A UCLA team has found that in the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than three million Californians reported their households went without sufficient food.
That was an increase of 22% from the pre-pandemic rate, and the impact was felt widely across the state, especially among those already facing hunger: those experiencing household food insufficiency prior to COVID-19 were 40 times more likely to be food insufficient - defined simply as “not having enough food to eat.” Of adults who experienced household food insufficiency during COVID-19, almost 80% were food insufficient prior to the pandemic.
“Our findings show regional differences, across California, in food insufficiency risk,” said
Concert ticketing service Ticketfly says it’s working to get its system back online after a data breach leaked users’ personal information and disrupted services at live music venues. The San Francisco firm’s parent company, Eventbrite, said Sunday that the stolen information included customers’ names, addresses, emails and phone numbers. It hasn’t disclosed other details, but a website that tracks data. President May 10, 2018
The most challenging cities to live with spring allergies are mostly located in the northwest and southwest of the country, NBC News reported. The finding comes in a recently study by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, which also says climate change is to blame for this year’s more intense pollen counts. Among the study’s rankings of the.
Bay Area employers more likely to require vaccinations against coronavirus than other U.S. regions
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Marco Antonio Vega receives a vaccination at the Facebook headquarters vaccine distribution center in Menlo Park.Josie Lepe/Special to the Chronicle
Businesses mostly have the power to require employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. But while many businesses across the nation are deciding against vaccine mandates to avoid facing privacy concerns and the potential for a public uproar by defiant employees those in the Bay Area are more likely to ask their employees to get the shots.
Recent data from a U.S. census small business survey done during the second full week in April shows that some local Bay Area businesses have not been deterred from requiring proof of vaccinations.
Electrify America Details Next $200 Million EV Investment Plan
Long Beach, California will benefit from EA s next Green City effort. Electrify America
Next 30-month investment round by Electrify America will include Green City projects for Long Beach-Wilmington in California.
The station builder will focus on EV infrastructure for trucks and buses in the Los Angeles area.
The next 30-month investment plan will include EV infrastructure in several new metro areas, currently underserved by EV stations.
Electrify America plans to invest $200 million in California s zero-emission infrastructure and education over the next 30 months, part of its third investment phase into such efforts in the state. The effort is a part of a larger, $800-million investment in the state over the course of 10 years, which began in 2016.
LA Mayor’s Job Creation Claim Raises Questions
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About a week ago, on April 21, the Los Angeles mayor released his $11.23 billion budget proposal for the 2021–22 fiscal year.
The night before, Mayor Eric Garcetti gave his State of the City speech, offering some rationale for his budget. He called it “a financial document … but also a roadmap,” providing a vision of the city’s future.
Within that vision, he made the claim that the capital improvement projects at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the Port of Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power combined with the proposals he was making for the city-run budget “are creating more than a million new jobs for our city.”