Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Resolute, sincere and white, Stockton Police Chief Eric Jones in 2016 and apologized for a history that many of his colleagues dismiss: the slave patrol origins behind modern American policing. Not long ago, he said, law enforcement was dispatched to keep order at lynchings, part of a legacy that has long prevented Black communities from trusting police. He spoke in uniform, with a black band across his badge to honor days earlier by an Army reservist angry about the killing of Black men by police.Though Jones said he and his...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Resolute, sincere and white, Stockton Police Chief Eric Jones in 2016 and apologized for a history that many of his colleagues dismiss: the slave patrol origins behind modern American policing. Not long ago, he said, law enforcement was dispatched to keep order at lynchings, part of a legacy that has long prevented Black communities from trusting police. He spoke in uniform, with a black band across his badge to honor days earlier by an Army reservist angry about the killing of Black men by police.Though Jones said he and his...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement It is a tragedy unfolding in real time. At a skilled nursing facility in the Tulare County town of Visalia, 71 residents and 41 staffers have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Six residents at the 176-bed Redwood Springs Healthcare Center are dead and eight are in acute care, according to Anita Hubbard, the center’s administrator.But without Hubbard’s details, little would be known about one of California’s worst outbreaks of the deadly virus in a senior facility. Tulare County stopped commenting for five days, during which...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement It is a tragedy unfolding in real time. At a skilled nursing facility in the Tulare County town of Visalia, 71 residents and 41 staffers have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Six residents at the 176-bed Redwood Springs Healthcare Center are dead and eight are in acute care, according to Anita Hubbard, the center’s administrator.But without Hubbard’s details, little would be known about one of California’s worst outbreaks of the deadly virus in a senior facility. Tulare County stopped commenting for five days, during which...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Nearly half of all deaths related to COVID-19 in California are linked to elder care facilities, a data analysis by the Los Angeles Times has found, with the state releasing new data suggesting that there have been many more outbreaks than previously disclosed. At least 1,276 people have died after being infected with the coronavirus in skilled nursing or assisted living facilities in California, accounting for more than 49% of total fatalities reported by the state. The deaths are part of state data showing that at least 387 skilled...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Nearly half of all deaths related to COVID-19 in California are linked to elder care facilities, a data analysis by the Los Angeles Times has found, with the state releasing new data suggesting that there have been many more outbreaks than previously disclosed. At least 1,276 people have died after being infected with the coronavirus in skilled nursing or assisted living facilities in California, accounting for more than 49% of total fatalities reported by the state. The deaths are part of state data showing that at least 387 skilled...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement On Saturday afternoon, Pastor John DeBow watched with pride as his daughter defied social distancing edicts at the state Capitol by giving free haircuts to some of the people from across California who had gathered again to protest remaining restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus. He was unaware that, a few yards away, a contingent of Proud Boys, an alt-right organization, had set up a tent attached to the stage. Some members were walking through the crowd in camouflage tactical vests and their trademark...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement On Saturday afternoon, Pastor John DeBow watched with pride as his daughter defied social distancing edicts at the state Capitol by giving free haircuts to some of the people from across California who had gathered again to protest remaining restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus. He was unaware that, a few yards away, a contingent of Proud Boys, an alt-right organization, had set up a tent attached to the stage. Some members were walking through the crowd in camouflage tactical vests and their trademark...WW…