L.A. County has fewer than 100 ICU beds available. The total number of hospitalizations in the county is 4,203. In terms of infections, the highest number of COVID-19 cases are among those ages 18-29 and 30-49. — KTLA, Pasadena Star-News
California is taking legal action against Amazon over concerns of poor workplace conditions — specifically, a lack of employee protections against the coronavirus. — CBS Los Angeles
City officials are suing an underground nightclub in the Fashion District for violating health orders in order to host crowded events. — L.A. Times
Scheduled my 1st vaccine dose for this Friday! Grateful to scientists, logistics experts, hospital admin, and @DollyParton for making this possible.
— Esther Choo, MD MPH (@choo_ek) December 15, 2020
This week, the Los Angeles Unified School District announced that students will not receive failing grades this semester. Officials estimate that in-person schooling will likely not return until summer 2021. — ABC Los Angeles
More than 6.3 million Californians, or 16% of the state population, have already signed up for the new CA Notify phone alert system that debuted last week. — The San Diego Union-Tribune
Mobile COVID-19 testing teams will be deployed to East San Fernando Valley and South Los Angeles, where Black and brown residents are facing disproportionate positive case rates. — CBS Los Angeles
A Burbank saloon. A pho restaurant in Laguna Niguel. A brewery in Anaheim. What do they have in common? They're all among the restaurants defying California's ban on outdoor dining. https://t.co/f0Y4yH89JI
— LAist (@LAist) December 15, 2020
Multiple well-known restaurants in L.A. had to close temporarily due to COVID-19 outbreaks among staff. — Eater Los Angeles
Nine L.A. County hospitals are preparing to store shipments of the Pfizer vaccine. They will also be responsible for shipping vaccines out to 83 acute-care hospitals. — Patch
A year of search on Google: pic.twitter.com/4a9qqsdpSb
— Bojan Tunguz (@tunguz) December 15, 2020
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