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The fact that half of LAPD staff still haven’t been vaccinated suggests a large number of officers have chosen not to receive the shots.

LAUSD Supt. Beutner guided the district through a tumultuous teachers strike and a year of unprecedented coronavirus-forced school closures.

By Genoa Barrow | Observer Senior Staff Writer Before the Derek Chauvin trial began in Minnesota three weeks ago, local pastor Dr. Tecoy Porter traveled back to his home state to help pray over George Floyd’s family.  Dr. Porter, who leads Genesis Baptist Church and the Sacramento Chapter of Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network,

California’s latest seven-day new case rate — 40.3 per 100,000 people — is dramatically lower than the nationwide rate of 135.3 over that same time period.

By Barrington M. Salmon | The Final Call (NNPA)- More than a few close observers of court trials and those who’ve joined in to watch the criminal trial of former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin, accused of murdering George Floyd, have been angered by the efforts of defense attorneys to paint Mr. Floyd as a criminal

The sites at Cal State L.A., Crenshaw Christian Center, Dodger Stadium, Hansen Dam, Lincoln Park, Los Angeles Southwest College, Pierce College, San Fernando Park and USC will operate Wednesday.

By: Dave Roughton | Special to The Observer OPINION – California financial institutions see it as their mission to help all who live in the state access quality banking services. As they work to reach into more diverse communities, the conversation has turned to finding new and creative ways to support unbanked and underbanked Californians.

New COVID-19 vaccination clinics at the Palmdale and Lancaster Metrolink stations will offer free shots with no appointments required.

CORE, co-founded by Sean Penn, has launched a campaign to increase shots in communities of color hit hard by the pandemic.

California health officials have repeatedly said they have no plans to institute official COVID-19 vaccine passports, but their rules for reopening indoor live venues incentivize businesses to demand such proof.