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Thuc Nhi Nguyen, and it’s Wednesday, Feb. 17. Thank you to those who wrote emails and welcomed me to the newsletter after my debut yesterday. I appreciate your kind words as we continue this journey together. As a note for those wondering, my first name is actually Thuc Nhi, pronounced “Too-k Knee.” With the extended introduction done, here’s what’s happening with the coronavirus in California and beyond. Newsletter Get our free Coronavirus Today newsletter Sign up for the latest news, best stories and what they mean for you, plus answers to your questions. Enter email address ...

LOS ANGELES – The announcement this week that Los Angeles County coronavirus rates have finally dropped low enough to allow for the immediate reopening of elementary schools is leading to

"The health threat that these grocery workers face cannot be overstated -- recent studies before the current surge report grocery workers to be five times more likely to test positive," stated the original motion, which was introduced by Council President Nury Martinez and Councilmen Paul Koretz, Mitch O'Farrell and Curren Price on Dec. 15. "These workers must be justly compensated for the clear and present dangers of doing their jobs during the pandemic by requiring their employers to provide hazard pay." Councilman Joe Buscaino amended the motion Tuesday to have the chief legislative analys...

The Ralphs supermarket on the corner of Wardlow Road and Los Coyotes Diagonal in Long Beach looks like so many other suburban grocery stores. But it has become an unlikely flashpoint in the heated battle over whether grocery workers deserve “hero pay” for their work during the pandemic. Ralphs now plans to close the location after Long Beach approved a hazard wage. And the industry has warned that more stores will close if the such pay rules expand. That has outraged some officials. Here is a look at the hero pay issue: Q: So what is hero pay? The concept is that grocery store workers wh...

LA City Council votes to move forward on hazard pay for grocery workers KABC LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to move forward with a proposed emergency ordinance that would require large grocery and pharmacy retailers to offer employees an additional $5 per hour in hazard day amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The vote requested the city attorney to prepare the ordinance and the chief legislative analyst to report on potential economic impacts of the ordinance and potential legal challenges. Long Beach recently enacted an emergency ordinance for $4 per hou...