âThis Was Coming Full Circleâ
Wednesday: The intensive care nurse who was the first person in California to get a vaccine dose talks about the experience.
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Helen Cordova, an I.C.U. nurse, posed with her vaccination record card after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center on Monday.Credit.Jae C. Hong/Associated Press
Good morning.
When Helen Cordova got the call from her manager on Sunday, she knew sheâd be among the first at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center to get a coveted vaccine dose.
But it wasnât until she showed up to work at the huge East Hollywood hospital complex on Monday and was told that the governor was en route that she realized she would play a singular role in California history.
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The waiting game continues for Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Angelenos watching to see if he will serve out the remaining two years of his term.
President-elect Joe Biden’s team is announcing nominations for Cabinet positions, but the mayor’s name has yet to be called.
On Tuesday, former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg was announced as Biden’s nominee for secretary of Transportation, a post for which Garcetti at one point was viewed as a contender.
It has been reported that Garcetti, who is close to Biden and served as a co-chair of his presidential campaign, could be appointed a climate change advisor or to some other climate-related post.
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David Carrillo Peñaloza, the author of the TimesOC newsletter and an editor for Los Angeles Times Community News.
The COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in California. Getting everyone vaccinated is the next hurdle.
The state received 327,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in its first allocation. An additional 1 million doses are expected to arrive this month.
The Orange County Health Care Agency on Tuesday reported just 10.4% of beds are available in intensive care units throughout the county.
Here are the latest headlines for our Orange County readers:
Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, watches as nurse Helen Cordova, center, becomes one of the first Californians to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center on Monday.
2020-12-16 16:01:11 GMT2020-12-17 00:01:11(Beijing Time) Sina English
California State Governor Gavin Newsom holds up a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in Los Angeles on Monday.
California officials ordered thousands of extra body bags on Tuesday as record coronavirus cases left Los Angeles with fewer than 100 intensive care beds available for a county of 10 million people.
The situation has grown severe across southern parts of California, which was praised for its response at the start of the US pandemic in spring, but which has seen COVID-related hospital admissions soar sixfold since mid-October.
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