Tag: NY-Cal

Laguna Beach Teens Create Care Packages for the Homeless

When high school students Zoey and Jake Cutter in Laguna Beach, California, asked their mother what she wanted for Christmas, they got an unexpected answer: She suggested they start a project to help others for the holidays. “I said that would be the biggest Christmas present I would ever have,” their mother, Stefanie Shelly, told…


California Calls for Pause on Use of Batch of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines

California officials directed COVID-19 vaccine providers on Jan. 17 not to administer any doses from a batch of more than 330,000 that was circulated across the state. The reason was a “higher-than-usual number of possible allergic reactions,” California State Epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan said in a statement. The doses were produced by Moderna. Moderna, the Centers…


California Calls for Pause in Use of Huge Batch of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines

California officials late Sunday directed COVID-19 vaccine providers to not administer any doses from a batch of over 330,000 that was circulated across the state. The reason was a “higher-than-usual number of possible allergic reactions,” California State Epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan said in a statement. The doses were produced by Moderna. Moderna, the Centers for Disease…


Spurred to Action, LA Saloon Owner Creates ‘Think Tank’ to Help Struggling Businesses

SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.—Angela Marsden was unexpectedly thrust into the media spotlight when she went viral for her fiery grievances against Los Angeles County’s COVID-19 restrictions which prohibit outdoor dining, after an NBC comedy production was allowed to have a similar outdoor setup next to her restaurant, the Pineapple Hill Saloon. To her, it was a…


Orange County Reports 47 New COVID-19 Deaths

SANTA ANA (CNS)—Orange County reported 1,448 new cases of COVID-19 and 47 additional deaths Jan. 17, bringing the county’s totals to 210,813 cases and 2,367 fatalities. Hospitalization rates continued to dip, dropping to 2,026 Jan. 17—down from 2,065 on Jan. 16, 2,101 Jan. 15 and 2,169 Jan. 14, according to the Orange County Health Care…


California Freelancers Say New Exemption Law Still Not Enough

California freelancers derailed by last year’s controversial gig worker mandate are set to receive more exemptions through a newly enacted law—but opponents say the new bill still isn’t enough to offset the harm done to them by AB 5. Assembly Bill 2257 (AB 2257), which went into effect Jan. 1, adds new exceptions to AB…


California Unemployment Fraud Estimated to Reach $10 Billion

A security firm investigating California’s fraudulent pandemic unemployment claims warned that the scope of the fraud could be more than twice as much as previously estimated. At least 10 percent of unemployment claims may have been fraudulent before the state Employment Development Department (EDD) installed controls last October, according to Blake Hall, founder and chief…


California Unemployment Benefits Fraud Might Top $9 Billion

A security firm investigating California’s fraudulent pandemic unemployment claims warned that the scope of the fraud could be more than twice as much as previously estimated. At least 10 percent of unemployment claims before the state Employment Development Department (EDD) installed controls last October may have been fraudulent, according to Blake Hall, founder and chief…


UK CCP Virus Strain Found in Los Angeles, as Officials Report 700 Daily Deaths in California

Public health officials in Los Angeles Count said that the UK COVID-19 strain discovered late last year was found in the county, warning that a surge of the CCP virus will continue into the near future at the very least. The B.1.1.7 strain of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus—a novel coronavirus that emerged in…


UK Strain of CCP Virus Found in Los Angeles, as California Officials Report 700 Daily Deaths

Public health officials in Los Angeles County said that the UK COVID-19 strain discovered late last year was found in the county, warning that a surge of the CCP virus will continue into the near future at the very least. The B.1.1.7 strain of the CCP virus—a novel coronavirus that emerged in Wuhan, China, in…