In life an Indigenous leader from Guatemala helped so many in Los Angeles find home, but in death he’s caught between two countries.
Friends and family gather in Los Angeles, California to pay their respects to Policarpo Chaj, K’iche’ translator and spiritual leader, who passed away from Covid-19 Feb. 16, 2021. (Courthouse News photo/ Nathan Solis)
(CN) The Indigenous community leader Policarpo Chaj has closed his mouth, but he’s surrounded by friends and family who say they can still hear his voice.
Chaj turned 49 on Jan. 16, 2021, while intubated at Cedars-Sinai Hospital. During a video call, his cousin Ervin Hernandez asked the nurses to come over to hold the phone up to Chaj’s face so they could sing “Happy Birthday” together.
El Líder de la Comunidad Indígena Tomada por Covid-19 Deja una Impresión Duradera en Los Ángeles
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Volunteers and health care workers carry out a mass vaccination campaign at the former site of a Sears department store in a partnership with San Diego County, the city of Chula Vista and Sharp HealthCare. (Courthouse News photo/Barbara Leonard)
LOS ANGELES (CN) The race to get a Covid-19 vaccine in Los Angeles is cutthroat and most people don’t even know they’re in the competition.
Over the last year, South Central and East LA have weathered the brunt of the pandemic as more Black and Latino residents died from the virus than any other groups in the county. A recent overview map from public health data shows underserved communities are alarmingly passed over in the vaccination rollout despite the best efforts from health agencies.
The Stanley Mosk Courthouse of the LA County Superior Court (Courthouse News photo / Nathan Solis)
(CN) A lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Superior Court over its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic spilled Monday into the Orange County Superior Court, where a judge denied a request to temporarily halt all traffic and eviction hearings during the pandemic.
Earlier this month, a group of legal aid and pro bono law firms sued LA Superior Court, arguing traffic and unlawful detainer or eviction court hearings should temporarily cease until Covid-19 is no longer a threat to the public.
“I read that, and I thought, ‘Wow, that may be years,’” said Orange County Superior Court Judge William Claster in a hearing Monday.