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Los Angeles City Mayor Looks to Update Safer at Home Order, to Align with New State Directives
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Los Angeles City Mayor Looks to Update Safer at Home Order, to Align with New State Directives

Betti Halsell Contributing WriterJuly 13, 2020

The city is still in an emergency condition, Garcetti emphasized the need for physical distancing, face coverings, and extreme attentiveness to hygienic practices. Lives are at stake and each day more are at risk; the pandemic has gotten worse across the country. The mayor admittedly stated, “we never had so many people infected or infectious.” L.A. is on the border of level ‘red’ indicating severe conditions.

Gyms, Personal Services, Offices, and Places of Worship Looking to Close Down Due to COVID-19 Spike
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Gyms, Personal Services, Offices, and Places of Worship Looking to Close Down Due to COVID-19 Spike

Betti Halsell Contributing WriterJuly 13, 2020

Statistics show an escalation in hospitalization, positive cases, and the overall community death rate is still in the double digits. Latest numbers surrounding coronavirus shared on July 13, reflected 13 additional deaths, all of them were between the ages of 65 and over, nine of the victims had underlining health conditions. This brings the total COVID-19 related deaths in the L.A. County to 3,822.

Passing of Celebrated Author Revives Debate Over Postcolonial Views
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Passing of Celebrated Author Revives Debate Over Postcolonial Views

Global Information NetworkAugust 16, 2018

Naipaul was a lightning rod for criticism, say his critics, particularly by those who read his portrayals of Third World disarray as apologies for colonialism. But others say he was unsparing, both of the arrogance and self-aggrandizement of the colonizers as well as the self-deception and ethical ambiguities of the liberation movements that swept across Africa and the Caribbean in their wake.