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Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health has cleared county elementary schools to fully re-open for the first time in nearly a year. The decision is due to dropping coronavirus rates, health officials confirmed Monday night. But it isn’t clear that school district officials or the teachers union are ready for an immediate resumption of in person instruction. Teachers unions remain cautious, and some districts across the State have responded more quickly than others. Scientists are not certain why infection and death rates are dropping. But t...
By Amber Jackson, Inmate at Corona Institute for Women That's right.iJpay is out as the prisoner email provider! A brand new deal between CDCR and www.gtl.net is in place and signed. This will widely expand the tablet program, allowing the use of inmate tablets and email service for ALL prisoners in every state prison and fire camp in California! Starting in April, each state prisoner will begin receiving their new, free tablet from gtl.net! Presently, only 6 prisons in the state have tablets! Now all prisons and fire camps will have it. No...
As of Friday, updated State guidance allows for all outdoor youth and adult recreational sports, including moderate contact and high contact sports, to resume practice, training and competitions in counties where the case rate is at or below 14 cases per 100,000 population, on Friday, February 26. Since L.A. County's adjusted case rate is now at 12.3 cases per 100,000, county protocols are being revised to align with the new State guidance. Moderate contact sports include: baseball, field hockey...
These dolphins did not get the social distancing memo. A "super pod" or "mega pod" of dolphins was caught on camera on Saturday, with more than 1,000 dolphins, some soaring to the sky and all tightly racing alongside one another just three miles off Laguna Beach's shore. "It was an amazing pod of dolphins. We have been seeing some really large pods lately, they've been feeding and there's tons of birds," Newport Coastal Adventure owner Ryan Lawler said. But Saturday's sight of the long-beaked co...
A lawsuit seeks to limit in-person L.A. County civil trials because of COVID-19 risk A number of public interest attorneys filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to halt in-person traffic and eviction trials held in Los Angeles County, claiming COVID-19 prevention protocols are failing after two court interpreters who were infected died in recent weeks. The suit, brought by Public Counsel, the Inner City Law Center, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles and Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County, accuses the courts of prioritizing the...
A civil rights group has threatened to sue the California State Bar. The suit alleges that bar exam facial scans designed to identify test takers, are in fact just another example of systemic racism. A prominent civil rights group is threatening to sue the State Bar of California unless it agrees to stop using facial recognition technology to prevent cheating on online bar exams, which the group says discriminates against women and people of color. "It is by now well-established by experts in that field that FRT is disproportionately...
The Los Angeles Unified School District has voted to ax 133 members of its police force — and replace them with school “climate coaches” to help underserved students. The district’s board voted Tuesday night to cut the Los Angeles School Police budget by $25 million, losing 70 sworn officers, 62 non-sworn officers and one member of support staff, the force said. The money will help create a $36.5 million new Black Student Achievement Plan, with most of it used to hire “climate coaches” at secondary schools, the Los Angeles Times said. The c...
2/17: A woman was killed and a teenager was hospitalized in a West Los Angeles car crash Wednesday, an LAFD spokesman said. Witnesses called 911 about a two-car collision in the area of West Olympic Blvd. and Overland around 5:15 p.m., the Los Angeles Fire Department said in an incident alert. A woman driving one of the vehicles was trapped in the wreckage and was deemed "beyond medical help," according to the department. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the other vehicle was...
LOState Senator María Elena Durazo and State Assemblyman Richard Bloom (D-Santa have introduced a package of legislation - Senate Bill 424 and Assembly Bill 675 - to create a California Homeless Hiring Tax Credit they allege would simultaneously confront the homelessness crisis facing California, address the rampant job losses stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic that have disproportionately harmed low- income communities, and ease the significant financial strain that many small businesses are currently experiencing. Establishing a tax credit...
2/9/21: L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer told school leaders Tuesday that school reopening could precede universal vaccinations for teachers. The public increasingly has demanded that schools re-open immediately. School districts and teachers unions, who are in the next tier of vaccinations, want to wait to open until teachers and other staff to receive COVID-19 immunizations as many are demanding. Ferrer’s message — delivered in a private briefing for school leaders — contained positive news on the coronavirus infection rate....
The campaign to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom has obtained the 1.5 million signatures necessary to place the measure on the November 2021 ballot, announced the Recall Newsom campaign. Recall proponents cite homelessness, closings and dislocations associated with the pandemic, the EDD in prison scandal, and the “French Laundry” restaurant affair. President Biden has recently spoken against the campaign. Presidential spokesman Jen Psaki has said that the recall threatens to interrupt a “career arc that could lead to the White House...
LA Police are seeking the public's help finding a man who punched another man at Venice Beach, knocking him unconscious with a single strike. Surveillance video shows the suspect and another man briefly involved in an argument while walking near Washington Blvd. and Speedway, a short distance from the Venice pier and beach The suspect, wearing a Dodgers jersey, throws a punch at the other man, catching him in the jaw. The victim immediately loses consciousness and falls flat to the ground. The...
Sacto to End Single Family Homes In an unprecedented move, Sacramento may soon approve a plan that would make the city the first in California, and one of the first in the country, to end zoning that permits only one single-family home on a property. The plan would allow up to four apartments to be constructed on a lot previously zoned R-1, allowing only a single family home. Healthcare and technology people have been moving from the expensive Bay Area, where a two bedroom apartment runs around 5000 a month, to Sacramento, reports the times....
By Alyssa Erdley 2/8: Over the weekend, California Governor Gavin Newsom agreed to change the current lockdown guidelines regarding places of worship in which all indoor worship is prohibited. Newsom's change in policy follows a United States Supreme Court Ruling in favor of South Bay United Pentecostal Church and against the State of California. The court, split 6-3 along ideological lines, ruled that the government cannot ban indoor worship. The government may, however, restrict capacity to 25% of maximum occupancy and ban singing and...
A civil rights group has threatened to sue the California State Bar. The suit alleges that bar exam facial scans designed to identify test takers, are in fact just another example of systemic racism. A prominent civil rights group is threatening to sue the State Bar of California unless it agrees to stop using facial recognition technology to prevent cheating on online bar exams, which the group says discriminates against women and people of color. "It is by now well-established by experts in that field that FRT is disproportionately...
On Thursday, January 28, the California State Assembly approved SB 89 and SB 91. The two measures will extend AB 3088, the COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act of 2020, which expires at the end of the month. In addition to extending California's eviction moratorium through June 30, 2021, the bill proposes using $2.6 billion in federal relief as rental subsidies. The proposal would pay landlords 80% of unpaid back rent incurred between April 2020 and March 2021 if landlords agree to forgive the remaining...
Culver City along with Los Angeles County are reopeningtoday outdoor dining with safety measures. On Monday, the State of California lifted the Regional Stay at Home Order and returned each county to its associated tier under the Blueprint for a Safer Economy. Los Angeles County has issued a new Public Health Order to permit outdoor dining and otherbusiness activities. Now allowable: - Restaurants – outdoor dining only, with safety measures in place; - Private gatherings – limited to 3 households and a total of 15 persons, outdoors only; - Fam...
Einstein Brothers Bagels on Pico Blvd in West Los Angeles has permanently closed, store employees have confirmed to The Observer. Opened in 2013, the store served bagel sandwiches, knishes, delicatessen meats and schmaltz of all sort to the community. Workmen were seen removing the Einstein signs from the roof of the building on Friday, January 22, 2021. The store was recently said to have "closed for deep cleaning" connected to the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, but will not be reopening....
Because of the recent rainfall, Los Angeles County Health Officer, Muntu Davis, MD, MPH, is cautioning residents that bacteria, chemicals, debris, trash, and other public health hazards from city streets and mountain areas are likely to contaminate ocean waters at and around discharging storm drains, creeks, and rivers after a rainfall. Individuals who enter the water in these areas could become ill. This advisory will be in effect until at least Wednesday, January 27 at 7:30 a.m. This advisory...
Visualization of the future completed Liberty Canyon Wildlife Crossing - funded entirely by private donations Mountain lions die every year by trying to cross freeways and getting hit by motorists. Their cubs are then left to starve. Wildlife crossings have been found to be astonishingly effective at funneling animals toward safe crossings Beth Pratt, Save LA Cougars The National Wildlife Federation's #SaveLACougars campaign announced today that fundraising for the wildlife crossing at Liberty Canyon over the 101 Freeway in the Los Angeles...
Every year, hundreds of new California laws take effect Jan. 1, reflecting the trials and tribulations of the previous year. Here a few of the new laws taking effect in 2021: Minimum wage going up Employers must pay a minimum wage of $14 per hour, a $1 increase from last year’s hourly minimum. Businesses with fewer than 26 workers must increase their hourly wage to at least $13. The raise is part of the phased increases that will eventually make the state's minimum wage $15. Coronavirus exposure law A law, which is in effect from 2021 to 2...
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors today voted to appoint Rafael Carbajal as the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Affairs. "From helping struggling businesses and consumers during this pandemic, to protecting tenants and workers, to providing much needed services for our immigrants in Los Angeles County, strong leadership for the Department of Consumer and Business Affairs has never been more necessary," said Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Hilda L....
She Los Angeles Standards and Best Practices Committee will be holding a virtual meeting on Tuesday January 5, 2021 at 10AM- 12NOON (PST) Register Via Webex On Your Computer or Smart Phone: https://tinyurl.com/ybw9sbwt *Link is for non-Committee members and members of the public only JOIN VIA WEBEX ON YOUR PHONE: 1-415-655-0001 US Toll. Click Here to Access Meeting Agenda + https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMDEyMzAuMzI2MzcyNzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodH...
BALLOONS BY TOMMY, LLC CREATES CUSTOM BALLOONS AND DECOR FOR STAY AT HOME NEW YEARS EVE CELEBRATIONS Balloons by Tommy, LLC in Torrance, CA has once again found away to help people celebrate during these unprecedented times. "When this all started back in March, it was graduation season, and we had a great response to our yard displays, because people still wanted to find ways to celebrate life's milestones," says Lisa Brubaker, COO of Balloons by Tommy in Torrance. "Then, innovative parents...
By Stan Greene Someone in Japan thought of a Cat Cafe: A place where you could go have a cup of coffee, while a couple dozen felines brush past your legs and snuggle in your lap. You could even take one home. A cat, not just coffee. Then came March 16, 2020, the pandemic and lockdowns. The no kill shelter that is West LA's Cat Cafe and Lounge, is still open due with the help of volunteers and staff, and the public is still welcome to bring home a new kitten or adult cat. But the cafe is closed...
