The latest surveys found 51% of California voters approve of Newsom’s job performance, while 39% disapprove. The approval rating marks a 16 percentage-point drop from a high in Morning Consult polling set in the middle of May, but is still superior to his standing at any point prior to the pandemic since he took office in January 2019.
From Feigning Intimacy to Falling in Love
On their first date at a small Rosh Hashana dinner, Dr. Margaret Soper and Jason Kessler made a split-second decision to act as though they were already a couple. It wasn’t long before they weren’t pretending.
Credit.Jennifer Roper
Published Jan. 29, 2021Updated Feb. 1, 2021
It was a few days before Rosh Hashana, and Dr. Margaret Swenson Soper suddenly found herself with no plans. She had just learned that the tickets she thought she had to attend services had fallen through, and was feeling sorry for herself.
“I had a little pity party for myself,” Dr. Soper, 41, said. “And then the next morning I woke up and I thought: ‘You know what? I’m going to figure something out.’”
After almost two weeks in the hospital battling COVID-19, Gerardo Mercado was ready to go home. There was just one problem: He couldn’t get portable oxygen cylinders to aid his recovery there.
Southern California hospitals are struggling to get enough lifesaving oxygen to patients as they weather the COVID-19 surge, revealing infrastructure problems at old buildings and a supply-chain backlog with critical consequences.
“Our hospitals have never experienced this kind of strain on the oxygen supply chain,” said Adam Blackstone, vice president of external affairs and strategic communications with the Hospital Assn. of Southern California, which represents 180 hospitals.
COVID-19 hospitalization rates in L.A. County have come down from their alarming highs of two weeks ago, improving the oxygen pipeline to hospitals. But hospital administrators and medical suppliers say problems with refill and delivery of oxygen tanks are still hampering the medical response.
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