COVID-19 cases and deaths from L.A.’s especially bad winter surge ravaged many of the neighborhoods LAUSD schools serve. How many families will send their kids back?
People with medical conditions that put them at a high-risk for death and/or severe effects from COVID-19 will be eligible for the vaccine starting Monday, March 15. But there s been some uncertainty about how they ll prove it.
Sheriff’s New Helipad; New Park to Playa Trail | Feb. 10
On the Feb. 10 episode of SoCal Update, the L.A. County Sheriff gets heat for his personal helipad, plus an idea to get some sunshine and burn some calories this long weekend.
L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is under fire for having a helipad built next to his home. Public Safety Correspondent Frank Stoltze has details on what motivated the decision and who is challenging it.
We’re coming up on a three-day holiday weekend, and if you are up for a good nature walk without leaving the city, Infrastructure Correspondent Sharon McNary recommends the Park to Playa Trail. The new Mark-Ridley Thomas bridge connects Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area to the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook and the Ballona Creek Bike Path, which ends in Playa del Rey.
Homelessness
LA s Program To House Homeless Residents In Empty Hotel Rooms Gets A Boost In Federal Aid
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February 11, 2021 5:45 PM
Julie Mariane gathers her belongings in a motel room last April while getting ready to be transferred to a room in a Venice Beach hotel. (Apu Gomes / AFP via Getty Images)
The city of L.A. is extending Project Roomkey, the program to house those experiencing homelessness in hotels, after a boost in federal aid.
Under Project Roomkey, L.A. would pay for those rooms up front, and then receive a 75% reimbursement from FEMA. Then late last month, President Biden signed an executive order to reimburse cities for 100% of the costs.