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Metrolink Offers Service to New COVID-19 Vaccination Site at Cal State LA

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Metrolink Offers Service to New COVID-19 Vaccination Site at Cal State LA

LOS ANGELES – Metrolink offers a direct connection to Los Angeles County’s newest COVID-19 vaccination location at California State University, Los Angeles or Cal State LA with a station located near the new “walk-up vaccination center” that opened Feb. 16. The vaccination center will be open 7 days a week from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Metrolink’s Cal State LA Station is on the San Bernardino Line. Metrolink riders can reach the walk-up vaccination location by taking the elevator or stairs from the train platform to the university transit center and following directional signs to Structure A. Shuttles will take people from the transit center to the vaccination walk-up site.

Metrolink trains make 15 stops at the Cal State L.A. station between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. on week days, with 12 trains servicing during those hours on Saturday and ten on Sunday. See Metrolink schedules here, www.metrolinktrains.com/schedules 

The new vaccination super site also has a drive-up center located in Parking Lot 5 on the north side of the campus. Vaccination appointments can be made using the state’s My Turn system at, www.myturn.ca.gov or by calling 833-422-4255.

The CSULA site is part of a White House program to establish 100 sites nationwide in the first 100 days of President Joe Biden’s administration. It is being co-managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and receives federal staffing and operational support.

Public Health Remembers Past Hardships to Encourage L.A. County to Continue Its Vigilance and Implement Safety Precautions

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Public Health Remembers Past Hardships to Encourage L.A. County to Continue Its Vigilance and Implement Safety Precautions

LOS ANGELES — Public Health Feb. 15, confirmed 29 new deaths and 1,869 new cases of confirmed COVID-19. The lower number of deaths and cases may reflect reporting delays over the weekend and today’s holiday. To date, Public Health has identified 1,168,358 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 19,095 deaths.

Feb. 15, daily test positivity rate is 5.2%, down 64 percent in one month (the positivity rate was 14.3% on Jan. 15). There are 3,092 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized, and 30% of these people are in the ICU. The countywide unadjusted adult ICU bed occupancy is 86%, and countywide non-surge inpatient bed occupancy is 76%. Since January 15, hospitalizations are down 60%.

While key COVID-19 indicators are declining, the virus is still very much present and circulating widely in Los Angeles County. Public Health urges residents to remain cautious and implement safety precautions in their everyday life. More than six weeks after the holidays, the County continues experiencing the deadly toll of the winter holiday surge; today’s 7-day average of deaths is 139.

In the past, holidays have been super spreader events as people gather together to celebrate. Public Health urges everyone to celebrate all holidays and special occasions safely with just your household and to connect virtually with friends and family that you don’t live with. Being around people who don’t live with you puts you and them at a greater risk for COVID-19 because people can be infected with this virus and not yet know it.

Of the 29 new deaths reported today, 10 people that passed away were over the age of 80, nine people who died were between the ages of 65 and 79, and eight people who died were between the ages of 50 and 64. Two deaths were reported by the City of Pasadena.

Testing results are available for more than 5,701,000 individuals with 19% of people testing positive.

The Reopening Protocols, COVID-19 Surveillance Interactive Dashboard, Roadmap to Recovery, Recovery Dashboard, and additional things you can do to protect yourself, your family and your community are on the Public Health website

Details: www.publichealth.lacounty.gov.

Los Angeles Auction Features Rare Painting By Raymond Pettibon

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Los Angeles Auction Features Rare Painting By Raymond Pettibon

Estimate: $500,000 – 800,000LOS ANGELES — A double-sided acrylic painting on Plexiglas by Raymond Pettibon (b. 1957) will be offered in Bonhams Post-War and Contemporary Sale taking place Feb. 19, in Los Angeles. Among the most highly sought-after artists of today, Pettibon initially came into the art world through music, creating cover art for his brother’s rock band Black Flag in the 1970s and later iconic groups Sonic Youth and the Foo Fighters. He has since become a highly coveted name in the world of visual art and leading figure in contemporary culture. Currently living and working in New York City, Pettibon produces thoughtful and engaging artwork imbued with layers of wit, humor, and sociopolitical commentary; he has been collected by leading institutions globally, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. The lot on offer, No Title (Surfer in the Great Wave), 1993 (Estimate: $500,000 – $800,000), is rare for the artist, both in medium and execution.  Absolutely unique in Pettibon’s oeuvre, this painting on Plexiglas encompasses the excitement and drama of Pettibon’s iconic surf imagery with the energy, expression, and passion of an artist at the height of his powers.

Details:  bonhams.com.

Activists & LAPD Condemn Valentine Posting Mocking Floyd’s Death

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Activists & LAPD Condemn Valentine Posting Mocking Floyd’s Death

On Feb. 15, local civil rights activists held a press conference at the LAPD Harbor Station in response to a Valentine’s Day post that went viral this past weekend. While the group, which included the San Pedro Good Trouble Brigade, the vice president of the San Pedro chapter of the NAACP, the founder and head of Justice for Murdered Children and Civil Rights activist Najee Ali called for LAPD accountability, they also praised Harbor Division Captain John Mastick and LAPD Police chief Michael Moore for quickly addressing the issue.

Chief Michel Moore announced this past weekend that the police department has launched an internal investigation into allegations that a photo of George Floyd with the words “You take my breath away” in a Valentine-like format was being “passed around” by other officers.

Moore said the officer who made the complaint is set to be interviewed Monday, the same day as the press conference. Moore said the department’s goal is to determine exactly where and how the image may have come into the workplace, online or otherwise, and who may have been involved.

Ali, who explained he was civil rights attorney Ben Crump Southern California spokesman, read a statement from the attorney:

“The Floyd family is understandably outraged. This is beyond insult on top of injury — it’s injury on top of death. The type of callousness and cruelty within a person’s soul needed to do something like this evades comprehension — and is indicative of a much larger problem within the culture of the LAPD. We demand that everyone who was involved is held accountable for their revolting behavior and that an apology be issued to the family immediately.” 

We  want everyone to know we’re not here to condemn or attack the LAPD,” Ali said. ”We simply want to hold them accountable.” Ali credited Captain J. Mastick as a whistleblower, but it wasn’t made clear that the post came from a Harbor Division police officer. 

An email posted on Twitter Saturday by journalist, political commentator and activist Jasmyne Cannick appears to indicate the photo and a possible post on social media originated out of the department’s Harbor Patrol Division.

Ali commended Chief Michael Moore for speaking out and saying there will be zero tolerance of anyone mocking someone’s death within this department. “Any LAPD officer mocking the death of George Floyd should be terminated immediately,” Ali said. 

Floyd, a Black man, was killed by Minneapolis police on May 25, 2020, after an officer knelt on Floyd’s neck while he said, “I can’t breathe.” His death sparked protests across the country.

Gatlin, representing the local chapter of the NAACP,  reaffirmed the decades worth of strong relationships between the LAPD and Harbor Area residents. “I want to make sure that continues,” Gatlin said. “I want to thank Captain [Mastick] for his leadership and I want to thank you for being here to bring this out.”

Justice for Murdered Children director, Lawanda Hawkins expressed similar sentiments. “If we need to have a community meeting out here in San Pedro, we got the Captain right here [gesturing at Captain Mastick], Hawkins said. 

The victim rights advocate described San Pedro as a family that is able to talk out its differences.

“I’m hoping that this makes our relationship stronger,” Hawkins said. “It’s our hope that more of the community gets involved and they begin to talk to law enforcement when we talk about some tough issues. 

Maya of the San Pedro Good Trouble Brigade reiterated the calls for accountability. “We are here as allies as people who live and work in the community of San Pedro,” Maya said. “And we are here to support the Black, Brown, Indigenous and other people.”

Maya, too, called for zero tolerance for this sort of behavior in the police department.

“I Don’t Trust the People Above Me”: Riot Squad Cops Open Up About Disastrous Response to Capitol Insurrection

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“I Don’t Trust the People Above Me”: Riot Squad Cops Open Up About Disastrous Response to Capitol Insurrection

By Joaquin Sapien and Joshua Kaplan for ProPublica

Interviews with 19 current and former officers show how failures of leadership and communication put hundreds of Capitol cops at risk and allowed rioters to get dangerously close to members of Congress.

The riot squad defending the embattled entrance to the west side of the U.S. Capitol was surrounded by violence. Rioters had clambered up the scaffolding by the stage erected for the inauguration of President Joseph Biden. They hurled everything they could get their hands on at the cops beneath: rebar, plywood, power tools, even cans of food they had frozen for extra damage.

Read more at: https://www.propublica.org/article/i-dont-trust-the-people-above-me-riot-squad-cops-open-up-about-disastrous-response-to-capitol-insurrection?

MIS-C Cases Increase in L.A. County Children

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MIS-C Cases Increase in L.A. County Children

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health or Public Health has confirmed 137 new deaths and 3,497 new cases of COVID-19.  To date, Public Health identified 1,161,773 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 18,789 deaths. 

Since Feb. 9, daily reported cases have stabilized near 3,500 new cases a day.

Public Health is reporting 15 additional cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children or MIS-C, bringing the total cases in L.A. County to 90 children including one child death.  L.A. County has experienced more than a 35% increase in children with MIS-C in the last two weeks; on Jan. 30, Public Health reported 66 children with MIS-C.   

All 90 children with MIS-C in L.A. County were hospitalized and 41% of the children were treated in the ICU. Of the children with MIS-C, 30% were under the age of 5 years old, 40% were between the ages of 5 and 11 years old, and 30% were between the ages of 12 and 20 years old. Latino/Latinx children account for 72% of the reported cases.

MIS-C is a serious inflammatory condition associated with COVID-19 that affects children under 21 years old. MIS-C cases tend to appear in children weeks after they had COVID-19, and sometimes even when a child or adolescent had no known prior infection. Symptoms include fever that does not go away and inflamed body parts, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes, or gastrointestinal organs. If you believe your child is displaying MIS-C symptoms, contact your primary care or an urgent care provider. Seek emergency care for critical or life-threatening conditions. If you do not have a primary care provider, dial 2-1-1 and L.A. County will help connect you to one.

Details: www.publichealth.lacounty.gov.

San Pedro Waterfront Arts District Presents Armchair ArtWalk Tour: Women’s History Month

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San Pedro Waterfront Arts District Presents Armchair ArtWalk Tour: Women’s History Month

SAN PEDRO WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH —The San Pedro Waterfront Arts District, in collaboration with the artists who have performed or exhibited their arts in San Pedro, announces the next Armchair ArtWalk Tour to be held on Zoom on FirstThursday, March 4. The public is invited to join on Zoom, by registering for a free ticket for a one hour virtual, interactive tour with three amazing women artists. 

This is a free service for the community –  you are missed and the Waterfront Arts District looks forward to seeing its friends on-line. The March 4th FirstThursday Armchair ArtWalk will be talking with some exceptional women artists and will include:

 • Monica Orozco — L.A. based portrait photographer, documentary photographer and self-portrait fine art photographer. Orozco’s work has been published in New York Times, LA Times, Dwell, The Guardian, Artsy, KCRW, LA Design Festival, Frieze, ArtNews. She has also exhibited in LA, Palm Springs, San Francisco, New York, Berlin, London and Rome. Throughout her career, Orozco’s work has reflected images of women in various states of being, at times imperiled by an exterior or interior crisis, but always endeavoring to breakthrough with an affirmation of self and empowerment. She has often used self portraits to create her unique vision. Orozco has tapped into the feminine undertow, the real power, rage, identity, hope, and beauty of women. Her work as a documentarian has emerged with a vivid portfolio. She was moved to document the Women’s March LA in a photojournalistic style, because: [2 | P a g e] 

“I felt that it was my duty as a visual storyteller to capture the March as my way of helping the cause,” Orozco said. “If I could showcase all the emotions during this event, and inspire others to unite, that was my goal. The power in numbers is energizing; you feel like One and believe that you can change the course of history.” 

• Evelyn McDonnell — Associate Professor of Journalism Evelyn McDonnell is an expert on music, gender, and politics. She has written or co-edited six books, from Rock She Wrote: Women Write about Rock, Pop and Rap to Women Who Rock: Bessie to Beyonce. Girl Groups to Riot Grrrl. She is also series editor for Music Matters, a collection of short books about musicians. A longtime journalist, McDonnell has been a pop culture writer at The Miami Herald and a senior editor at The Village Voice. Her writing on music, poetry, theater, and culture has appeared in publications and anthologies including The New York Times, The Guardian, Los Angeles Times, Ms., Rolling Stone, Los Angeles Review of Books, Travel & Leisure, Billboard, Interview, and Option. She teaches students how to write and make noise at Loyola Marymount University, where she directs the journalism program.

Find Evelyn McDonnell’s blog here: Populism

• Anne Daub — In 25 plus years living in Los Angeles, Daub had careers in the fashion and toy industries, designing for humans, Barbie, and others. After leaving the corporate world, she could not wait to get back to painting and assemblage sculpture. Borrowing from assemblage, Daub started creating art in the form of necklaces and other jewelry pieces. She searches high and low for Objects d’Art and loves beautiful old jewelry bits in pieces and parts, antique textiles and hardware, and objects that speak out to her. Loosely based on Archetypes Anne’s jewelry work is defined by four categories: Elemental, Obsession, Tribal Modern, and Faceted Light. She believes in moods and how we choose to dress on any given day, simple, bold, edgy, elegant — it’s our choice on how to appear that reflects who we are at any given moment. All of Daub’s pieces are truly unique and when categories sell out new ones will evolve.

Anne Daub’s website: https://anneolsendaub.com

Time: FirstThursday, 6 p.m. March 4

Details: Register in advance: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYud-mspjgrE9ytXxcj95AE56lfOrYPZ0LN

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. There will also be a live stream from the San Pedro Waterfront Arts District Facebook page, 

https://www.facebook.com/SPWArtsDistrict

About the San Pedro Waterfront Arts District: – The mission of the San Pedro Waterfront Arts District is to promote San Pedro’s authentic arts, culture and entertainment identity through advocacy, marketing and education activities. San Pedro is home to over 90 visual artists, as well as 3 performing arts venues, art galleries and restaurants. The Arts District is anchored by the Warner Grand Theatre, a 1,500-seat historic art deco movie palace, the Little Fish Theatre, presenting repertory theater in a converted garage, the Grand Annex (a project of the Grand Vision Foundation), and the Loft Studios, a three-story warehouse with a concentration of fine artists. The Arts District’s streets are lined with artists’ live/workspaces and each month they open their doors to the FirstThursday ArtWalk, in operation since 1997. In 2017, San Pedro was designated as one of 14 California Cultural Districts by the Sacramento based California Arts Council.

Open Streets in Long Beach

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Open Streets in Long Beach

LONG BEACH — Additional outdoor dining on Atlantic Avenue will begin before the end of the week with the Public Works Department implementing the Open Streets Pilot Project helping businesses expand during the impact of COVID-19.

Restaurants have resumed outdoor dining following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the state’s restrictions. The project began earlier by calming traffic by  narrowing one lane in each direction in Atlantic Avenue between Claiborne Drive and Armando Drive.

Recovering from the damage COVID-19 has bestowed on the city, Long Beach will use the sidewalk of Atlantic Avenue and parking lots to help businesses expand. 

Modifications will be implemented by public officials and engineers with bi-weekly evaluations to expect the street modification to continue to the end of March. Guidelines will be enforced by businesses and public officials to help continue the support of the COVID-19 recovery.

With the previous state’s ban on outdoor dining that began in Dec. 2020 and was removed at  the end of Jan. 2021, it put a hold on the project that was announced to start in November 2020.

Port Sponsors Feb. 20 Food Distribution

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Port Sponsors Feb. 20 Food Distribution

Families affected by the prolonged economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will be able to pick up a week’s worth of groceries during a food distribution event sponsored by the Port of Long Beach, Labor Community Services and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank.

The drive-through food distribution event is in the Harbor District Early arrival is advised and no walk-ups will be permitted.

The event is being held to address an increasing lack of access to food caused by economic insecurity amid the pandemic, job losses and the closure of schools and daycare centers, where many children are able to receive nutritious meals.

The event is anticipated to assist roughly 2,000 families with up to 50 pounds each of grocery products such as shelf-stable food, fresh produce and protein items.

Due to health and safety protocols, participants are asked to wear face masks and stay in their vehicles as volunteers place the boxed groceries in car trunks and truck beds.

Time: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Feb. 20

Details: LAFoodBank.org or lcs-la.org.

Location:1650 W. Ninth St. in West Long Beach

Crime Watch Long Beach: Human Trafficking Rescue, Shooting, Child Pornography

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Crime Watch Long Beach: Human Trafficking Rescue, Shooting, Child Pornography

Juvenile Rescued in Human Trafficking Investigation

LONG BEACH — Two suspects were arrested in Long Beach for human trafficking of a 15-year-old girl on Feb. 6 after West Patrol Division officers stopped a no license plate vehicle for a traffic stop.

The scene happened near Pacific Coast Highway and Lemon Avenue shortly after 9 a.m. when officers chose to investigate the three passengers after observing a 15-year-old girl in the back seat.

The driver of the vehicle was identified as 27-year-old sex offender registrant Reson Richard who had violations in his Post-Release Community Supervision conditions. The front seat passenger was also identified as 21-year-old Samantha Davis with an arrest warrant for prostitution. 

The investigation determined the suspects were human trafficking the juvenile victim who was discovered as a runaway from a placement home in the city of Simi Valley. The victim was sent to the custody of the Department of Child and Family Services.

Both suspects are Los Angeles residents and are detained on the crimes of human trafficking of a minor, pandering and pimping with a hold on a $150,000 bail.

Two People Arrested in Connection to Shooting in Long Beach

On Feb. 10, the Long Beach Police Department arrested two people for allegedly killing Richard Winfrey, a 50-year-old resident of Long Beach. The two suspects are Michael Scott Doss Jr., a 29-year-old resident of Long Beach and Christian Lucille Watson, a 30-year-old resident of the City of Carson. Both were already in custody for other charges.

Detectives believe the shooting escalated out of an argument between the suspects and the victim. Doss was arraigned for murder and Watson was arraigned for accessory to murder. Doss’ bail was set at $2 million, and Lucille’s bail was set at $1 million.

The suspects allegedly shot Winfrey on Sept. 25, 2020 at a park in the 800 block of E. 7th Street. LBPD began life-saving measures and requested paramedics. The Long Beach Fire Department came to the scene, but were unable to save Winfrey, and he died at the scene.

Long Beach Officer Arrested For Possession Of Child Pornography

The Long Beach Police Department or LBPD in a statement said that it is deeply disappointed to announce the arrest of a police officer for possession of child pornography.

In May of 2020, the LBPD received a tip regarding a possible online crime against a child.  LBPD immediately began looking into the case to gather information and identify the suspect involved.

After further investigation, detectives identified the suspect responsible for this crime as 56-year old Anthony Mark Brown, a 26-year police officer who was most recently assigned to the Long Beach Airport, as part of the Security Services Division in the Support Bureau. On Feb. 10, 2021, Brown was taken into custody while on duty, and a search warrant was subsequently served at his residence in the City of Lakewood. Brown was booked for possession of child pornography and bail was set at $20,000. 

“When the actions of an individual employee erode the values of our organization and the public trust all of us have worked so hard to cultivate, they must be held accountable,” stated Acting Chief of Police Wally Hebeish. “Protecting children is one of our most sacred responsibilities, and the actions of this officer do not represent the professionalism and commitment that all of our employees show every day while protecting our community.”

Brown has been suspended without pay pending the outcomes of both the criminal and Internal Affairs investigations which are still in progress.

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