Vaccine
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April 14, 2021 4:18 PM
Nurses prepare doses of vaccine to protect against Covid-19 at a drive-through vaccination clinic in a parking structure at Cal State Long Beach. Sharon McNary/LAist.com
Tomorrow, California will expand vaccine eligibility to everyone ages 16 and up. In L.A. County, that includes about three-and-a-half million additional people.
The expansion comes as the county has paused use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, over concerns of blood clots.
There were 19,000 appointments for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine that had to be cancelled this week, but L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer says 14,000 have already been rescheduled for Pfizer or Moderna shots.
Vaccine
Updated
Published
April 14, 2021 4:18 PM
Nurses prepare doses of vaccine to protect against Covid-19 at a drive-through vaccination clinic in a parking structure at Cal State Long Beach. Sharon McNary/LAist.com
Tomorrow, California will expand vaccine eligibility to everyone ages 16 and up. In L.A. County, that includes about three-and-a-half million additional people.
The expansion comes as the county has paused use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, over concerns of blood clots.
There were 19,000 appointments for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine that had to be cancelled this week, but L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer says 14,000 have already been rescheduled for Pfizer or Moderna shots.
CORONAVIRUS: K-12 EDUCATION
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April 15, 2021 8:00 AM
A bulletin board at LAUSD s John W. Mack Elementary School on April 12, 2021, the day before kindergarteners and first graders began returning to class. (Kyle Stokes/KPCC/LAist)
California lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom have urged public schools to extend their school years, hoping that additional days in the classroom will make up for teacher-student interactions lost to the COVID-19 pandemic.
But in the L.A. Unified School District, even district leaders acknowledge that their proposal to start the upcoming school year a week early and shave a week off winter break will be a tough sell with parents.
Law Enforcement
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April 15, 2021 4:20 PM
Lisa Vargas (c) at a Sheriff s town hall in East L.A. Her son Anthony Vargas, was killed by sheriff s deputies in August 2018. (Frank Stoltze/LAist)
The Civilian Oversight Commission Thursday called on L.A. Sheriff Alex Villanueva to impose an outright ban on deputy cliques inside his department. The unanimous vote came amid increasing concerns that cliques some call them gangs are violating the civil rights of people inside and outside the department. Some have been accused of engaging in violence.
Under pressure to act on the issue of cliques, Villanueva last summer issued a policy that forbade deputies from joining any group that violates department policy or the law. Members of the commission said the sheriff didn’t go far enough. “It hasn’t worked,” Commissioner Rob Bonner said. “They still exist.”