Father says son with speech impairment was unfairly booted from Palo Alto school for not wearing a mask
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A father of an incoming senior at Palo Alto High School said he “had no other choice” but to sue the school district after his son was kicked out of a summer class for refusing to wear a mask, citing fears his son would not graduate on time.
“I’m doing this to protect my son’s right to an education,” said A.J. Gokcek, the student’s father and attorney. He filed the suit against Palo Alto Unified School District this month in Santa Clara Superior Court.
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Tuolumne County has 34 known covid infected individuals actively isolating which is the most the county has seen since the end of February 2021. Of the 76 new Covid-19 cases since June 15 more than a third, a total of 28 cases have been identified since last Friday.
Tuolumne County Interim Public Health Officer, Dr. Eric Sergienko says Tuolumne has not confirmed any additional cases of the Delta Variant of Covid but notes, “I honestly think that is because our sequencing is lagging behind our test results. I anticipate that over the next week or so we will get results back that will indicate that we have more Delta cases here.” Dr. Sergienko notes about 60-percent of cases that are being sequenced in California now are identified a
Updated: 4:32 PM PDT July 15, 2021
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. In the face of steadily increasing COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations, Los Angeles County residents will again be required to wear masks in indoor public settings beginning Saturday night, health officials announced Thursday.
LA County Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis said the county is not where we need to be in terms of vaccinations against the virus, as evidenced by seven straight days of new cases numbers that topped 1,000. On Thursday, the county reported 1,537 new infections, the highest number since early March.
Davis said the rate of virus spread in the county has officially risen from moderate to substantial, with infections five times more likely to occur among unvaccinated residents.
San Diego County won t reinstate indoor mask mandate despite Los Angeles County decision
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Co-owner Niccolo Angius washes his hands as he works out a plan to reopen his Cesarina restaurant Tuesday, May 12, 2020, once it is allowed by local authorities in San Diego. California is recommending restaurants screen guests for symptoms, have servers wear masks and keep diners at least six feet (1.8 meters) apart once they reopen under guidance released Tuesday to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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SAN DIEGO (KGTV) â San Diego County public health officials said Thursday they will not require masks indoors for everyone after Los Angeles County officials reinstated its mask mandate amid increasing COVID-19 cases.