Coronavirus hits California hospital workers hard, including more than 175 cases at UCLA

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The infections at healthcare facilities include at least eight cases involving medical workers at Providence St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica; 30 at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in San Pedro who are positive or awaiting results; six at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in Silicon Valley, including one death ...
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Shaq's Daughter Amirah O'Neal Commits to LSU Basketball, Will Join Bro Shareef

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As for Amirah (who's 6'3" tall) -- SHE'S LEGIT -- averaging 17.2 points per game during her high school career at Crossroads in Santa Monica. She was also an Honorable Mention to the MaxPreps 2019 California All-State Girls Basketball Team. Shareef -- who recently announced he was transferring to LSU after a short stint at UCLA -- he's VERY ...
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10 Nurses Suspended from Hospital Jobs for Refusing to Work Without Face Masks

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Ten nurses have been suspended with pay from their jobs at Providence St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California, after they refused to treat coronavirus patients without N95 masks. The nurses said they weren't provided masks and then told to care for patients.
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‘Call Your Own Shots’

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Ten nurses at Providence St. John’s Medical Center in Santa Monica have been suspended after refusing to work inside a coronavirus ward without what they deem adequate protective gear. — San Francisco is deploying coronavirus detectives to ramp up contact-tracing, one of several conditions experts say is key to begin recovery.
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Santa Monica Hospital Will Cleanse N95 Masks Amid Coronavirus

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SANTA MONICA, CA — A shortage of N95 masks has led the Providence Southern California hospital group to take part in a new process for sanitizing masks for workers, they said. The group announced Wednesday that they initiated a disinfection process for N95 medical masks to provide the highest level of protection to those who care for COVID-19 ...
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State panel grants temporary endangered species status to Southern California cougars

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Mountain lions are not listed as threatened statewide. But the petition cites recent scientific studies showing that the lions roaming the Santa Ana, San Gabriel, Santa Monica, Santa Cruz and Tehachapi ranges make up a genetically distinct subspecies that is approaching what some experts call an “extinction vortex.” There’s an almost 1 in ...
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Your favorite souvenirs: Readers share their wildest and wackiest travel keepsakes

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I saved the warning and the next day’s newspaper headline. Plush toy, Santa Monica Pier, 2012. I live in Washington state and the love of my life lives in the Los Angeles area. Long distance is hard. Schedules don’t always line up. So we had gone a long while without seeing each other. I had never been to the pier so we went, we rode the ...
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