California is finally bolstering its ground game for getting vaccines into arms.
In an effort that resembles
a get-out-the-vote campaign, the Golden State is hiring 2,000 canvassers to work the phones and knock on doors, report my colleagues Laura J. Nelson and Maya Lau. And stay tuned for a flurry of ads and testimonials on television, radio and even TikTok.
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The state is also expanding its efforts to target those who don’t have the resources that, to date, have proved necessary to get a vaccine in California: cars, reliable internet access, paid sick leave and trusted medical providers. Officials are coordinating free transportation, setting up kiosks outside high-traffic areas such as malls and train stations, and opening more clinics for walk-in appointments.
California high schoolers are saying no thanks to reopened campuses and are staying home
Paloma Esquivel and Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times
May 10, 2021
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1of3Panorama High School and Magnets drama teacher Patricia Francisco teaches on Zoom in her classroom where she has set-up stage lighting within the black-box theater in Panorama High School on Tuesday, May 6, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. Two stage lights brighten her face as she speaks to her camera with students logging in from home, with others scattered in classrooms around the campus.Al Seib/TNSShow MoreShow Less
2of3Ninth grader Carlos “Jairo” Zamora, 16, logs in via Zoom to classes in another part of the building as he sits in the Panorama High School classroom of drama teacher Patricia Francisco.Al Seib/TNSShow MoreShow Less
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Residents in East Long Beach have access to nearly 16 times the park space than those living in West Long Beach. But as the City Council tries to address this inequity, it will likely run into two big obstacles: time and money.
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A report released by the city this month outlined the park inventory in the city and potential ways the city can expand it, but also the challenges that would accompany those additions. The largest park in East Long Beach, El Dorado Regional Park, consists of 400 acres of open public space, while Virginia Country Club and Rancho Los Cerritos make up the largest open area in the western half of the city.