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Bloomberg: Virus Vaccine May Be Ready for Mass Production By Autumn, Oxford Professor Says

Bloomberg: Virus Vaccine May Be Ready for Mass Production By Autumn, Oxford Professor Says

Virus Vaccine May Be Ready for Mass Production By Autumn, Oxford Professor Says A coronavirus vaccine trial by University of Oxford researchers aims to get efficacy results by September, and…

April 17, 2020 Hews Media Group-Los Cerritos Community Newspaper eNewspaper

April 17, 2020 Hews Media Group-Los Cerritos Community Newspaper eNewspaper

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Los Angeles Surge Hospital (LASH) for COVID-19 Patients Now Open

Los Angeles Surge Hospital (LASH) for COVID-19 Patients Now Open

  BY BRIAN HEWS • April 16, 2020 In an effort to relieve pressure on overflowing local hospitals, the former St. Vincent’s Hospital has opened its doors again as the…

Downey Police and Fire Departments Parade in Honor of PIH Health and Kaiser Front-Line Healthcare Providers

Downey Police and Fire Departments Parade in Honor of PIH Health and Kaiser Front-Line Healthcare Providers

Frontline workers at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Downey watch as police and fire honor them for their services during the pandemic. Courtesy Downey Chamber of Commerce.   By Tammye McDuff…

Former Gahr High Standout Dwayne Washington NFL’s Newest Million-Dollar Man

Former Gahr High Standout Dwayne Washington NFL’s Newest Million-Dollar Man

Gahr High’s Dwayne Washington after scoring a touchdown in New Orleans.     By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on Twitter While the world is going through a global pandemic right now,…

LA MIRADA MEALS ON WHEELS NOT SLOWING DOWN

LA MIRADA MEALS ON WHEELS NOT SLOWING DOWN

  TWO MEALS ON WHEELSvolunteers from La Mirada don PPE to deliver meals to local area residents. For more information, call (562) 943-0037 or visit mealsonwheelslamirada.org   Meals On Wheels…

LA County to Create Emergency Rent Assistance Program Amid COVID-19 Crisis

LA County to Create Emergency Rent Assistance Program Amid COVID-19 Crisis

    San Pedro, CA—Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a proposal by Supervisors Janice Hahn and Hilda Solis to create an Emergency Rent Assistance Program…

PANDEMIC PEAK: University of Washington Hospitalization Model by State

PANDEMIC PEAK: University of Washington Hospitalization Model by State

SBA Cannot Loan to Casinos, The Gardens Casino in Hawaiian Gardens is Trying to Change That

SBA Cannot Loan to Casinos, The Gardens Casino in Hawaiian Gardens is Trying to Change That

BY BRIAN HEWS The Gardens Casino in Hawaiian Gardens, which voluntarily shut down in March, provides 70% of the revenue to this tiny city in Southwest Los Angeles County. City…

HMG-LCCN EXCLUSIVE: L.A. County Will Open COVID-19 Testing Site in Bellflower Next Week

HMG-LCCN EXCLUSIVE: L.A. County Will Open COVID-19 Testing Site in Bellflower Next Week

  BY BRIAN HEWS Hews Media Group-Los Cerritos Community News has confirmed that L.A. County will open a COVID-19 testing site in Bellflower next week. Currently the county has seven…

Moskowitz Foundation’s Hawaiian Gardens Food Bank Stepping Up To Help Families

Moskowitz Foundation’s Hawaiian Gardens Food Bank Stepping Up To Help Families

BY BRIAN HEWS The Hawaiian Gardens Food Bank, sponsored by The Irving I. Moskowitz Foundation, owners of the Bingo Club in Hawaiian Gardens, is distributing free food to low income…

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department will increase rates costing cities hundreds of thousands

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department will increase rates costing cities hundreds of thousands

BY BRIAN HEWS Hews Media Group Los Cerritos Community News has learned that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department will increase rates on all contract cities;  the hit to member…

Cerritos Councilman Yokoyama Calls on Supervisor Hahn to Help Set Up a COVID-19 Mobile Testing Site in City

Cerritos Councilman Yokoyama Calls on Supervisor Hahn to Help Set Up a COVID-19 Mobile Testing Site in City

Testing site areas (in blue) in LA County (Source LA County Public Health). Cerritos City Councilman Frank Yokoyama sent a letter to LA County Fourth District Supervisor Janice Hahn yesterday…

NY Daily News Cover Slams Trump’s Lack of Leadership During COVID-19 Outbreak

NY Daily News Cover Slams Trump’s Lack of Leadership During COVID-19 Outbreak

A picture is worth 1,000 words….  …

Basketball, soccer accolades continue as All CIF-Southern Section teams are announced 

Basketball, soccer accolades continue as All CIF-Southern Section teams are announced 

BY LOREN KOPFF • @LORENKOPFF ON TWITTER • April 3, 2020 The final high school basketball and soccer games may have been played in late February or early March, but the…

WHITNEY HIGH’S MARK JOHNSON IS THE BACKBONE OF AQUATICS IN THE AREA 

WHITNEY HIGH’S MARK JOHNSON IS THE BACKBONE OF AQUATICS IN THE AREA 

  WHITNEY HIGH SWIMMING and water polo coach Mark Johnson awards the Ben Carlson Award to Caden Cunningham of Huntington Beach at last summer’s Chubascos bodysurfing contest. Cunningham had the…

April 2, 2020 Los Angeles County COVID-19 Report: 534 New Cases, 13 Additional Deaths

April 2, 2020 Los Angeles County COVID-19 Report: 534 New Cases, 13 Additional Deaths

LOS ANGELES –The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 13 new deaths and 534 new cases of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Twelve of the 13 deaths…

The Military Knew Years Ago That a Coronavirus Was Coming…and Told Trump About It in 2017

The Military Knew Years Ago That a Coronavirus Was Coming…and Told Trump About It in 2017

Credit: Photo by Evan Vucci/AP/Shutterstock (10434333bm)     The Pentagon warned the White House about a shortage of ventilators, face masks, and hospital beds in 2017—but the Trump administration did…

Tips for Safely Ordering Takeout During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Tips for Safely Ordering Takeout During the Coronavirus Pandemic

    Officials at the FDA say there’s no known risk that COVID-19 transmits through food, but experts clarify how you can still make delivery much safer. . Excerpts from…

April 1, 2020 COVID-19 REPORT: 513 New Cases in Los Angeles County, Eleven Additional Deaths

April 1, 2020 COVID-19 REPORT: 513 New Cases in Los Angeles County, Eleven Additional Deaths

TOTAL CASES NOW AT 3,518.   TOTAL DEATHS NOW AT 65.   Infections per age group along with the number hospitalized.   LOS ANGELES –The Los Angeles County Department of…