Saturday, August 1, 2020

8-1: 31 deaths in a day


California surpasses 500,000 coronavirus cases, capping off deadliest month yet -- The state reported 267,974 new cases in July — more than half of the state’s total cases since the start of the pandemic, and more than double the previous monthly record of 120,177 in June, according to Chronicle data as of Friday afternoon. Catherine Ho in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 8/1/20
 

Hospitals Juggle Resources, Continue Surgeries As California’s COVID-19 Cases Rise -- Hospitals throughout California were stockpiling gowns and masks, pulling hospital beds out of storage and cross-training nurses this spring in case droves of COVID-19 patients appeared at their doors.  Sammy Caiola Capital Public Radio -- 8/1/20

 

Mail Delays Fuel Concern Trump Is Undercutting Postal System Ahead of Voting -- Welcome to the next election battleground: the post office. Michael D. Shear, Hailey Fuchs and Kenneth P. Vogel in the New York Times$ -- 8/1/20


 


Lobbying Intensifies Among V.P. Candidates as Biden’s Search Nears an End -- Two women, Representative Karen Bass and Susan Rice, the former national security adviser, are among the most formidable contenders on Joe Biden’s list. Jonathan Martin, Alexander Burns and Katie Glueck in the New York Times$ -- 8/1/20

July was California’s worst month of the pandemic -- With one day left to go, July has already amounted to California’s worst month of the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of cases and deaths. But, as it comes to a close, there are signs that the spread of the virus had begun to slow. Evan Webeck in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 7/31/20

Fears grow that releasing thousands of California prisoners will spread COVID-19 into communities -- Missteps by corrections officials handling releases from state prisons are fueling fears in some California counties that thousands of inmates eligible for early release will spread the coronavirus in their communities. Anita Chabria, Richard Winton, Kim Christensen in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/31/20

 

Protester had hands up when LAPD officer shot him in head with projectile, video shows -- Footage from a Los Angeles police officer’s body camera shows a man with his hands up being shot in the head with a tactical round as officers advanced on a crowd of fleeing protesters in late May. Kevin Rector in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/31/20
 

Orange County Coronavirus Hospitalization Numbers Continue to be Clouded by Uncertainty

Voice of OC

 

Coronavirus swings toward Orange County’s younger crowd

OC Reg

OC data here


Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

  This ran in the Sunday December 24, 2023 edition of the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register : July 14, 1955 - November 20, 2...