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Articles from the January 7, 2022 edition


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  • "Gratitude Concert" to Honor LA County Covid Czar Barbara Ferrer, Cancelled Due to Rise in Covid.

    Stan Greene, Observer Staff Writer|Jan 7, 2022
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    A concert at Santa Monica High School intended to thank Dr Barbara Ferrer for her work on Covid, has been cancelled due to the rise in Covid cases. Ferrer famously has lead Los Angeles County through the widely unpopular lockdowns, mask and vaccine mandates. She's not a real doctor; her PHD is in Equity of Communities. She is reviled on the right and adored on the left. Press release cancelling the concert reads: On the eve of Jacaranda's announcement of its plan to honor LA County's Director...

  • Los Angeles County Quarantine and Isolation Rules for a Positive Test or Close Contact with Covid-19

    Alyssa Erdley, Observer Staff|Jan 7, 2022
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    January 7, 2022 - The Los Angeles County Health Department has issued a detailed list of instructions for quarantining or isolating due to a positive Covid-19 test or an exposure to Covid-19. The rules have changed to make a distinction between the fully vaccinated and those who have also received booster shots. If you yourself tested positive for Covid-19, you must isolate. This means: Stay home a minimum of 5 days Can end isolation after day 5 if asymptomatic and test negative If test positive...

  • Los Angeles Superior Court Delays All Criminal Trials; Urges Counsel to Continue Civil Jury Trials

    David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer|Jan 7, 2022

    Citing a "holiday surge due to Covid", the Los Angeles Superior Court has announced that it will delay all criminal trials 2 weeks. The Court also urged counsel to meet and confer on civil jury trials, and stipulate to continue them. This announced in a press release on the Superior Court website, https://www.lacourt.org/ In relevant part, the press release from the LA Superior Court reads as follows: PRESIDING JUDGE ERIC C. TAYLOR ISSUES GENERAL ORDER TO DELAY CRIMINAL TRIALS FOR TWO WEEKS AS...