Vital California: Why L.A. COVID-19 clients are passing away at lower rates – Los Angeles Times

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It's Monday, Aug. 10, and here's

throughout California: As COVID-19 cases rise , patients in Los Angeles are dying

at a lower rate. The coronavirus continues to eliminate hundreds of people weekly in L.A. County, however the death toll has actually remained lower than expected. The pattern is due in part to more youthful individuals falling ill, in addition to better control over the disease's spread in high-risk settings, such as nursing houses. However physicians state there's another factor rising survival rates: better treatments. When COVID-19 patients very first began showing up in medical facilities in the spring, physicians did

n't understand which medicines or treatments would work. Little was comprehended about how the virus was transferred or the very best way to secure personnel. But that has actually changed quickly as medical professionals around the world research study and deal with COVID-19. Research findings in one nation may within days become medical guidelines in another. Los Angeles Times Ad Gov. Gavin Newsom's director of the California Department of Public Health resigned on Sunday. Dr. Sonia Angell, who held the position for less than a year, revealed her resignation in an email sent out to department staff that was launched by

the California Health and Human Services Agency. Her abrupt departure came simply days after the discovery of a computer system failure that resulted in the undercounting of COVID-19 cases in the state. Los Angeles Times L.A. STORIES In the middle of a pandemic, a wonder concerned Father Greg Boyle and Homeboy Industries. A$2.5-million Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Humanitarian Award rained down on the not-for-profit– which has actually had its share of monetary struggles in the past– like

manna from heaven. Los Angeles Times What do you do if you're 66 and battling leukemia during a pandemic however are likewise responsible for some of the most essential operate in L.A.? Homeboy Industries creator Father Gregory Boyle has moved his workplace to a physically distanced, al fresco camping tent in the gang-rehabilitation organization's car park.( Irfan Khan/ Los Angeles Times)Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. President Lorenzo Soria, who managed the organization that puts on the yearly Golden Globe Awards, has died at 68. Soria, who was reelected to his post in June, had formerly functioned as president of the company from 2003 to 2005 and from 2015 to 2017. Los Angeles Times Advertisement

In Los Angeles, contact tracers are battling two contagions: the coronavirus and worry. Persuading contaminated individuals to open up indicates helping them confront deeply held concerns about deportation or task loss. New York Times With L.A. Councilman Jose Huizar detained and suspended, who's in charge in his district? Many Angelenos stay puzzled about who is actually running the council workplace that represents communities stretching from downtown to Eagle Rock. Los Angeles Times POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT Trump aides struggle to safeguard his pandemic relief orders as U.S. cases reach 5 million: President Trump

‘s senior assistants on Sunday defended his handling of intertwined economic and public health crises, stating that Democrats would bear the blame for millions of Americans'monetary distress if legislators challenge Trump's questionable new instructions on pandemic relief. Los Angeles Times Ad The background for anybody who missed it: On Saturday, Trump stated he was bypassing Congress and taking unilateral action to offer financial relief to Americans struggling during the coronavirus crisis, in spite of unpredictability about his legal authority to do so. Trump signed 4 orders that he said would extend enhanced federal unemployment benefits of$400 weekly, defer some staff members'payroll taxes, continue a momentary restriction on expulsions and reduce the burden of trainee loans. To spend for this, Trump

is wishing to use$ 44 billion in formerly approved catastrophe help to states. Trump also said states would be asked to contribute 25%of the cost– or $100 weekly– and it is unclear whether states would be able or ready to do that.Nine months after stepping down from Congress, Katie Hill is attempting to progress. Like apparently every other American with newly found time on their hands, the former congresswoman is releasing a podcast.(She likewise composed a narrative.) New York Times HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT How the coronavirus blew up among Latino homeowners in Oakland's Fruitvale district.”Fruitvale has been battered

San Francisco Chronicle A remembrance of Mexican record shops in Southern California and beyond:”The store sticker for me functions as a psychological map of where Mexican culture

valued by numerous immigrants. Ienjoy finding them and doing a Google map search for their location and question what life was like back then for Raza seeking to police the latest 78 by the most popular dueto of the time.” The Strachwitz Frontera Collection When itcomes time for people to go back to work, family pets might be ill-equipped to manage the long days in your home alone. Here are actions you can take now (and later on)to alleviate the eventual separation stress and anxiety. New York Times Minor scuffles appeared Sunday morning between rival demonstrators outside Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Newbury Park, which welcomed congregants in defiance of a judge's order prohibiting indoor services as a safety measure against the spread of the coronavirus. Los Angeles Times Ad Memorials honoring John Lewis have actually been held across the

country, however this one had an extremely California twist. Last weekend, more than a hundred Black Lives Matter supporters, NAACP members, surfers and good friends gathered at a San Luis Obispo County beach for a” paddle-out”to honor the memory of Rep. John Lewis and his long time pal and

activist C.T. Vivian. San Luis Obispo Tribune Free online video games Get our free day-to-day crossword puzzle, sudoku, word search and arcade games in our new game center at latimes.com/games. CALIFORNIA ALMANAC Los Angeles: partially sunny, 80. San Diego: partially sunny, 75. San Francisco: sunny, 67. San Jose: partly warm, 87. Fresno: sunny, 103. Sacramento: sunny, 96.More weather is

here.AND FINALLY Today's birthdays for those who made a mark in California:

author Danielle Steel(Aug. 14, 1947 ), Rep. Maxine Waters( Aug. 15, 1938 ), the long-deceased poet Charles Bukowski(Aug. 16, 1920)and filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu(Aug. 15, 1963).

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story about the Golden State, share it with us. (Please keep your story to 100 words.)Please let us know what we can do to make this newsletter more useful to you. Send out comments , grievances, ideas and unrelated book recommendations to Julia Wick. Follow her on Twitter @Sherlyholmes.