Teachers reluctant to go back to class By Terry Miller The plight of California public schools’ reopening had a few rays of sunshine this week when Governor Gavin Newson and the Legislature announced an agreement that on a $6.6 billion budget package aimed at getting kids back to school by the end of the month….
In Los Angeles County, as in the rest of the nation, people living in low-income neighborhoods and people of color have been disproportionally affected by COVID-19 throughout the pandemic. And while cases and deaths are dropping overall in the county, there remains a large gap between Latinx residents and other groups. When the surge began…
For the first time in three months, the daily number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Los Angeles County dropped below 2,000. On Thursday, there were 1,988 people with COVID-19 hospitalized, 30% in the I.C.U. The last time hospitalizations were that low were on Nov. 29 when there were 2,049 hospitalizations reported. “While case and…
By Terry Miller As the easing of coronavirus restrictions continues, so does the controversy over opening schools. In recent weeks, numerous parent groups have voiced their annoyance with the lack of definitive plans to reopen schools. Citing multiple reasons, including students’ mental and physical health, parents and back-to school advocates are growing exponentially frustrated. The…
Following extensive checks of death records, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health identified an additional 806 COVID-19 -associated deaths that were not initially recorded as COVD-19 deaths. “It is heartbreaking to report on this large number of additional deaths associated with COVID-19 and a devastating reminder of the terrible toll the winter surge…
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a temporary ordinance that requires larger grocers and drug retail stores located in the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County to pay their employees no less than $5-per-hour hazard pay in addition to the employee’s base wage. The new temporary “hero pay” ordinance applies only to grocery…
Biden administration honors, mourns loss of life By Terry Miller The New York Time front headline on May 24, 2020 read “Deaths Near 100,000, An Incalculable Loss” with the entire page devoted to just the names and professions of some of those victims. Now, nine months later, that number has skyrocketed to over half a…
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed 21 new deaths and 943 cases of COVID-19 on Monday. The lower number of deaths and cases may reflect reporting delays over the weekend. Monday’s daily test positivity rate was 3.4%. The seven-day average number of daily cases peaked to more than 15,000 cases on Jan….
