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San Bernardino County reported another seven deaths from COVID-19 Wednesday,Sept. 2, along with 366 more con!rmed coronavirus cases.
Many of the deaths now being reported are people who !rst became sick and enteredthe hospital in July, which made August the deadliest month of the pandemic so far —even as the number of hospitalizations has steadily decreased since that peak.
Hospitalizations continued to drop, with 283 con!rmed patients Tuesday, Sept. 1,down from 292 Monday, Aug. 31, and 567 Aug. 1.
The county’s focus on making testing more available also created a new recordWednesday — 164,857 coronavirus tests processed in the past 14 days, the most in atwo-week period since the pandemic began.
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San Bernardino County
Here are the latest numbers, according to county and state public health o"cials.
Con!rmed cases: 48,245, up from 47,879 Tuesday
Deaths: 743, up from 736 Tuesday
Hospitalizations: 283 con!rmed patients Tuesday, down from 292 Monday; 66suspected patients Tuesday, up from 63 Monday
Intensive-care unit: 100 con!rmed patients Tuesday, up from 98 Monday; 7 suspectedpatients Tuesday, same as Monday
People tested: 491,880, up from 488,750 Tuesday
Recoveries (estimated): 41,800, up from 41,211 Tuesday
To see a map and list of cases, deaths and per-capita rates by community, click here.
Here is a look at how the county’s numbers have changed each day:
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9/2/20, 8:46 PMSan Bernardino County reports 366 new coronavirus cases, 7 new deaths
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San Bernardino County reports 366 newcoronavirus cases, 7 additional deathsWednesdayLaine Henry Palm Springs Desert SunPublished 1:56 p.m. PT Sep. 2, 2020
San Bernardino County health officials on Wednesday reported 366 new cases ofcoronavirus and seven additional virus-related deaths. The county now has a total of48,245 reported cases and 743 virus-related deaths.
San Bernardino County is reporting the fourth-highest number of coronavirus cases anddeaths in the state after Los Angeles, Riverside and Orange counties.
San Bernardino County's positivity rate is 9.8%, placing it in the lowest tier of the state'snew four-tier framework for reopening. That's the purple tier, which restricts the mostbusiness activity and has the most capacity restrictions.
The purple tier is for counties with widespread COVID-19 cases. It represents countieswith a case rate of greater than seven cases per 100,000 people or a positivity rate of 8% orhigher. This tier limits indoor operations for many non-essential business sectors,including restaurants.
Health officials on Wednesday reported 491,880 tests have been conducted in SanBernardino County, including 3,130 tests that were added in the last 24 hours.
The county, which has a target of 3,288 tests per day, launched a new billboard campaignlast week urging people to get tested, even if they don't have symptoms.
Who is contracting the virus?
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Who is contracting the virus?About 54% of cases in the county are in people under the age of 40. The cases, brokendown by age bracket, are as follows:
3,160 (6.5%) cases are among people ages 0 to 142,483 (5%) cases are among people ages 15-1910,970 (22.4%) cases are among people ages 20-299,907 (20.2%) cases are among people ages 30-397,863 (16.1%) cases are among people ages 40-497,054 (14.4%) cases are among people ages 50-594,205 (8.6%) cases are among people ages 60-693,286 (6.7%) cases are among people older than 70The ages for 44 cases (0.1%) are unknown.
About 79% of virus-related deaths in the county are over the age of 60. The deaths, brokendown by age bracket, are as follows:
0 (0%) deaths are among people ages 0 to 140 (0%) deaths are among people ages 15-193 (0.4%) deaths are among people ages 20-2924 (3.2%) deaths are among people ages 30-3937 (5%) deaths are among people ages 40-4992 (12.4%) deaths are among people ages 50-59149 (20%) deaths are among people ages 60-69438 (59%) deaths are among people older than 70
The county has not updated hospitalization numbers since Monday, when 33.8% of itsintensive care unit beds were still available. At that time, 292 total coronavirus patientswere hospitalized, including 98 patients in ICU beds.
According to the county, a total of 41,800 people have recovered, which is about 87% of itsoverall number of cases.
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The total amount of active coronavirus cases thought to be in San Bernardino Countystands at 5,702. The active case total is derived by subtracting deaths and recoveries fromthe current total, 48,245.
The county on Tuesday also provided a current update about COVID-19 cases in skillednursing facilities. There have been a total of 1,709 positive cases, 3,876 suspected casesand 253 deaths among residents in 61 facilities. Among staff, there have been 1,108 cases,an additional 751 suspected cases and nine deaths.
Where are the cases?Here is Wednesday's list of confirmed cases and deaths in the high desert, with increasesfrom the previous day's tally in parentheses:
Adelanto: 723 cases (+6), 18 deathsApple Valley: 1,026 cases (+8), 21 deathsBaker: 12 cases Baldy Mesa: 1 caseBarstow: 214 cases (+2), 6 deaths Daggett: 2 casesHelendale: 55 cases, 1 deathHesperia: 1,762 (+14), 20 deaths (+1)Hinkley: 7 casesJoshua Tree: 69 cases (+1), 2 deathsLanders: 9 cases, 1 deathLucerne Valley: 24 cases, 2 deathsMorongo Valley: 18 casesNeedles: 46 casesNewberry Springs: 6 casesOak Hills: 182 cases, 3 deaths Oro Grande: 11 cases, 1 deathPhelan: 191 cases, 2 deaths
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Piñon Hills: 55 casesPioneertown: 0 cases, 1 deaths (+1)Twentynine Palms: 50 cases, 1 deathVictorville: 3,057 (+42), 26 deathsYermo: 12 casesYucca Valley: 221 (+4), 13 deaths
Here is the list of cases and deaths in mountain communities:
Big Bear City: 35 cases Big Bear Lake: 49 cases (-1)Blue Jay: 12 cases, 1 deathCedar Glen: 7 casesCrestline: 64 cases, 3 deathsForest Falls: 3 casesRimforest: 1 caseRunning Springs: 25 casesSugarloaf: 11 casesTwin Peaks: 10 cases, 1 deathWrightwood: 21 cases
Laine Henry is an intern at The Desert Sun. You may reach him [email protected]
9/2/20, 8:53 PMRiverside County reports first flu death of 2020-21 season – Press Enterprise
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A man in his 80s from the San Jacinto Valley is Riverside County’s !rst con!rmed "udeath of the 2020-21 "u season, public health o#cials announced Wednesday, Sept. 2.
The man, whose name was not released, died last week at Riverside University HealthSystem – Medical Center in Moreno Valley, according to a county news release. Inresidents under 65, the county recorded eight "u-related deaths in the 2019-20 "useason and nine in the 2018-19 season.
This year’s "u season comes amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed morethan 1,000 and infected more than 53,000 in the county. O#cials are concerned aboutthe prospect of COVID-19 and "u cases overwhelming county hospitals.
“There has never been a more important time for someone to get their "u shotbecause we are also dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic,” county Director of PublicHealth Kim Saruwatari said in the release. “Getting the vaccine is the most e$ectiveway to prevent contracting the "u.”
Dr. Cameron Kaiser, county public health o#cer, recommends residents get the "uvaccine before the end of October. The Centers for Disease Control and Preventionrecommends an annual "u shot for everyone age 6 months and older, and children 8and under who haven’t gotten at least two "u shots in past seasons might need two
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shots for full protection.
The same steps to prevent the coronavirus — face coverings, frequent hand washingand social distancing — also are e$ective in preventing the "u, o#cials said.
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Kindergarten students do classwork at their desks behind plastic dividers at ValleyPreparatory School in Redlands on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic.Kindergarten teacher Caitlin Arakawa designed and built her own plastic dividers to helpprevent the spread of the coronavirus. The school is one of a handful in Riverside and SanBernardino counties that have received a waiver to the state mandate to keep schoolsclosed as fall classes begin. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
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Stephanie Lynch roamed the grounds at St. John’s Lutheran School in Hemet, greetingevery returning student and their parents by name while introducing herself to any ofthe newcomers.
At Valley Preparatory School in Redlands, students wearing masks and matching redpolo shirts eagerly arrived at campus, some carrying packs stacked with boxes of facialtissue.
Scenes from the !rst day of school this week at a handful of campuses in Riverside andSan Bernardino counties were familiar, but accented by some striking di"erences inan e"ort to protect students, teachers and others from the coronavirus.
In the two-county region, St. John’s, Valley Prep and United Christian Academy inRancho Cucamonga are among several dozen schools that sought waivers to state-mandated closures in place since March meant to slow the spread of the virus. To date,state and local public health o#cials have approved reopening plans for 18 elementaryschools in both counties. Classes are getting underway over the next couple weeks.
Valley Prep students were greeted Tuesday, Sept. 1, with a temperature check, one-waysignage, and most had to say their goodbyes by the car, as only the youngest studentswere allowed to be escorted to their classrooms. Those looked di"erent, too, somewith plastic partitions between student desks and others with desks spaced apart topromote social distancing.
St. John’s was the !rst school in Riverside County to welcome back students andteachers Monday, Aug. 31, for in-person instruction. As part of its reopening plan, theschool implemented several health protocols, including taking temperatures ofstudents before they enter a class. Face coverings are mandatory for all sta" andstudents between the third and sixth grades, and they are strongly recommended butnot required for !rst- and second-graders. Class sizes, meanwhile, are between 18 and22 students and desks are spaced out to accommodate social distancing, said Lynch,the school’s director of sta" and students.
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The face covering she wore Monday could not hide the joy and excitement she wasfeeling a$er seeing so many familiar faces ready for school.
“We see ourselves as one way to serve our community,” she said. “God has honored uswith the opportunity to have everybody back, and this is a wonderful day for ourschool.”
Fourth-grader Jackson Puckett was just as excited as his principal.
“I am super excited to be able to see everyone and hang out with all my friends again,”Jackson said. “I’ve been going here since I was two years old, so St. John’s de!nitely hasa special place in my heart.”
St. John’s expects about 115 students — from transitional kindergarten to sixth grade —to be in classes beginning this week. The school’s seventh- and eighth-graders willcontinue distance learning until health orders are changed.
Students and parents alike said they were glad to be back on familiar turf.
Ebube Okpala’s three youngest children will be attending St. John’s this school year:fourth-grader Isabelle, second-grader Michael and !rst-grader Sophie. Okpala’s twoeldest children are St. John’s graduates, and her youngest spent part of Sunday pickingout their out!ts for the !rst day.
“They were ready to go,” Okpala said. “They have really missed this.”
Monday morning was an important and exciting time for six-year old, !rst-graderDavid Lerma, who is beginning his !rst year at St. John’s.
“He is a special-needs students,” said Tarra Lerma, David’s mother. “When schoolended last year, it was hard for him to transition and stay focused. It’s important forhim to get back to something normal.”
At Valley Prep, Carrie Willis, the school’s director of technology, was excited to be ableto share hands-on STEAM learning with the students.
“Just being able to be in the classroom with the teachers (is good), it’s hard to get someof the things across online, and for the kids to be engaged and focused,” said CarrieWillis, the school’s director of technology, with her daughter, fourth-grader Brynn,who was excited to see her friends.
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Distance learning had been a challenge, said Michael Suiter, who, with his wife,Poornima, was escorting their three children onto campus at Valley Prep. Both parentshave jobs outside the home, and they had to juggle work schedules to be able to havesomeone home with the kids.
“Valley Prep did a wonderful job at setting a safe curriculum, so we feel con!dentsending our kids back,” Poornima Suiter said.
Lindsay Hidy, the school’s o#ce manager, was meeting students and parents with atemperature gun Tuesday morning, waving, and calling out names of students andparents alike. Though the school had been o"ering daycare and schooling for studentsup to kindergarten age for a few weeks, she said “it’s been so quiet.”
Now, with about 100 students coming back for in-person learning, things will start tofeel more normal.
“Just getting to catch up with them and how their weekend was … it’s de!nitely nice tosee them and know they’re OK,” Hidy said. “That’s been the hard part … are they OK?What have they been up to? How’s their mental health with everything going on?”
She paused to take the temperature of an incoming family.
“It’s nice to see them, and see they’re OK, and see their smiling faces under theirmasks,” she said. “I see it in their eyes.”
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California’s expensive COVID-19 predictionswere useless for rural areas. Here’s why
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California’s pandemic models this summer envisioned a catastrophic scenario in some of the state’s less-populated counties. But those forecasts proved to be wildly inaccurate, prompting several local health officers to dismiss the state’s forecasting website altogether — if they’d even heard of the effort at all, a Sacramento Bee review has found.
Carla Hass, an El Dorado County spokeswoman, said local public health officials did not use the state’s predictions “in any way” when deciding how to respond to the pandemic. The “wild swings” made the tool “not particularly useful.”
Sutter County, where only four deaths had been recorded in mid-July, would have 70 by mid-August, the model projected. Instead, only seven people died. Rachel Rosenbaum, a county spokeswoman, said their senior-living centers fared well during the pandemic compared to other places, which might explain why deaths didn’t spike as forecast. The health team uses models only when they’re “properly validated.”
And Solano County’s deaths were expected to nearly double from 31 to 59 between July 15 and Aug. 15, according to the forecast. Instead, the death count climbed by just 10.
Though the forecasts were much more accurate at projecting statewide totals and forecasts for more populated counties, like Sacramento, the inaccurate predictions cast doubt about whether the state can accurately estimate the course of a pandemic in rural counties.
Dr. Bela Matyas, Solano County’s health officer, said he was unaware of the state’s prediction website, largely because he doesn’t put much stock in modeling forecasts.
In mid-July, California’s pandemic forecast painted a bleak picture for El Dorado County.
The state’s so-called “model of models” predicted 45 people with COVID-19 would die within 30 days in the sparsely populated county. With cases surging statewide and more than half of counties on a monitoring list, it was all-but-certain the death toll would soar in the foothills.
But there was a problem. The county hadn’t yet even tallied a single COVID-19 death.
Ultimately, the prediction for El Dorado County was a total bust in the best waypossible. The disease caused by the new coronavirus infected just two people whodied by Aug. 15, according to state data.
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Disease modeling rarely pans out, he said, because researchers cannot capture thedynamics inside one county, let alone between them. “Garbage in, garbage out,” hesaid.
“I have come to cynically believe that the only people who value models aremodelers and politicians,” Matyas said. “People who work with disease on the streetsjust know how impossible it is to model what we see.”
EXPERTS: SPARSE DATA, CHANGING BEHAVIOR EXPLAIN ERRORS
Modeling experts say overzealous predictions from the spring were lost intranslation. They proved to be inaccurate because people took unprecedented actionby sheltering in place.
California’s Department of Public Health said it stands by the tools. Significant errorsin smaller counties should be expected because projections do not account forchanges in policy — like the distancing rules or mask mandates.
Plus, a state spokesperson said, prediction models regularly fail to chart the courseof the disease in smaller counties because there’s simply less data to work with.
“There is utility to providing estimates for smaller counties even if the estimates areless reliable,” the state said. “CDPH has been in active communication with localhealth jurisdictions as well as several smaller local health jurisdictions on thereliability of county-level estimates.”
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In the spring, individual models conveyed disturbing projections about outbreaks,hospital shortages and death tolls.
In a letter to President Donald Trump, Gov. Gavin Newsom said models indicatedhalf of the state’s population would be infected within two months. Newsom’s officequickly clarified that the forecast did not take into account social distancing andeconomic shutdowns.
Models from leading research institutions like Harvard and the University ofWashington showed how hospitals would be overrun, ventilators would run out,and bodies would stack up in major cities.
While some of that happened, like in New York City, where freezer trucks parkedoutside hospitals overrun with bodies, few of those predictions bore anyresemblance to the reality on the ground across the U.S.
That’s largely because the models were based on assumptions that did not — andcould not accurately — account for widespread and unprecedented stay-at-homeorders and the ripple effect precautions like that would have, experts say. Themodels often lacked context, and in a fast-paced rush for information, becamegrossly oversimplified.
To better fit what was occurring in the West, California pledged at least $813,000 inmodeling contracts to Johns Hopkins University and Stanford, records show. It addedanother half-dozen modeling efforts to its contingent.
After months of requests from journalists and the public for the information,Newsom unveiled in late June a public website called the California COVID-19Assessment Tool, or CalCAT, an open repository for anyone to download data aboutcases and projections and look for data-focused solutions.
“California is home to some of the world’s most accomplished researchers,technologists, scientists, acclaimed universities, and leading technology companies,”Newsom said at the time. “Today, I am opening more California data for them to helpinform our efforts in combating this disease.”
The data portal marked the first real look under the hood of how California’s healthofficials used forecasts to predict the spread of COVID-19.
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To be sure, California’s “model of models” — an ensemble that uses a blend offorecasts instead of one single tool — has fared much better in recent months atpredicting aggregate deaths in more populated places, The Bee review found.
The one-month forecast of deaths statewide was off by only about 1% in mid-August.And with a prediction of 181 deaths in Sacramento County, the model cameremarkably close to the reality on the ground of 199.
California’s combination of models now forecasts nearly 1,000 people with COVID-19will die each week through the end of September, pushing the state’s death tolltoward 16,000 by the end of the month.
As for that wildly inaccurate projection for El Dorado County? The models adjustedtheir forecast. It now predicts four COVID-19 deaths by Oct. 2.
“It’s incredibly frustrating,” said Michael Saragosa, the mayor of Placerville in ElDorado County. “We get it. I want to trust the science. But the numbers are showingwe just don’t have the rates or the deaths in our area.”
“The modeling was always going to be modeling that could be wrong.”
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CountyActual deaths
July 15Forecasted deaths
by Aug. 15Actual deaths
Aug.15
Sacramento 92 181 199
Yolo 29 65 46
Placer 11 34 28
Sutter 4 70 7
San Joaquin 73 177 261
El Dorado 0 45 2
Solano 31 59 41
California 7,345 10,669 11,224
CALIFORNIA 'ENSEMBLE MODEL' COVID-19 DEATH PROJECTIONS
California in June launched a hub for the predictive models it was using to projectthe effect of COVID-19. While forecasts have improved in recent weeks, a one-monthprojection showed how inaccurate they remained, even months into the pandemic.
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But since launching the data website, officials in recent months have not citedmodels in public comments nearly as frequently as in the spring. Turned off by theoversimplified and incorrect predictions from spring, the public seems also to beless interested in the forecasts.
‘ACTIONS WILL CHANGE THE COURSE OF THE EPIDEMIC’
Many people looked at death and infection forecasts like weather forecasts trackinga storm. When those didn’t pan out, people tuned the projections out, said IngaHolmdahl, a researcher at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
It’s a fundamental problem with public health forecasting, said Holmdahl, whosepiece in the New England Journal of Medicine spelled out why modeling cannot bethe panacea in public health. People can dramatically alter how disease spreads,leaving researchers scrambling to account for changes to social behaviors stemmingfrom shutdowns or mask mandates.
“We can see an epidemiological model and respond,” Holmdahl said in an interview.“Our actions will change the course of the epidemic.”
Experts now are grappling with a scattershot approach to reopening schools anddeciding the fate of indoor dining. “I think it’s just really hard to know what theimpact of those is going to be,” Holmdahl said.
Early models oversimplified the situation, looked too far in the future and weremiscommunicated to the public. Newer models with more data stand a better chanceat getting it right, said Nicholas Reich, a pandemic forecaster and associate professorof biostatistics and epidemiology at The University of Massachusetts Amherst.
“As cases surge again, we have been given another opportunity to let models informour understanding about the future of this outbreak,” Reich wrote on Twitter. “Nomodel is a perfect crystal ball, but their consensus (or lack of it) can tell ussomething.”
Matt Kreiser is a reporter for The Beacon Project, the student journalism initiative supported by the Universityof Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. His work appears in TheSacramento Bee.
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Malls, barbershops and hair salons were allowed to
reopen indoors Monday, Aug. 31, under new COVID-19
guidelines unveiled the previous week by Gov. Gavin
Newsom.
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However, bars and breweries, where no food is served,
and fitness centers or gyms were among the
businesses that were to remain closed indoors in San
Bernardino and Riverside counties, which are both
classified in the purple or widespread tier under the
new guidelines.
During his press conference Friday, Aug. 28, Newsom
explained the new color-coded, tiered system is
streamlined, but “stringent and slow” to prevent
against loosening restrictions too soon again.
“COVID-19 will be with us for a long time and we all
need to adapt,” he said.
Under the new system, two metrics will be used to
measure COVID-19: spread rate and test positivity
percentage. The tiers are designated by four colors:
purple (widespread), red (substantial), orange
(moderate) and yellow (minimal with the lowest
restrictions).
As of Saturday, Aug. 29, most counties in California
were in the purple or widespread tier, with 699,909
confirmed cases in the state and 12,905 deaths.
Among those confirmed cases, 60% are in the 18 to 49
age group.
In Riverside County, there were 51,860 confirmed
cases and 1,007 deaths as of Aug. 28, including 123
positive cases in Calimesa and one death that was
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reported in late April.
As of Sunday, Aug. 30, in San Bernardino County there
were 47,373 confirmed cases and 716 deaths. Those
numbers include 900 total cases in Yucaipa that are
broken down into 775 community cases and 125
outbreak cases. There have been 32 COVID-19 deaths
in Yucaipa.
While positive cases in both San Bernardino and
Riverside counties have decreased in the last couple of
weeks, they are still too high to drop either county
down to the red or substantial tier, when schools can
reopen in-person after sustaining that level of metric
for two weeks.
“Our businesses have adapted to all these restrictions
in some very innovative and thoughtful ways,
including moving outside,” said Vice Chair Karen
Spiegel, 2nd District Supervisor of Riverside County, in
a press release. “Some of our businesses can now
return to indoor operations, with safeguards in place.
Businesses must continue to invest in protecting their
employees and customers, as these measures help
slow the spread and support economic recovery.”
Those safeguards include only 25% capacity at malls
in the purple tier, along with face masks and social
distancing at all indoor businesses.
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While bars, breweries, gyms and other businesses
remain closed indoors in purple tiered counties, those
businesses are allowed to operate outdoors.
The new state guidelines do not supersede county
health orders, if a county’s rules are more stringent,
for example as in Los Angeles County.
Counties must meet metrics for a lower tier for two
consecutive weeks before moving to that level.
Conversely, a county that fails to meet the metrics at
its current tier for two straight weeks will be moved to
a more restrictive level.
Every Tuesday, California will update each county’s
data for the previous week and make corresponding
changes to tiers, according to the governor’s press
release. The information will be posted on the state’s
website, www.COVID19.ca.gov.
The four tiers effective Monday, Aug. 31, are:
• Purple (widespread):
• Red (substantial):
• Orange (moderate):
• Yellow (minimal)
Testing sites
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There are 14 free testing sites, including one in
Beaumont, for Riverside County residents. There are
even more in San Bernardino County.
In both counties, testing is open to all residents and
appointments are required at most sites. There are a
few that allow walk-ins. The closest testing site to
Calimesa is 306 E. Sixth St. in Beaumont, while the
closest site to Yucaipa is Citrus Valley High School,
800 W. Pioneer Ave., in Redlands.
For more information on the state’s new guidelines,
visit www.COVID19.ca.gov
Hermosa Beach, ManhattanBeach fine hundreds for notwearing masks in publicTyler Shaun Evains and Michael HixonPUBLISHED: September 2, 2020 at 3:18 p.m. | UPDATED: September 2, 2020 at 9:41p.m.Local News
Enforcement officers wrote 63 $100 citations for first offenders of Manahattan
Beach’s new mask order over the July 18-19 weekend. The emergency order went
9/3/2020 Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach fine hundreds for not wearing masks in public – Daily Breeze
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into effect July 15. (Photo by Pete Halvorsen)
Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach have combined to issue hundreds of citations
since they each enacted face-covering enforcement measures in July to help stem the
spread of the coronavirus — though both cities say they are more focused on
warnings and education.
Manhattan Beach’s fines for not wearing face in public begin at $100 and max out at
$350 for repeat offenders. In Hermosa Beach, where face-cover citations are only in
effect for certain areas — the beach (when not in the water), the greenbelt, the
Strand, parks, Pier Plaza and the downtown area — fines run from $100 to $500.
Manhattan Beach has issued 378 citations since its enforcement began, said George
Gabriel, the city’s senior management analyst. Most people cited are first-time
offenders, he added in an email, and no one has received the maximum fine. Staff
offers face coverings to those cited to ensure they don’t violate a second time.
Over the weekend, Hermosa Beach enforcement officers approached about 300
people, They issued 92 citations and handed out 66 masks.
In Hermosa, one of the City Council’s goals was to make enforcement officers highly
visible in potentially crowded areas like Pier Plaza and the greenbelt, said police
Chief Paul LeBaron.
The city directed officers to be in areas where violating social distancing rules would
most apply, LeBaron said. The chief also said he feels enforcement has gone well; the
city has seen more people wearing masks, he added.
9/3/2020 Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach fine hundreds for not wearing masks in public – Daily Breeze
Both cities have contracted private firms for enforcement.
The contract for hired officers in Hermosa Beach currently costs $10,400, city
manager Suja Lowenthal said during a council meeting last month, and will not
exceed $125,000. The city pays the enforcement firm $65 an hour; the firm has
officers in the field seven days a week.
“We do not expect income from citations to cover the cost of enforcement,”
Lowenthal said at the meeting. “Instead, the city is seeking reimbursement from
state government for all expenses related to COVID-19 expenditures, including the
cost of hiring additional personnel to enforce face-mask requirements.”
The cost for Manhattan Beach’s contract, meanwhile, is ongoing because it is for an
emergency response, Gabriel said. The contracted firm in that city also makes $65
per hour, he said, and the city currently pays it out of the general fund.
Manhattan Beach does, however, intend to submit a request for reimbursement
through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which can cover up to 75% of
the cost for contracted enforcement officers, Gabriel said. That process can take a
year to 18 months before the city receives the money.
Hermosa’s officers, four whom are on duty during the weekend and two of whom
work during the week, wore body cameras for the first time over the weekend.
Manhattan Beach, however, has not added body cameras at this point, Gabriel said,
though staff is exploring the possibility.
LeBaron said the cameras hold the officers accountable by promoting transparency.
“If somebody wants to argue the merits of the case, that they’ve received a citation
inappropriately,” LeBaron said, “cameras, oftentimes, can be very good for gathering
evidence to prove or disprove somebody’s concerns.
“People who are inclined to treat officers or enforcement personnel inappropriately,”
he added, “usually have a change of mind when they realize that they’re on camera.”
With an expected warm Labor Day weekend coming up, LeBaron said he welcomes
people to enjoy Hermosa’s beach — but the laws will be enforced.
“We will be absolutely gearing up, looking for those egregious violations of the
different laws, whether it be the health order or actual laws that have been in place
for many, many years,” LeBaron said. “We will be focused on those areas where
people’s quality of life are being affected the most.”
In Manhattan Beach, enforcement efforts for Labor Day weekend are being planned,
Gabriel said, but there will be enough officers to accommodate the city’s typical
influx of visitors on holidays.
Editor’s note: the contracts Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach have for mask
enforcement coat $65 an hour. Because of a reporting error, who gets paid was
incorrect in a previous version of this story
9/3/2020 Lake Arrowhead Resort Sold | Mountain-News
Lake Arrowhead Resort Sold
The lakefront hotel, Lake Arrowhead Resort and Spa, is under new ownership.
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Los Angeles based investment firm, The Yucaipa Companies, has acquired the Lake Arrowhead Resort from Carey Watermark Investors last week, confirmed by Frank Quintero, one of the principals at The Yucaipa Companies. Frank Quintero told the Mountain News, “We are excited to be part of the community!”Founded in 1986 by Ron Burkle, The Yucaipa Companies has completed mergers and acquisitions valued at more than $40 billion. As an investor, Yucaipa works with management to strategically reposition businesses and implement operational improvements, stated on their website.Quintero said Ron Burkle decided to acquire the Lake Arrowhead Resort when the opportunity became available earlier this year. A Southern California native originally from Pomona, Burkle is familiar with the mountain resort communities.“We are a major investor behind Soho House, Nomad, The Line, and Freehand,” Quintero shared. Soho House is a chain of exclusive hotels and private members’ clubs. According to The Wall Street Journal, Soho House is known for chic, members-only properties catering to those in creative industries such as entertainment and media.The Boutique Hotel News reported that Soho House has roughly 110,000 members.No decision has been made whether the Lake Arrowhead Resort will be operating as a hotel or be transformed into one of the members only exclusive destinations, Soho House.In commenting on management of the Resort, Quintero said, “For the most part, you will be dealing with the same people.” The Resort has been managed by Benchmark Resorts & Hotel Management Portfolio since early 2018 under the leadership of managing director Geoff Young. A seasoned director in the hospitality industry, Young is excited to take the Resort to the next level under Yucaipa’s direction.The 173-room lakefront resort was built in 1982 and features 20,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting space, business center, a restaurant named BIN189, fitness center, Spa of the Pines, gift shop, outdoor swimming pool, private beach and docks.The Resort has been one of the top wedding destinations on the mountains hosting over 100 weddings each year at the resort beach, lake view deck, ballroom and pool side.Home to many local signature events including Citizen of the Year Gala, Taste of Lake Arrowhead, Rotary Convention, County Conferences and other town hall meetings, the Lake Arrowhead Resort is one of the largest employers in Lake Arrowhead.Details of the deal including the financials and visions remain undisclosed. When questioned what the acquisition meant for the direction of the Lake Arrowhead Resort, Quintero said, “We have a team of people who will be making decisions.” He said no immediate changes have been planned at the Resort at this time.At the time of press, no one really knows what Yucaipa’s strategic vision for the Lake Arrowhead Resort and Spa.
9/2/20, 8:47 PMGrants to assist local agencies | Needles Desert Star | mohavedailynews.com
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NEEDLES — The city has partnered with St. Vincent
de Paul and Firehouse Ministries to provide each
with $1,913.70 to support food distribution e!orts.
Firehouse Ministries recently received grants of $1,913.70 each from the San BernardinoCounty Community Development and Housing to support food distribution e!orts. Picturedfrom left is Needles Mayor Je! Williams presenting a check to James Jones of FirehouseMinistries.
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St. Vincent de Paul recently received grants of $1,913.70 each from the San BernardinoCounty Community Development and Housing to support food distribution e!orts. Picturedfrom left is Needles Mayor Je! Williams presenting a check to George DeLeon of St. Vincentde Paul.
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The money came from a grant provided by The San
Bernardino County Community Development and
Housing’s Community Development Block Grant.
The grant allowed the city to apply for funding to
support activities that prevent and/or respond to
the spread of COVID-19.
According to information provided by city sta!, the
City of Needles applied and utilized a large portion
of the funds to support local food distribution
groups with equipment, necessary personal
protective equipment and food. Since late March,
the local nonpro"ts have seen an increase in the
amount of donated food by food banks and local
businesses.
“We are very grateful and it will help us
tremendously and it will help this community
tremendously,” said James Jones of Firehouse
Ministries.
“(We are) looking forward in assisting Needles
residents who were a!ected by COVID-19,” said
George DeLeon of St. Vincent de Paul.
City sta! said that St. Vincent de Paul saw a demand
increase of around 50% of which 20% are homeless
and 25% are senior citizens. The average amount of
families/individuals increased from about 80 to 120.
Firehouse Ministries has seen a demand increase of
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around 100%, 10% are homeless and 20% are
senior citizens. The average amount of families and
individuals increased from around 80 to 160.
City sta! stated that the funds that were donated
will be used to buy food that will be given to
persons who are low- to moderate-income and have
been a!ected by the COVID-19 virus, either
"nancially or they are practicing social distancing.
St. Vincent de Paul is at 839 Front Street, can be
reached at 760-326- 4420 and is open Tuesday
through Wednesday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Firehouse Ministries is at 809 Bush Street, can be
reached at 760-443- 4342 and is open the "rst,
second and fourth Tuesday of the month at their
Bush Street location and the agency is downtown
on the third Tuesday of each month.
9/2/20, 8:44 PMLawsuit Claiming Violation of Convicted Felon's Civil Rights Dismissed by Federal Judge | 24/7 Headline News
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A Federal Court Judge dismissed a lawsuit which claimed a violation of the civil rights of an
inmate who was most recently convicted of felony evading.
Milagro Gonzalez, 30, of Victorville, through attorney’s filed a federal civil rights violation
lawsuit against the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, a sergeant, and four deputies.
On May 14, 2018, Gonzalez was arrested after leading deputies on a 12-mile pursuit in the City of
Hesperia. Gonzalez eventually crashed the stolen vehicle and fled the area on foot. After
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attempting to carjack a vehicle and run into a fast-food restaurant. Deputies approached Gonzalez
asking him to put his hands up to surrender, but Gonzalez failed to comply. Deputies used force
leaving a deputy and Gonzalez with minor injuries as a result. Both Gonzalez and the deputy were
treated and released.
Deputies learned later, through investigation, that Gonzalez was recently released from a recent
stay in prison on Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS). In addition to being on PRCS,
Gonzalez had an arrest warrant for a drug-related offense. One May 16, 2018, the District
Attorney’s office filed charges for possession of a stolen vehicle and evading police, both felony
charges. On March 28, 2019, Gonzalez pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 2 years in prison.
“On August 19, 2019, the County of San Bernardino, the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department and
the involved personnel were served with a lawsuit alleging multiple federal civil rights violations
through Gonzalez’s attorneys, James S. Terrell and Sharon J. Brunner. The allegations included
excessive force, failure to provide medical, assault, battery, negligence, negligent infliction of
emotional distress, intentional infliction of emotional distress, violation of the Bane Act, as well as
a failure to screen, train, and supervise,” San Bernardino County Sheriff’s officials said.
The attorneys withdrew from the case on July 1, 2020, and for almost a year, the county has
defended their actions leading to the dismissal of the lawsuit by a federal court judge on August 6,
2020.
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9/3/2020 Lake Arrowhead foster mom arrested on suspicion of child cruelty after 2-month-old hospitalized | KTLA
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Lake Arrowhead foster mom arrested on suspicion ofchild cruelty after 2-month-old hospitalized
A foster mother in Lake Arrowhead is accused of child abuse after a 2-month-old
boy in her care was taken to the hospital with severe injuries, deputies said
Wednesday.
Brittney Jordan, 28, was booked Wednesday on suspicion of willful cruelty to a child,
one day after the infant was taken to the Loma Linda University Medical Center, San
Bernardino County sheriff’s of�cials said in a news release.
The baby was admitted around 4�30 p.m. Tuesday to the hospital’s pediatric care
unit, where doctors determined his traumatic injuries were not accidental and
consistent with child abuse, according to authorities.
Detectives later determined Jordan injured the boy while he was in her care at her
home on the 1400 block of Sequoia Street.
Inmate records showed Jordan remained in custody Wednesday night on $100,000
bail.
Of�cials did not provide further details on the infant’s condition.
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9/2/20, 9:18 PMWoman is 12th arrested from Lawrence Bender protest outside San Bernardino courthouse – San Bernardino Sun
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By BRIAN ROKOS | [email protected] | The Press-EnterprisePUBLISHED: September 2, 2020 at 5:56 p.m. | UPDATED: September 2, 2020 at 5:58p.m.
San Bernardino Sheriff’s deputies surround the San Bernardino Justice Center asdemonstrators rally on the streets in support of Lawrence Bender, an unarmed Black manshot by a Rialto police officer, in San Bernardino on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. (Photo byWatchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
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A 12th person has been arrested in connection with the July 31 protest in front of theSan Bernardino Justice Center in support of Lawrence Bender, a Black man shot byRialto police in 2019.
Jaydee Lynn Lopez, 25, was booked into West Valley Detention Center in RanchoCucamonga on Aug. 28 before being released on her own recognizance, county jailrecords show. Lopez pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to three misdemeanors:obstructing a peace o!cer, battery on a peace o!cer and picketing a courthouse toimpede justice.
Lopez had been arrested on suspicion of taking another person from the custody oflaw enforcement, a felony once known in the state Penal Code as lynching. But themisdemeanor counts were "led instead.
A video shot at the July 31 protest, while a hearing for Bender took place inside,appears to show a woman with long, strawberry blonde hair in black shorts and ablack top attempting to pull a woman away from San Bernardino County sheri# ’sdeputies as they escorted her from the front of the courthouse. Cindy Bachman, asheri# ’s spokeswoman, said that woman is Lopez.
Bender has pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of resisting arrest. Protesters havebeen calling for Bender to be released from jail and for the charge to be dropped.
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Shortly a$er that demonstration organized by Black Lives Matter Inland Empirebegan, deputies arrested 11 people in a chaotic scene the group captured on video,with deputies using batons to shove demonstrators back and some of those arrestedshown struggling with them.
Deputies based their arrests on a Jan. 1 court order forbidding disruption of courtbusiness on the facility’s property. The order was not made speci"cally for thedemonstration.
However, based on a search of online court records, Lopez appears to be the only oneof the 12 to be charged.
“Are they making an example of her? I don’t know,” Lopez’s attorney, Peter Schlueter,said Wednesday.
Schlueter said he has not yet received the evidence to review. But he questionedwhether Lopez was interfering with courthouse operations because he said she wasnot blocking the entrance.
Rialto police have said the shooting was justi"ed, and they believe Bender was tryingto take the o!cer’s gun when he was shot. Schlueter is representing Bender in hiscriminal case.
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9/2/20, 8:46 PMImproved property tax postponement available for eligible homeowners in SB County - VVNG.com - Victor Valley News Group
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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (VVNG.com) — Qualifying homeowners in San BernardinoCounty are eligible to postpone the payment of their current-year property taxes on theirprimary home.
The 2020-21 Property Tax Postponement Program (PTP) is available to qualifying taxpayersthrough the State Controller’s Office (SCO). Applications will be accepted from October 1,2020, through February 10, 2021, and will be processed in the order they are received.
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Officials said this loan program allows eligible homeowners, including low-income seniorsand disabled individuals, to postpone the payment of their current-year property taxes ontheir primary residence at an interest rate of 5%.
Assembly Bill 133 revised the income limit for the PTP Program, raising it to $45,000 for the2020-21 filing period. The income limit will be adjusted annually based on the rate ofinflation. AB 133 also lowered the interest to 5% per year.
San Bernardino County Auditor-Controller/Treasurer/Tax Collector (ATC) EnsenMason supported both changes, which make the program available to more people andmore easily affordable.
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Seniors Get 2020 Bene.tsAnyone over 40+ can claim these bene5ts, but mostforget to.
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Homeowner Eligibility Requirements:
Be at least 62 years of age, or blind, or disabled;
Own and occupy the home as your primary place of residence;
Have a total household income of $45,000 or less;
Have at least 40% equity in the property; and
Not have a reverse mortgage on the property.
Postponed taxes and interest become due and payable when the homeowner moves or sellsthe property, transfers title, defaults on a senior lien, refinances, obtains a reverse mortgage,or passes away. Program participants must reapply each year and demonstrate theycontinue to meet eligibility requirements.
Funding for the program is limited. Applications are immediately available at the TaxCollector’s Office located at 268 West Hospitality Lane, First Floor, in San Bernardino andonline at www.sco.ca.gov under the Public Services tab. For more information, please visitthe SCO’s website at www.sco.ca.gov. You may also contact the SCO by phone at (800)952-5661 or by email at [email protected].
9/2/20, 8:41 PMGov. Gavin Newsom’s third try on COVID-19 – San Bernardino Sun
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FILE – In this June 26, 2020, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom displays a facemask as he urges people to wear them to fight the spread of the coronavirus during a newsconference in Rancho Cordova, Calif. Gov. Newsom announced a new, color-codedprocess Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, for reopening California businesses amid the coronaviruspandemic that is more gradual than the state’s current rules to guard against loosening
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By DAN WALTERS |PUBLISHED: September 2, 2020 at 8:29 a.m. | UPDATED: September 2, 2020 at 8:29a.m.
restrictions too soon. Counties will move through the new, four-tier system based on theirnumber of cases and percentage of positive tests. It will rely on those two metrics todetermine a tier: case rates and the percentage of positive tests. (AP Photo/RichPedroncelli, Pool, File)
Will the third time be the charm for Gov. Gavin Newsom and his somewhat erratice!orts to battle the COVID-19 pandemic while preventing irreparable damage to thestate’s once-vibrant economy?
Newsom won widespread praise for his earliest e!orts at preventing spread of thesometimes fatal coronavirus six months ago, ordering widespread shutdowns ofconsumer businesses such as restaurants and bars. It set California apart from otherstates, such as New York, that were experiencing sharp spikes in infections and deaths.
Newsom issued what appeared to be tight guidelines for reopening, but as theeconomy slowed and hundreds of thousands — later millions — of workers lost theirjobs, Newsom felt the political heat and relented, allowing many of the shutteredbusinesses to reopen, even though infections were still increasing.
“We have to recognize you can’t be in a permanent state where people are locked away– for months and months and months and months on end — to see lives andlivelihoods completely destroyed, without considering the health impact of thosedecisions as well,” Newsom rationalized.
In early July, Newsom reversed course again, citing alarming increases in infectionrates and deaths. He closed bars, made wearing protective facemasks mandatory,reinstituted bans on indoor activities in 19 counties with high infection rates andthreatened counties with a loss of state funds if they balked.
“We have conditioned $2.5 billion in our state budget on applying the spirit and theletter of the law as it relates to health directives at the county level,” Newsom said. “Iflocal o"cials are unwilling to enforce and are being dismissive, we will condition thedistribution of those dollars.”
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“We’re going to be more stubborn this time,” Newsom said.
Newsom’s health advisors instituted a “monitoring list” of counties based on abewildering series of criteria that almost no one, save themselves, understood.Newsom’s frequent telecasts on COVID-19 were supposed to explain what was beingdone, but they were more confusing than elucidating.
Last week, two months a#er the second economic crackdown, Newsom announcedstill another approach, claiming — as he always does — that it’s driven by scienti$cadvice on how best to balance $ghting infection and minimizing economic damage.
“We’ve learned a lot over the last number of months,” Newsom said as he unveiled acolor-coded map of the state’s 58 counties, each color denoting the level of a county’sinfection. He also revealed a new state contract for infection tests he said would vastlyexpand access.
The new system appears to be top-down and rigid, removing much of the wiggle roomfor local o"cials.
Most of the counties and most of the state’s population are in the high infectioncategory with the most restrictive curbs on economic activities. Counties must remainin their tiers for at least three weeks and can move to less restrictive tiers only if theymeet their tighter criteria for two consecutive weeks. If a county’s numbers worsen fortwo weeks in a row, it will be moved to a more restrictive tier.
Managing a pandemic of unknown ferocity is obviously an extremely di"cult task,one in which — as in war — tactical decisions can have life and death consequences.That said, Newsom’s record re%ects a certain hubris. He pronounced each majorpolicy as if it was delivered from on high, certain to have the desired outcome, buteach was followed two months later by something sharply di!erent.
Newsom should hope that his third managerial attempt succeeds because he’s beenburning his storehouse of credibility.
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Virus rules eased for salonsL.A. County allows indoor haircuts with restrictions, butwill keep malls closed.BY JACLYN COSGROVE
Los Angeles County officials announced an updated reopening plan Wednesday, keepingshopping malls shut while allowing barbershops and hair salons to operate indoors againunder certain restrictions.
The new approach comes amid a generally improving pandemic picture that allowed Gov.Gavin Newsom last week to issue new guidelines allowing counties — no matter theirCOVID-19 status — to reopen some businesses.
County officials, balancing public health concerns versus business interests in a regionwhere unemployment has reached 20%, opted to take a cautious approach.
Hair salons and barbershops will be allowed to operate indoors at 25% capacity if theypractice social distancing and employees wear masks and follow other health-relatedmandates.
The news that the county wasn’t allowing shopping malls to reopen disappointed businessowners and employees who’ve struggled for months with enormous financial uncertainty.
At the Beverly Center, which contains almost 1 million square feet of retail space, mallofficials expressed frustration with the county’s decision, saying other cities such asDenver, Salt Lake City and Miami have allowed malls to reopen. Beverly Center, whenopened, will implement health and safety protocols and use an advanced air filtrationsystem recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to amall spokesperson.
“We are anxious to fully reopen so we can put a considerable number of people back towork,” said Maria Mainville, director of strategic communications at Taubman, whichowns the Beverly Center and operates several other shopping centers across the country.“We have fully reopened our shopping centers without incident in every other marketwhere we have operations. We understand that these are unprecedented times, but wewould simply like an even playing field.”
Barbershop and salon owners welcomed the reopening news but said the 25% capacitylimit was still too strict.
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“Landlords won’t be reducing their leases by 75%,” said Fred Jones, the legal counsel forthe Professional Beauty Federation of California.
L.A. County Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis said the decision to reopen hair salons andbarbershops was based on the county’s data trends, along with what has been learnedduring previous reopenings. He did not provide specific details on why restrictions formalls were not lifted.
“The virus is widespread in our community,” Davis said. “The improvements we see donot mean victory. It is still easy to transmit.”
Supervisor Hilda Solis offered more words of caution for residents, especially thoseconsidering celebrating the Labor Day weekend without regard for the virus.
“We can easily be knocked off that path of recovery if we see another surge in cases afterthe holiday week, which is was what happened after Memorial Day and the Fourth ofJuly,” Solis said.
Officials also announced some changes to school protocols. Beginning Sept. 14, K-12schools can offer in-school services for small groups of students with individualizededucation plans, students requiring instruction for English as a second language andthose needing other specialized in-school services. Schools can offer services to thesestudents as long as they fully implement the county’s reopening protocols.
In San Francisco, plans announced Tuesday by Mayor London Breed and Public HealthDirector Dr. Grant Colfax also reflected a cautious approach.
The city reopened outdoor pools, indoor malls, outdoor hair salons and barbershops andoutdoor personal services, with some restrictions, Monday.
But indoor operations at barbershops and hair salons may not reopen until lateSeptember.
Nail salons may reopen for indoor services, with modifications at that point, as well asindoor church services, with 25% of a building’s capacity for a maximum of 25 people.
Times staff writers Maura Dolan and Colleen Shalby contributed to this report.
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Some in-person classes allowed toreopenL.A. County campuses can take back students withdisabilities and English learners soon.
BY NINA AGRAWAL, HOWARD BLUME AND SONJA SHARP
Schools in Los Angeles County can reopen small classes beginning on Sept. 14 for studentswith disabilities and English-language learners, a move to safely provide in-personinstruction and services to children whose education has suffered since campuses closedin March.
L.A. SCHOOL board member Nick Melvoin, center, shown in August, says he is in favorof on-campus classes and services for the “most vulnerable students, particularly thosewith disabilities and English learners.” (Josie Norris Los Angeles Times)
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Small groups of students who have individualized education plans, require instruction forEnglish as a second language, or must have an assessment to determine their needs willbe able to come to campus for services, as long as their schools comply with the county’sreopening protocols, the health department announced Wednesday.
“This will get children who are in the most need of in-person learning back into theclassroom,” said Los Angeles County Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis during a newsbriefing.
The county said schools must maintain small, stable cohorts of no more than 12 studentsand two supervisors in order to ensure the safety of teachers and students. Schools mustsubmit an operational plan to the county Department of Public Health and adhere toreopening protocols.
With Wednesday’s announcement, attention turned immediately to the Los AngelesUnified School District, the state’s largest and one of 80 school systems in L.A. County.About 13%, or 64,500, of its students were classified as having a significant disability in2019. About 123,500 students are learning to speak English proficiently.
L.A. school board member Nick Melvoin said he hoped the district could follow up quicklyand safely.
“Even with big improvements to distance learning since the spring, it’s still a struggle forour most vulnerable students, particularly those with disabilities and English learners,”Melvoin said. “In light of the county’s revised guidelines, I’m eager for the district toexplore how to safely offer in-school services for these students.”
State officials opened this door for limited on-campus activity last week. But L.A. Countywas not required to permit this step, especially because the county’s rate of COVID-19infection remains in the state’s purple tier — the worst category, indicating widespreaddisease transmission.
State guidelines have offered hope that elementary schools could reopen through a waiverapplication process. More than 200 such waivers have been approved across California,mostly for private and faith-based schools, including dozens in Orange and San Diegocounties.
But L.A. County health officials, who must approve waivers in conjunction with the state,said Wednesday that this option remains closed for local private and public schools.
Special education has been inconsistent at best since campuses statewide shut down. Thestate has mandated that school districts continue to provide special education to studentswith disabilities as required by federal laws, but has waived timelines that allow studentsto receive assessments and services quickly. Parents, advocates and educators say manystudents with disabilities are not receiving the such education or services.
L.A. Unified officials, along with districts throughout the state, have acknowledged thedifficulty of providing help to students who require close contact, direct feedback orhands-on services, including speech therapy, hearing evaluation and orthopedic
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manipulation. School districts have developed procedures that can be conducted online,but there are limitations.
According to state data, there were about 260,000 English learners in districts across L.A.County in the 2019-20 school year, and 190,000 students enrolled in special education in2018-19, the most recent year for which data were available.
L.A. County Office of Education Supt. Debra Duardo said Wednesday’s announcementwas “very encouraging.”
While the county’s rules are meant to prioritize safety, they don’t guarantee that a schoolsystem will be ready to open for small classes.
Times staff writer Andrew J. Campa contributed to this report.
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By JEFF HORSEMAN | [email protected] | The Press-EnterprisePUBLISHED: September 2, 2020 at 2:44 p.m. | UPDATED: September 2, 2020 at 2:48p.m.
For the !rst time, the Riverside County-run health care network is o"ering same-daycare at one of its clinics.
The clinic, at 2813 S. Main St. in Corona, o"ers urgent care, vaccinations and otherservices to those without insurance or immediate access to their regular health careproviders. Coronavirus testing also will be o"ered at the facility run by RiversideUniversity Health System.
No appointment is needed. Low-cost payment options will be o"ered to uninsuredpatients. Same-day care hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. onweekends.
County clinics accept patients with Inland Empire Health Plan and Medicare and thosein the county’s Medically Indigent Services Program.
Information: 951-272-5445.
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