Necessary California Week in Review: Parties over – Los Angeles Times

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How many infections? A breakdown in the electronic collection of coronavirus test data is hampering California's pandemic response. Technical problems with the electronic system for event and studying infection rates might be leading to substantial undercounts of infections throughout the state, and the steep drop Newsom revealed this week may not be accurate. The breakdown has left California progressively in the dark about how the infection is spreading. Ad The problems at EDD. Ancient technology. Bureaucratic red tape. Little training. These are a few of the problems employees atthe overwhelmed Employment Development Department blame for the stockpile of nearly 1 million unsettled unemployment claims. As out-of-work Californians struggle even to get answers, lawmakers are requiring Gov. Gavin Newsom instantly begin paying the advantages.”The kids are going stir-crazy.”Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti alerted today that he will turned off party homes'water and power, following a string of estate celebrations in the Hollywood Hills thatthreatens to spread the infection further. Some have proven deadly in other ways too, consisting of one today that ended in a deadly shooting. One day in L.A.'s pandemic. The Times sent out press reporters throughout the city to capture one day in the life of the pandemic– from the flower mart, which in a normal wedding event season might have been dynamic at 4 a.m., to Lake View Terrace, one of the county's hardest-hit communities, to Santa Monica, where a painting trainer has learned to teach by video.What the “SWAT Mafia”does. Last month, an LAPD whistleblower implicated the elite system of producing a “culture of violence “that glorifies deadly force, and

its leaders of overlooking the problems when he flagged them. Now, he's detailed the sort of occurrences he reported– like the killing of a homeless guy from a sniper in a helicopter. Ad The future of school. Beyond L.A., some California grade schools might be able to reopen for in-person classes under a stringent waiver system, but the rules