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California's ability to multitask is being tested as health officials scramble to find staff for vaccination sites while maintaining testing and contact tracing.

In the time of a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, most events have been cancelled or postponed. King of the Hammers, an annual off-road racing event, is an exception. King of the Hammers received its permit January 14 from the Bureau of Land Management, and the race will go on as usual in 2021, starting

In the time of a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, most events have been cancelled or postponed. King of the Hammers, an annual off-road racing event, is an exception. King of the Hammers received its permit January 14 from the Bureau of Land Management, and the race will go on as usual in 2021, starting January 30. Managing editor Tami Roleff explains the safety precautions organizers say are in place to keep the week-long race from becoming a “super-spreader” event… The 14 th annual King of ...

Print Every year, tens of thousands of people descend on a rough stretch of desert north of Joshua Tree for a weeklong off-roading festival and series of extreme races. Billed as one of the toughest desert off-roading races in the nation, the King of the Hammers event is often described as part Burning Man and part “Mad Max.” During the event, Hammertown — a temporary city complete with named “streets,” generators, team garages and food and vendor booths — rises over a dry lakebed. ...

Enter email address You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Every year, tens of thousands of people descend on a rough stretch of desert north of Joshua Tree for a weeklong off-roading festival and series of extreme races. Billed as one of the toughest desert off-roading races in the nation, the King of the Hammers event is often described as part Burning Man and part “Mad Max.” Advertisement During the event, Hammertown — a temporary city comp...

San Bernardino County has added a new tool to its COVID-19 website: a quarantine and isolation calculator that enables people to determine how long they should self-isolate if they’ve been diagnosed or exposed to someone with COVID-19. Managing editor Tami Roleff has more information… If you or someone you love has tested positive for the disease, is sick with COVID-19, or been exposed to someone with COVID-19, the county’s new Quarantine and Isolation Calculator lets you know when your i...

San Bernardino County is making steady progress through Phase 1A of the state’s coronavirus vaccination campaign, and is monitoring recommendations being considered by Californias Community Vaccine Advisory Committee, county officials said on Dec. 30. The new guidelines were announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Dec. 28 and were expected to be finalized by the state California Department of Public Health. If the newly adapted phases are approved, there will be three new tiers in Phase 1A. San ...

LOS ANGELES – Two makeshift hospital rooms sit outside the ambulance entrance to Arrowhead Medical Center in San Bernardino County, a hint of how dire things have become as the county faces a surge of COVID-19 cases. Things have gotten so bad at times that paramedics and ambulance drivers have had to wait up to six hours to offload COVID-19 patients, many of them often struggling to breathe. “We had patients who were taking 40 to 50 breaths per minute. The average is 20,” said Dr...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Inland Empire becomes a coronavirus hot zone even as its leaders battle safety restrictions [Los Angeles Times :: BC-CORONAVIRUS-CALIF-HOTZONE:LA] LOS ANGELES – Two makeshift hospital rooms sit outside the ambulance entrance to Arrowhead Medical Center in San Bernardino County, a hint of how dire things have become as the county faces a surge of COVID-19 cases. Things have gotten so bad at times that paramedics and ambulance drivers have had to wait up to six hour...

LOS ANGELES – Two makeshift hospital rooms sit outside the ambulance entrance to Arrowhead Medical Center in San Bernardino County, a hint of how dire things have become as the