Covid-19

Positive Test Rate Drops Among Students, Staff, Schools Continue Implementing Safe In-Person Learning Strategies

To help ensure safety at schools, more than 140 school-based vaccine clinics are scheduled this week and nearly 500 school-based…

4 years ago

More People Enter ICU Amid Ongoing Strain Due to Increased Healthcare Worker Positive Cases

Public Health data shows more residents are requiring treatment for severe illness in the ICU.

4 years ago

Feuer Encourages Angelenos To Beware And Report COVID Test Kit Price Gouging

City Attorney Mike Feuer Jan. 13, encouraged Angelenos to beware of price gouging and report instances of it to his…

4 years ago

Troubling Increase in Deaths Due to COVID-19; Positivity Rate Among Students, School Staff More than 14%

As more students and staff returned to in-person learning this week, amid the surge in cases, routine testing at schools…

4 years ago

Profiteering Foreign Shipping Companies Versus U.S. Workers

By Frank Ponce De Leon, ILWU Coast Committeeman The multi-billion-dollar foreign container shipping industry has profited mightily during the pandemic…

4 years ago

Gov. Newsom Signs Executive Order to Support Safe, In-Person Learning at Schools Amid COVID Surge

SACRAMENTO – Amid the national surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the Omicron variant, Gov. Gavin Newsom Jan. 11, signed…

4 years ago

LA County Surpasses 2 Million Total Cases; Hospitalizations Continue to Rise Amid Omicron

The good news is that while hospitalizations continue to climb, Public Health data shows that many positive cases are admitted…

4 years ago

COVID-19 Briefs: Hahn Calls To Meet COVID Testing Demands and Quarantine Updates For Long Beach

These orders align with the Centers for Disease Control and California Department of Public Health guidance for community-related exposure to…

4 years ago

California Blueprint Takes on the State’s Greatest Existential Threats, Builds on Historic Progress

California Blueprint proposes billions more to support the state’s robust response to COVID-19 and nation-leading efforts to fight climate change…

4 years ago

“Pick-Up Testing Kit” Program Helps Meet COVID-19 Surge Demand

All testing locations listed within the county testing website offer COVID-19 tests at no out-of-pocket cost, regardless of insurance coverage…

4 years ago