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School districts across the Santa Clarita Valley endured an ever-changing school year that included sudden classroom-setting changes, cancelation of events and now a significant decrease in student enrollment which has led to some teachers receiving notices about potential layoffs if the funding situation doesn’t improve.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reduced physical distancing guidelines from 6 feet to 3 feet in a classroom setting, but local school districts cannot make changes until the state and county’s guidance aligns.
Los Angeles County Public Health officials on Friday confirmed 60 new deaths and 756 new cases of COVID-19 countywide, with 26,944 total cases in the Santa Clarita Valley. In addition, nearly 3,235,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to people across Los Angeles County.
Family members of 17-year-old Pedro Roman announced Monday the Valencia High School student died, following a recent relapse of his cancer.
Pedro was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2019. Since his diagnosis, support and love has poured in for Pedro and his family.
Football teammates shaved their heads in support of him undergoing chemotherapy, and the student section at Valencia High School honored him with banners and T-shirts showing his name during one of their football games. On Saturday, dozens showed up at a community blood drive in honor of their classmate.
In remembrance of Pedro, a community candlelight vigil has been organized. The event is set to take place at Central Park at 8:00 p.m. Thursday.
Updated on January 28, 2021 at 11:38 am
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The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner held its second inquest in nearly 30 years Thursday to provide a public examination of the death of Fred William, III, who was shot to death while running from LA County Sheriff’s Department deputies in Willowbrook last year.
Deputy medical examiner Dr. Vadim Poukens, M.D., who conducted the autopsy, testified that William was shot once, and the wound would have been fatal within one hour.
“Was Mr. William’s back to the deputy when he was shot?,” asked Deputy County Counsel Joseph Langton.
“Yes,” said Dr. Poukens.
LA County families face funeral arrangement delays due to overwhelmed morgues, funeral homes
COVID-19 deaths taking toll on families, mortuaries
LOS ANGELES - Families in LA County are facing delays to plan funeral arrangements for deceased loved ones due to the influx of COVID-19 deaths and unrelated deaths that are overwhelming morgues and funeral homes.
As of January 15, more than 2,700 bodies were stored in hospitals and the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner.
In preparation for the pandemic, the coroner s office installed refrigerated storage units in April of 2020. During normal operations, the coroner can store up to 500 bodies, and with the additional units, it can further hold 1,500 for a total of 2,000.