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By City News Service
Dec 16, 2020
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Kelly Gonez today became the youngest-ever female president of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education.
Gonez, 32, is also the first of the millennial generation and one of only four women of color and one of three Latinas to lead the board that sets policy for the nation s second-largest school district, which serves a student population that is currently 80% Latino or Black, according to LAUSD officials.
“I want to thank my colleagues for this honor, and I look forward to working with each of them and Superintendent Austin Beutner and his team on behalf of the students of Los Angeles, Gonez said after she was unanimously elected to the post by her board colleagues.
COVID-19 mobile testing sites to target LA s high-risk areas
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Officials roll out mobile testing units in LA’s high-risk communities
FOX 11 s Mario Ramirez reports from San Pedro, an area that is considered one of the highest risk communities in Los Angeles County during the coronavirus pandemic.
LOS ANGELES - The city s five mobile coronavirus testing teams will deploy to locations in predominantly Black and Latino communities in the East San Fernando Valley and South Los Angeles beginning Tuesday and lasting throughout the week, in areas where COVID-19 infections nearly doubled in early December. Angelenos must remain vigilant in the face of this surge. Part of that is knowing their COVID-19 status, and our mobile testing teams ensure that Black and Latino communities can get tested and access this vital tool of public health, Mayor Eric Garcetti said. A vaccine offers us hope that the end of this pandemic is in sight, but we can t ignore the realities of the cu
By City News Service
Dec 15, 2020
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The city s five mobile coronavirus testing teams will deploy to locations in predominantly Black and Latino communities in the East San Fernando Valley and South Los Angeles beginning today and lasting throughout the week, in areas where COVID-19 infections nearly doubled in early December.
“Angelenos must remain vigilant in the face of this surge. Part of that is knowing their COVID-19 status, and our mobile testing teams ensure that Black and Latino communities can get tested and access this vital tool of public health, Mayor Eric Garcetti said. “A vaccine offers us hope that the end of this pandemic is in sight, but we can t ignore the realities of the current surge or the inequities laid bare by this virus we have to keep our guard up to save lives and protect our loved ones right now.
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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Tuesday dispatched five mobile coronavirus testing teams to predominantly Black and Latino communities in the east San Fernando Valley and South Los Angeles, where infections nearly doubled in early December.
“Angelenos must remain vigilant in the face of this surge,” Garcetti said in a statement, pointing to an explosion of cases across L.A. County and beyond in recent weeks.
As of Monday, L.A. County was averaging nearly 10,700 new coronavirus cases a day over the last week and 58 new COVID-19 deaths a day both at or near records.
Communities where the mobile units are headed have seen particularly dramatic increases relative to their population, according to the mayor’s office, which said it relies on county data to spot trends.