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Southern California Region ICU Capacity Drops To 1.7% As State Starts Vaccine Distribution The ICU capacity in Southern California has dropped to 1.7% as the state begins the COVID-19 vaccine distribution.  California Governor Gavin Newsom discussed the state’s vaccine distribution plan with healthcare workers already receiving the first doses on Monday.  “There’s light at the end of the tunnel, but we’re still in the tunnel,” Newsom said at a press conference Tuesday. “That means...

45 Children Confirmed With COVID-19-Related Illness, Over 12,000 New Coronavirus Cases In L.A. County The first child death has been confirmed in L.A. County, along 45 cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and 12,819 new coronavirus cases. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) has confirmed the first COVID-19 death in a L.A. County child under the age of 18 years old. The child was hospitalized for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and h...

Los Angeles County Coronavirus Hospitalizations Triple In One Month  Los Angeles County coronavirus hospitalizations are continuing to climb, with the most-ever COVID-19 patients in the hospital countywide reported once again. There are 3,299 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Wednesday, 23 percent of which are in the ICU, according to Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. “The safest thing you can do during this very difficult tim...

Used technologically, that could have been used for higher security ports of entry. it could have been used for personnel and diverted it. >> reporter: so why isnt there more wall? you might be surprised to learn there was never supposed to be more wall under this $2.5 billion plan. the border patrol, topography, sensors and virtual fences were supposed to be used to provide protection. in some cases it works, in others, it doesnt. another she have sheriff says that drug has beaten the system. >...

Was shot and wounded in this very same spot, the gunman never captured. >> this has basically been literally unfeddered access by smugglers and illegals. >> reporter: the sheriff hopes the new law, combined with the new fence, makes his county safer, while others remain angry at the law and regard the fence as a scar on the land. gary tuchman, cnn, nogales, arizona. from the border to the training room, a look at the video for arizona cops, what they are learning about enforcing this new law t...