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BREAKING: LA Doctor Warns County Will Close Schools Again For Even One ‘Case’ of COVID

July 28, 2021 3:34 pmJuly 30, 2021 9:07 am

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health just reinstated a full indoor mask mandate for everyone – no exemptions – effective Saturday. And, County Public Health Official Dr. Barbara Ferrer appears to be planning to close down/lockdown Los Angeles County...

Gov. Newsom Says Lockdown Will Continue Into February, Ruins Christmas

December 15, 2020 2:49 pmDecember 16, 2020 2:54 pm

What started out as a highly contagious coronavirus has become a “deadly disease,” according to Gov. Gavin Newsom. After spending the bulk of his Tuesday press briefing touting the new COVID vaccine, and the 327,600 doses received from Pfizer, the...

California’s Public Health Doctors Are Violating Hippocratic Oath, ‘First, Do No Harm’

December 10, 2020 9:02 amDecember 10, 2020 9:36 am

In Gov. Gavin Newsom’s California business owners are fined and arrested for being open and doing business, while convicted criminals are let out of jails and prisons. Public health doctors, while not in a medical practice, must still adhere to...

LA County Public Health Director’s House Protested Over New Restrictions

November 30, 2020 9:59 pm

On Sunday, dozens of protestors gathered outside of Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer’s home in the LA neighborhood of Echo Park demanding that Los Angeles County reopen and not introduce more restrictive measures planned to...

LA County To Follow State Guidelines: Limits Gatherings to Three Families, Two Hours Or Less, No Singing

October 14, 2020 8:17 pm

On Wednesday, Los Angeles County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer announced that Los Angeles County will follow California’s new at-home gathering rules this holiday season and allow up to three families to be together outside for up to two...

Coronavirus Cases May Spike Amid a State of Emergency Over George Floyd Protests

June 1, 2020 6:23 am

As protests continue a week after the death of George Floyd and a State of Emergency being declared in Los Angeles County by Governor Gavin Newsom, major Californian cities, as well as cities nationwide, face a new threat: a projected...

California to Reopen Dine-In Restaurants, Most Retail Businesses in Approved Counties

May 12, 2020 6:51 pm

On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that dine-in restaurants can now open in a limited capacity in counties that meet all public health benchmarks and are approved by the state. Phase 2 reopenings and new public health rules Joining dine-in...