Health Department officials have listed the latest number of confirmed novel COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles County at 1,247,618 (as of June 20). A breakdown of cases in Valley area cities and communities: Arleta: 7,115 Burbank 8,990 Canoga Park: 9,493 Chatsworth: 3,696 Encino: 3,474 Granada Hills: 6,613 Lake Balboa: 5,462 Lake View Terrace: 2,332 Mission […]
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Cal/OSHA Board Approves Relaxed COVID Rules for Workplace Mask-Wearing
LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Fully vaccinated people will be able to ditch facemasks in most workplace situations under relaxed COVID-19 rules approvedtoday by a state regulatory panel and immediately put into effect through anexecutive order from Gov. Gavin Newsom. The workplace rules approved by the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board mostly align […]
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US Ends Strict Trump-era Asylum Rules for Violence Victims
By Amy TaxinAssociated Press The U.S. government on Wednesday ended two Trump administration policies that made it harder for immigrants fleeing violence to qualify for asylum, especially Central Americans. Attorney General Merrick Garland issued new instructions to immigration judges to stop following the Trump-era rules that made it tough for immigrants who faced domestic or […]
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Rift on Communion Policy as US Catholic Bishops Open Meeting
By David CraryAssociated Press Divisions flared quickly on Wednesday as U.S. Catholic bishops opened a national meeting highlighted by a sensitive agenda item — whether to take initial steps toward a possible rebuke of politicians, including President Joe Biden, who receive Communion while supporting abortion rights. Some said the issue was so important and contentious […]
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A Doting Father With Plenty of Love to Share
“Any fool can have a child. That doesn’t make you a father. It’s the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.” That quote from former President Barack Obama defines Lake View Terrace resident Eddie Gamez, who’s never shied away from the task of being a father to his own offspring, or those […]
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2021 Ford F-150
It used to be easy to review trucks. They were the most basic vehicles on the road, built to work and not to be comfortable. There was a body on a frame with a bed in the back and you picked the length and the number of doors — and that about covered it. Now, […]
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2021 Acura TLX
You used to be able to get a V-6 in a Honda Accord sedan. But now that one’s a four-cylinder-only sedan. The good news is, there’s a new sedan made by Honda that’s available with the strongest V6 Honda ever put into a sedan. The bad news is, it’s not being sold under the Honda […]
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2021 Lexus NX 300h
Buying a hybrid is beginning to make economic sense again, because the price of gas is going up again. Which can make up for the higher buy-in price of the hybrid. And maybe even more. How much you save — or don’t — ultimately depends on how high the price of gas goes. Right now, […]
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2021 Toyota Corolla
They don’t make the great cars anymore. Cars like the original (rear-engined/air-cooled) VW Beetle, for instance, which many consider to be the greatest car ever made, if the standard for greatness is a car almost anyone could afford to buy — and for that reason put almost everyone on the road who wanted to be […]
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2021 Dodge Ram 1500 TRX
When does 450 horsepower seem kind of … limp? When you’re behind the wheel of something with more than 700 horsepower. That’s the difference — or one of the differences — between the Ram 1500 TRX and its chief rival, the Ford F-150 Raptor. What It Is The TRX is the answer — in triplicate […]