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The four Southern Californians charged so far with joining the violent assault on the U.S. Capitol are an oddball crew.
There’s John Strand, a fashion model who displayed his six-pack on the cover of a raunchy novel, “Howl for It.” When photos emerged online showing his alleged participation in the siege, Facebook deleted his accounts, leading Strand to gripe on Twitter that he’d been “digitally assassinated.”
There’s Simone Gold, the Beverly Hills concierge doctor who crusaded against mask-wearing for months, only to be caught on video wearing one inside the Capitol as insurrectionists taunted police.
Solis on Monday night announced that she had signed an executive order making COVID-19 shots available to residents 65 and older. The announcement marked a major policy shift, since Ferrer and other health officials have insisted previously that the county needs to finish inoculating health care workers before offering limited vaccine supplies to members of the general public.
Ferrer on Tuesday downplayed any perceived internal conflict or difference of opinion, saying she did not consider Solis executive order to be an “overruling of the Public Health Department.” Ferrer said the county has made tremendous progress in getting health care workers vaccinated, and she acknowledged the need to vaccinate older residents who are at higher risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19 even amid scarce vaccine supplies.
A line of more than 100 cars snaked around the Long Beach Convention Center and through its parking lot on Tuesday as the city launched its mass COVID-19 super site capable of handling up to 3,000 people a day.
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The rollout kicked off on time at 10 a.m. and as of mid afternoon was running smoothly. People in cars received their shots at about half a dozen pods set up in the center’s mass parking garage, while others waiting at a walk-in area set up in the Terrace Theater entrance. Afternoon wait times averaged about 30 mins.
Health officials were hopeful that Long Bach will avoid some of the hiccups seen at other mass vaccine sites like Disneyland, which last week saw long lines and trouble with its appointment scheduling.
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