The dangers of the Omicron COVID-19 variant are unknown. But many Americans aren’t very worried.
Los Angeles Times
Posted inEnvironment
More than 400 toxic sites in California are at risk of flooding from sea level rise
Lower-income communities of color are five times more likely to live within half a mile of a toxic site that could flood by 2050, new research shows. There are dozens of such sites in the Bay Area, and the closest one to Santa Cruz is in Moss Landing.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
How bad will Omicron be? Scientists won’t really know for months
Omicron’s impact on the COVID-19 pandemic will depend on a variety of factors that will take days to weeks for scientists to untangle.
Posted inHousing & Development
Some California cities aim to blunt new duplex law
Some cities in California want to put restrictions on Senate Bill 9, a new law that aims to increase development in single-family home neighborhoods.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
How big a threat is the Omicron variant of coronavirus? Here’s what we know
The recent discovery of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has upended the outlook for a pandemic that was expected to get worse over the winter.
Posted inRecreation & Sports
Column: SoCal power Mater Dei must make changes after video exposes football program culture of hazing
It’s difficult to understand why Mater Dei coach Bruce Rollinson and principal Frances Clare still have jobs after video exposes hazing within the team, Los Angeles Times columnist Bill Plaschke writes.
Posted inCOVID 2022
To protest COVID mandates, this California town declared itself a ‘constitutional republic’
The Northern California town of Oroville this month declared itself a “constitutional republic” because of COVID-19. Residents have mixed feelings.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Omicron variant spreads globally, sparking fears of winter COVID-19 surge
Officials warn of new winter COVID-19 wave with new “highly transmissible” variant.
Posted inCity Life
Kayden Phoenix champions Latina superheroes: ‘We haven’t seen our version of it’
Kayden Phoenix, an award-winning Chicana writer and director from Boyle Heights, discusses her A La Brava universe of Latina comic book characters.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
How to protect yourself amid Omicron variant alarms? Here’s what we know
The California Department of Public Health said “it is only a matter of time before Omicron is detected in the United States. New variants will continue to evolve as long as there are large proportions of unvaccinated people.”