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Volunteers and health care workers carry out a mass vaccination campaign at the former site of a Sears department store in a partnership with San Diego County, the city of Chula Vista and Sharp HealthCare. (Courthouse News photo/Barbara Leonard) LOS ANGELES (CN) The race to get a Covid-19 vaccine in Los Angeles is cutthroat and most people don’t even know they’re in the competition. Over the last year, South Central and East LA have weathered the brunt of the pandemic as more Black and Latino residents died from the virus than any other groups in the county. A recent overview map from public health data shows underserved communities are alarmingly passed over in the vaccination rollout despite the best efforts from health agencies. ....
February 12, 2021 Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese spoke to reporters at the County Government Building Friday. File photo. California’s felony murder law allows judges to send convicts to prison for life and sentence them to death even when that person is not directly responsible for the death of another. Sen. Dave Cortese wants to end that practice, and give thousands of inmates charged under the law a chance to apply for a new sentence, with a bill he introduced this week. Defendants can be charged with felony murder when someone dies, even accidentally, during the commission of a felony like a robbery or burglary. It applies to the person whose actions caused the death and to accomplices individuals who, while involved in the crime, did not kill anyone and did not intend for anyone to die, Cortese said. ....