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Several large metal lanterns were knocked down during the incident. (Chava Sanchez/LAist)
The LAPD has launched a hate crime arson investigation after the Higashi Honganji Buddist Temple in Little Tokyo was vandalized.
The incident happened around 7 p.m. on Thursday. Reverend Noriaki Ito says a man climbed over the temple s fence and set two wooden lantern stands on fire. He then knocked a pair of large metal lanterns off their stands, and threw a rock that shattered a floor-to-ceiling glass panel at the entrance.
Higashi Honganji Temple after the incident. You can see the boarded up glass on the entrance. (Chava Sanchez/LAist)
City and county leaders promised last summer to explore moving to unarmed responses to some mental health crisis and substance use calls. Several months in, we have a progress report.
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These shows, about corporate fraud, pyramid schemes, Hollywood impersonators and more, feeds the national appetite for stories about deception.
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Published Feb. 16, 2021Updated Feb. 17, 2021
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By Emily Guerin and Jackie Fortiér
In California, anyone over 65 years old can now receive a coronavirus vaccine. But L.A. County has far from enough doses for everyone who is eligible. That s because the county prioritizes those people getting second doses, so fewer people are receiving their first-round injection.
But scheduling a second dose has also proven to be complicated.
THE MATH BEHIND THE DOSES
L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Wednesday that her department needs four million doses to vaccinate every resident currently eligible. Instead, the county has received less than 900,000 so far. This is what I mean by a serious supply problem, Ferrer told reporters. We just are not receiving enough vaccine doses to move as quickly as we, and you, would like us to.