Briefs

State Partners with California Fire Foundation to Encourage Californians to Get Vaccinated

As part of the partnership, the California Fire Foundation produced two videos featuring the voices of firefighters discussing contracting COVID-19…

4 years ago

Protecting Children From COVID-19 Remains High Priority

While children have not suffered the same levels of illness and deaths during the pandemic as adults, unfortunately the County…

4 years ago

California Sends India COVID-19 Supplies to Combat Outbreak

California’s contributions come as part of a wider effort by the United States to fight the spread of COVID-19 in…

4 years ago

Long Beach Has Vaccinated 94% of all Long Beach Seniors, 56% of City

Starting this week, Long Beach will nearly double the hours of operation at the Convention Center vaccination walk-up and drive-through…

4 years ago

Bradford Bill Returning Bruce’s Beach Sails Out of Senate Committee with Bipartisan Support

SB 796 will now go to the Senate Appropriations Committee before coming to the Senate Floor to be voted on…

4 years ago

Gov. Newsom Takes Action to Phase Out Oil Extraction in California

Under this directive, CalGEM will immediately initiate the rulemaking to halt the issuance of new hydraulic fracturing permits by 2024.

4 years ago

Use of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine to Resume in Los Angeles County

Based on their review of all available data, both the CDC and the FDA determined that the vaccine is safe…

4 years ago

As Additional Variant Cases Are Identified, Public Health Encourages Safety Measures and Vaccinations to Reduce Risk of Getting COVID-19 Infection

The identification of these variants highlights the need for L.A. County residents to continue to take measures to protect themselves…

5 years ago

Senate Bill Adding Two Environmental Justice Reps To SCAQMD Passes California Senate Environmental Quality Committee

Others who testified in favor of the bill today were: California League of Conservation Voters, Coalition for Clean Air, Environmental…

5 years ago

LA County Pauses Use of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Following FDA and CDC Recommendation

This pause will last until the FDA and CDC complete their review, which is expected to take several days.

5 years ago