Thank You AQMD for Your More Accurate Air Quality Map and Downloadable App Details
PUBLIC HEALTH-According to the American Lung Association, the Los Angeles – Long Beach area has the worst air quality in the Nation.
(Graphic: Current air quality index map from the South Coastal Air Quality Management District – February 25, 2020 at 3:00 a.m)
Last year, due to the combination of the pandemic and our “Stay at Home” orders, the intense heat in the summer, and the wildfires that no longer know a season, I found myself constantly checking the South Coastal Air Quality Management District (AQMD) website for our current air quality.
By City News Service
Feb 12, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Mayor Eric Garcetti broke into song today during a virtual celebration for the grand opening of the West Valley s first Bridge Housing site, which is meant to provide transitional housing to people experiencing homelessness.
The Willows, in Canoga Park, opened to residents on Feb. 1 and will provide them with resources including case management, space for animals and larger quarters for couples. The 75-bed facility is the first Bridge Housing facility to accommodate opposite-sex couples.
The facility was named “The Willows for the Tongva nation, which “nurtured the site and used to construct their homes out of willow branches, according to Los Angeles Family Housing s Stephanie Klasky-Gamer, who said her organization received the blessing of Tongva Chief Anthony Morales to build the facility.
By City News Service
Dec 30, 2020
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Two people in a stolen SUV led police on a chase Tuesday evening in the West San Fernando Valley, with one eluding arrest.
Police began chasing the Toyota 4Runner about 7 p.m. It was on Victory Boulevard about 15 minutes later when it slowed near Canby Avenue when one person got out. He was apprehended by police, said Officer Mike Lopez of the Los Angeles Police Department.
The other person in the vehicle continued driving, getting onto the Ventura (101) Freeway before exiting on De Soto Avenue.
At least four patrol vehicles chased the SUV as the driver eventually pulled off into bus lanes from Vanowen Street. He then got out of the vehicle and fled on foot, entering a tunnel near the Los Angeles River.
By City News Service
US-HEALTH-VIRUS-CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The federal judge overseeing a lawsuit concerning the homelessness crisis in the Los Angeles area is expected to hold a status conference next month somewhere on Skid Row depending on how the COVID-19 numbers look at the time to determine whether the city and county are on track to meet obligations to provide 6,000 beds by April.
The lawsuit has led to a preliminary agreement between the city and county to provide 6,700 beds, 6,000 of which are due by April. The agreement was a result of an injunction that was issued by the court ordering the city and county to humanely relocate people living over, under and near freeways.