Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement For years, Huntington Beach has tried to push back against its reputation as a magnet for extremist hate.Those efforts weren’t helped last year when the city’s downtown and pier became a rallying spot for and far-right supporters of then-President Trump. Now, the city is bracing for a White Lives Matter rally Sunday. The event — which arrives after a smattering of were distributed in Huntington Beach and surrounding areas — is sparking new demands that the city take more profound steps to shake its association with right-wing...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement For years, Huntington Beach has tried to push back against its reputation as a magnet for extremist hate.Those efforts weren’t helped last year when the city’s downtown and pier became a rallying spot for and far-right supporters of then-President Trump. Now, the city is bracing for a White Lives Matter rally Sunday. The event — which arrives after a smattering of were distributed in Huntington Beach and surrounding areas — is sparking new demands that the city take more profound steps to shake its association with right-wing...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement On a bright balmy morning in Santa Monica, Angelica Far lounged on a green deck chair, sipping a frozen coffee and taking in the sun. The 43-year-old had just arrived from Chicago with her two kids and their puppy, a beagle named Bella. When asked what brought them to Southern California, Far had three words: “Mental health break.”AdvertisementAnd she was not alone. With coronavirus cases on the decline, vaccinations increasing and temperatures warming, Santa Monica and other towns have been bustling in recent days with a bevy of...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement On a bright balmy morning in Santa Monica, Angelica Far lounged on a green deck chair, sipping a frozen coffee and taking in the sun. The 43-year-old had just arrived from Chicago with her two kids and their puppy, a beagle named Bella. When asked what brought them to Southern California, Far had three words: “Mental health break.”AdvertisementAnd she was not alone. With coronavirus cases on the decline, vaccinations increasing and temperatures warming, Santa Monica and other towns have been bustling in recent days with a bevy of...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement In parts of the Bay Area, anyone who is 50 or older can get the COVID-19 vaccine right away. In San Diego, health officials are vaccinating anyone with asthma or Type 1 diabetes. And in San Francisco, the shot is available to anyone who is HIV positive or is considered obese. AdvertisementAs COVID-19 vaccine supplies increase, a growing number of California’s 61 health departments have broken with state health guidelines and made the shots available to potentially millions of additional people, sparking joy among locals, and...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement In parts of the Bay Area, anyone who is 50 or older can get the COVID-19 vaccine right away. In San Diego, health officials are vaccinating anyone with asthma or Type 1 diabetes. And in San Francisco, the shot is available to anyone who is HIV positive or is considered obese. AdvertisementAs COVID-19 vaccine supplies increase, a growing number of California’s 61 health departments have broken with state health guidelines and made the shots available to potentially millions of additional people, sparking joy among locals, and...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement After setbacks and shipment delays tied to , the supply of COVID-19 vaccines in Los Angeles is ramping up again, officials said.Tuesday was the second-busiest day at city-run vaccination sites, Mayor Eric Garcetti said during a news briefing Wednesday, with 17,572 doses administered. And while some scarcity remains, the numbers are expected to improve in the days and weeks to come.“While we still don’t have clarity on the supply chain, in the next week or two, simple math indicates we should only see more and more supply in the weeks...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement After setbacks and shipment delays tied to , the supply of COVID-19 vaccines in Los Angeles is ramping up again, officials said.Tuesday was the second-busiest day at city-run vaccination sites, Mayor Eric Garcetti said during a news briefing Wednesday, with 17,572 doses administered. And while some scarcity remains, the numbers are expected to improve in the days and weeks to come.“While we still don’t have clarity on the supply chain, in the next week or two, simple math indicates we should only see more and more supply in the weeks...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Some L.A. County residents who were scheduled to receive their first COVID-19 vaccine shot will have to wait longer after officials pulled back some doses allocated for Ralphs pharmacies.The L.A. County Public Health Department, acting at the request of the California Department of Public Health, has “recovered” 10,000 doses from Ralphs pharmacies that were intended for upcoming appointments, officials with the supermarket chain said. The doses will be used instead to support the county’s “mega-PODS,” or mass vaccination sites....…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Some L.A. County residents who were scheduled to receive their first COVID-19 vaccine shot will have to wait longer after officials pulled back some doses allocated for Ralphs pharmacies.The L.A. County Public Health Department, acting at the request of the California Department of Public Health, has “recovered” 10,000 doses from Ralphs pharmacies that were intended for upcoming appointments, officials with the supermarket chain said. The doses will be used instead to support the county’s “mega-PODS,” or mass vaccination sites....WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Breaking News Advertisement There is, officially speaking, no such thing as a standby line for COVID-19 vaccinations in Los Angeles County. But some clinics have soon-to-expire doses left over at the end of the day or during an early-afternoon lull, and word has quickly spread about this potential back door to vaccine access. Some who flock to the sites spend hours waiting in the hope of catching a lucky break. Kedren Community Health Center in South Los Angeles and the Balboa Sports Complex in Encino have been at the center of the rumor mill in...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Breaking News Advertisement There is, officially speaking, no such thing as a standby line for COVID-19 vaccinations in Los Angeles County. But some clinics have soon-to-expire doses left over at the end of the day or during an early-afternoon lull, and word has quickly spread about this potential back door to vaccine access. Some who flock to the sites spend hours waiting in the hope of catching a lucky break. Kedren Community Health Center in South Los Angeles and the Balboa Sports Complex in Encino have been at the center of the rumor mill in...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Breaking News Advertisement Patricia Reber walked out of the vaccine clinic at L.A.’s Lincoln Park pumping her arms overhead like a champion. A friend told the 80-year-old she had waited four hours for a shot at Dodger Stadium, but Reber was in and out within 30 minutes.“This was wonderful,” Reber said from beneath a Kobe Bryant face mask. “I think they’ve done the best they can with the lack of federal help.”But in the , the triumphs were matched by heartbreaking disappointments and confusion as older residents struggled with appointment websites...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Breaking News Advertisement Patricia Reber walked out of the vaccine clinic at L.A.’s Lincoln Park pumping her arms overhead like a champion. A friend told the 80-year-old she had waited four hours for a shot at Dodger Stadium, but Reber was in and out within 30 minutes.“This was wonderful,” Reber said from beneath a Kobe Bryant face mask. “I think they’ve done the best they can with the lack of federal help.”But in the , the triumphs were matched by heartbreaking disappointments and confusion as older residents struggled with appointment websites...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Los Angeles County and the rest of the nation are in a race against time to vaccinate as many people as possible against the coronavirus before a variant thought to be even more contagious takes hold.Those concerns were underscored in a released Friday, which stated that new modeling indicates the variant “has the potential to increase the U.S. pandemic trajectory in the coming months,” with the projection showing “rapid growth in early 2021, becoming the predominant variant in March.”The new strain, first identified in Britain,...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Los Angeles County and the rest of the nation are in a race against time to vaccinate as many people as possible against the coronavirus before a variant thought to be even more contagious takes hold.Those concerns were underscored in a released Friday, which stated that new modeling indicates the variant “has the potential to increase the U.S. pandemic trajectory in the coming months,” with the projection showing “rapid growth in early 2021, becoming the predominant variant in March.”The new strain, first identified in Britain,...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The rollout of the and over in California has been marked by confusion, with some counties Some counties are beginning to offer the vaccine to older residents. But others, including Los Angeles County, say they need to finish to first responders and medical workers first. In Northern California, are beginning by offering vaccines to people 75 and over first and then moving to people 65 and older.Advertisement California’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout has already been slowed by supply shortages and logistical woes. Here are some...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The rollout of the and over in California has been marked by confusion, with some counties Some counties are beginning to offer the vaccine to older residents. But others, including Los Angeles County, say they need to finish to first responders and medical workers first. In Northern California, are beginning by offering vaccines to people 75 and over first and then moving to people 65 and older.Advertisement California’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout has already been slowed by supply shortages and logistical woes. Here are some...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement While new COVID-19 hospitalizations have leveled off recently in Los Angeles County, many medical facilities remain overwhelmed. The intensive care unit at one hospital in the South Bay, Memorial Hospital of Gardena, is at 320% occupancy, officials said Wednesday.The 172-bed medical center has been in various levels of “internal disaster status” since March, and the latest coronavirus surge is manifesting in alarming but increasingly familiar ways — including that are delaying the discharge of many COVID-19 patients and keeping beds...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement While new COVID-19 hospitalizations have leveled off recently in Los Angeles County, many medical facilities remain overwhelmed. The intensive care unit at one hospital in the South Bay, Memorial Hospital of Gardena, is at 320% occupancy, officials said Wednesday.The 172-bed medical center has been in various levels of “internal disaster status” since March, and the latest coronavirus surge is manifesting in alarming but increasingly familiar ways — including that are delaying the discharge of many COVID-19 patients and keeping beds...WW…