11July 2020
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“Young invincibles.” The California coronavirus outlook worsened over the Fourth of July weekend, and more counties were added to Gov. Gavin Newsom's COVID-19 watch list. On Monday, Newsom blamed younger individuals who might believe”they are invincible” however are becoming sick from COVID-19
up, otherwise. It's been several weeks considering that Newsom purchased Californians to use face coverings while in public settings. But with coronavirus cases and hospitalizations surging, some communities are now saying they will fine people who breach the rules. Testing limitations return. As the demand for coronavirus testing exceeds the supply in Los Angeles County, authorities are shifting their recommendations on who need to get tested. They say the restricted availability is triggered not by insufficient funding or other resources however by undue a need. Will schools reopen? In spite of making strategies to reopen, Los Angeles County's top public health official has actually stated all public and independent schools should get ready for students to continue finding out completely from home. Moms and dads statewide are stressed and divided over the question, and teachers argue it's not safe to reopen class yet. Dealing with prison outbreaks. As numerous as 8,000 incarcerated people could be released early, over half of them by the end of this month, in an effort to stop coronavirus outbreaks raging in California's jails, leading Newsom advisors stated Friday. On Monday, the system's leading medical officer was ousted in the middle of criticism of transfers of individuals between prisons.
[See also: “How the San Quentin coronavirus break out exploded “in the Essential California newsletter] Hate crimes are up. Incidents directed at Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are exploding this year, according to supporters pushing for Newsom to increase financing for programs battling bias and include a cultural agent to his new COVID-19 task force.Protesters find a new technique. Because the pandemic started, a growing variety of L.A. public officials have seen their homes become the targets of protesters– some on foot, others in vehicles– calling for action on occupants ‘rights, protections for the homeless and other problems related to the pandemic's economic fallout. Autopsy outcomes. Andres Guardado was shot 5 times in the back by a Los Angeles County constable's deputy, the coroner's main autopsy report discovered, drawing the exact same conclusions as an independent autopsy. The coroner's office released the document despite a”security hold”by the Sheriff's Department and in the middle of growing demands for responses. Advertisement Connection through demonstrations. A group of Latina ladies from Lincoln Heights, Boyle Heights and East L.A.
This week's most clicked stories in Essential California
1. “Dad's been shot”: Harrowing story of a Danville family's terrible off-roading trip. San Francisco Chronicle 2. COVID-19 and blood type: What's the link? Los Angeles Times 3.” Why Log Truck Drivers Rise Earlier Than Students of Zen”by Gary Snyder. Ronnow Poetry 4. USC should”consider its history of white supremacy “in its name websites, some say. Los Angeles Times Advertisement 5. California has five of the 20 most gentrified U.S. cities, topped by San Francisco-Oakland, study shows. Here's the list. USA Today ICYMI, here are today's fantastic checks out
A trans Christian minister came out in a sermon. Now, she's bracing for what follows. Vox An L.A. ice cream vendor adapts to life in a COVID-19 world. For the previous 16 years, Mauro Rios Parra has offered fruit bars and ice cream on the streets of Pico-Union, one of L.A.'s densest areas with one of its greatest death rates from COVID-19. My coworker Dorany Pineda tells Parra's story wonderfully in this piece. Los Angeles Times Adopted at birth, Rebecca Trimble grew up believing she was a U.S. person. However what she thought was a small mix-up in her documentation was something else entirely. Lacking legal status, she is now at threat of deportation to a nation where she doesn't speak the native language and “actually knows absolutely no individuals.” New York Times Ad Poem of the week:” Calmly We Walk Through This April's Day “by Delmore Schwartz. Poetry Foundation Please let us understand what we can do to make this newsletter better to you. Send out remarks, grievances, ideas and unassociated book suggestions to Julia Wick. Follow her on Twitter @Sherlyholmes. (And a huge thanks to the famous Diya Chacko for all her aid on the Saturday edition.)