: Health, Business, News, Education, California, Government, Disney, Los Angeles, Sport, Hospitals, Soccer, Fema, Community, Local News, Gavin Newsom, Southern California 22 people like this. Like Six overtaxed Los Angeles County hospitals to get Army engineers’ helpJanuary 1, 2021 at 6:18 PM The state will deploy U.S. Army experts as soon as Saturday, Jan. 2, to evaluate and and upgrade oxygen-delivery systems at six older Los Angeles County hospitals overwhelmed by the unprecedented number of coronavirus patients with serious respiratory issues.
The hospitals to be assisted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are:
Adventist Health White Memorial Hospital, Los Angeles
Emanate Health Queen of the Valley Hospital,West Covina
Mission Community Hospital, Panorama City
Beverly Community...Tags: Health, Navy, Government, Sport, Soccer, Army, Community, Pasadena, Local News, Southern California, San Pedro, Army Corps, Los Angeles County, U S Army, Downey, San Fernando Valley 12 people like this. Like Photos: What a difference a year makes along Pasadena’s Rose Float routeJanuary 1, 2021 at 2:01 PM  Tags: Health, Business, Texas, News, Government, Sport, Things To Do, Soccer, Glendale, Community, Pasadena, Rose Bowl, Rita Moreno, Phoenix, Pasadena CA, Irwindale 56 people like this. Like When can I get the COVID-19 vaccine? And other questionsDecember 31, 2020 at 8:03 PM After dealing with health concerns, restricted activities and a longing to return to normal for more than nine months, the arrival of not one but two COVID-19 vaccines is great news, right?
Yes, but it’s also the start of a likely months-long process, and it comes with a whole new set of questions, some of which we don’t know the answer to yet. Read on for some of those questions, and the best answers we could find – and we’ll be updating this list as we learn more, so check back later for more ...Tags: Health, California, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Food And Drug Administration, Community, Local News, Orange County, Riverside County, Ducks, Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, Gavin Newsom, Southern California, Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County 31 people like this. Like Every 10 minutes someone in LA County dies from the coronavirus. Here are some of their stories.December 31, 2020 at 7:11 PM  Tags: Health, Twitter, News, Education, California, Government, Massachusetts, America, Sport, Soccer, Arkansas, Aol, Long Beach, Community, Peru, Bill 88 people like this. Like 122 workers test positive for COVID-19 at In-N-Out locations in ColoradoDecember 31, 2020 at 2:40 PM The COVID-19 outbreaks at Colorado’s two In-N-Out Burger restaurants have grown over the last week, with the state now reporting 122 employees have tested positive for the virus between the chain’s Aurora and Colorado Springs locations.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s outbreak database, updated publicly every Wednesday, now shows 80 confirmed staff cases at the Colorado Springs restaurant and 42 confirmed cases among employees at the Aurora location.
Last week, the two...Tags: Health, Business, News, Colorado, California, Restaurants, US, Sport, Things To Do, Soccer, Colorado Springs, Aurora, In N Out Burger, Top Stories LADN, Top Stories OCR, Top Stories PE 16 people like this. Like California announces first case of coronavirus variantDecember 30, 2020 at 4:51 PM SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced the first known case of the new and apparently more contagious variant of the coronavirus in the nation’s most populated state, following the first reported U.S. case in Colorado.
Newsom said he had just learned of the finding in a Southern California case Wednesday. He announced it during an online conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious-disease expert.
Fauci said: “I don’t think Californians should think that ...Tags: Health, Business, England, News, Colorado, California, California News, Sacramento, Sport, Soccer, Disneyland, Anthony Fauci, Ducks, Gavin Newsom, Southern California, Alexander 11 people like this. Like Colorado Guardsman has 1st reported U.S. case of coronavirus variantDecember 30, 2020 at 1:15 PM DENVER — A Colorado National Guard member has the first reported U.S. case of a new and seemingly more contagious variant of the coronavirus that has set off alarm in Britain, while a second case is suspected in another Guard member, health officials said Wednesday.
The two were sent on Dec. 23 to work at a nursing home struggling with an outbreak of the virus in a small town outside Denver, said Dr. Rachel Herlihy, the state’s epidemiologist.
A state laboratory detected the cases after it began...Tags: Health, Japan, England, Science, London, News, Colorado, China, Sport, Britain, Soccer, South Africa, United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, Seattle, Denver 24 people like this. Like Amid coronavirus crush, South LA’s MLK Community Hospital extends patient care to gift shop, chapelDecember 30, 2020 at 11:44 AM At Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in South Los Angeles, so many patients have flooded through the hospital’s doors in recent weeks, about 70% of them with COVID-19, that administrators converted its gift shop and chapel into areas to treat patients, according to CEO Dr. Elaine Batchlor.
The hospital is a 131-bed facility that is now treating 224 patients. Among them 35 are receiving intensive care when the hospital was previously only licensed to handle 20 in ICU.
Though its a small f...Tags: Health, News, Education, California, Government, Sport, Hospitals, Soccer, Community, South Los Angeles, LA County, South LA, California Texas, Emergency Department, Top Stories LADN, Top Stories IVDB 44 people like this. Like Colorado first state in U.S. to confirm new, more contagious strain of COVID-19December 29, 2020 at 5:30 PM Colorado public health officials on Tuesday confirmed the presence of the new variant of COVID-19 first discovered in the United Kingdom, saying the state is the first to identify the strain in the United States.
The variant is believed to be as much as 70% more contagious, but not more severe in symptoms, than previous strains of the novel coronavirus. It is also thought the COVID-19 vaccines the state began distributing earlier this month will protect against the variant, according to a news r...Tags: Health, News, Colorado, France, Sport, Canada, Britain, Soccer, United States, United Kingdom, Associated Press, Alexander, McConnell, Polis, Jared Polis, Elbert County 14 people like this. Like Nearly 500 COVID deaths in L.A. County over holiday weekend if new fatality numbers are confirmedDecember 28, 2020 at 8:21 PM Nearly 500 people in Los Angeles County died of COVID-19 over the long holiday weekend if the latest reports of coronavirus-related fatalities are confirmed — a development that would also bring the total number of COVID-related deaths since the start of the pandemic to just under 10,000, county public health officials said Monday, Dec. 28.
Adding to that grim news was the fact that 6,914 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized in L.A. County on Monday, another record for daily hospitalizations, acc...Tags: Health, Business, News, Education, California, Government, Los Angeles, Sport, Public Health, Soccer, United Kingdom, Long Beach, Pasadena, Local News, Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles County 3 people like this. Like State sends team to help with overflow coronavirus conditions at LA County hospitals, Newsom saysDecember 28, 2020 at 4:44 PM California public health officials have dispatched a support team to Los Angeles County to assist with management of overflow conditions at hospitals, Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a public address on Monday, Dec. 28.
Roughly 96% of hospitals in the county were diverting emergency patients at some point on Saturday due to overcrowding in emergency rooms, Newsom said, adding that hospitals on average were on diversion for 16 hours that day, unable to find room for new emergency patients.
The state of...Tags: Health, Business, News, Education, California, Government, US, Sport, Soccer, Community, County, Gavin Newsom, Southern California, Los Angeles County, LA County, City News Service 6 people like this. Like Firefighters join latest wave of LA County people getting COVID vaccinesDecember 28, 2020 at 5:04 PM  Tags: Health, Business, Texas, News, Education, Government, US, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Community, Pfizer, Pasadena, Eric Garcetti, Southern California, Watts 96 people like this. Like Photos: Looking back at 2020, via the lens of staff photographer Brittany MurrayDecember 28, 2020 at 9:00 AM  Tags: Health, Business, News, Education, Sacramento Kings, Sport, Soccer, Nba, Community, Local News, Los Angeles Clippers, Harrison Barnes, Clippers, Buddy Hield, Patrick Beverley, Sacramento Calif 149 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 |
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