Good morning LA
Wednesday’s events in Washington, DC and across the country will not be forgotten anytime soon, and local educators are already taking steps to ensure that students – most of whom will return to virtual classrooms this week or next. – have the tools to discuss and contextualize them.
The LA County Office of Education and the Long Beach School District have pooled resources for teachers. Both encourage adults to process their own feelings before addressing the problem with children and then making room for students to speak.
In Long Beach, suggestions include reminding students that “violence and hatred are never solutions to anger” and “history shows that hatred only causes harm”.
Parents, guardians and other adults are also responsible for helping young people process this week’s events and their feelings and thoughts around them. But Brent Smiley, who teaches the ancient worldAmerican history and history for high school students at the Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies in Reseda, believes that teachers are in a unique position.
“In each classroom there is a professional teacher who knows his children better than anyone else in the chain of command.” Smiley told my colleague Caroline Champlin. “The message for teachers? Go teach. ”
Read on to learn more about what’s happening in LA today, and stay safe outside.
What you need to know today
LA Outbreak: The oxygen delivery infrastructure is collapsing under pressure in LA and other critical points of COVID-19, putting patients’ access to precious air at risk and limiting hospital turnover.
Defective tests: The FDA says the Curative cheek smear test for COVID-19 – often used in LA – has a high risk of false negatives, which means that our case count may be even higher than we think.
The housing crisis: In a new report on homeless deaths in LA County, officials say they are concerned about a dramatic increase in fentanyl overdoses.
California Kids: Six of California’s largest school districts, including LAUSD and Long Beach, say Governor Gavin Newsom’s plan to reopen classrooms sets unrealistic deadlines compliance and will unfairly penalize low-income communities.
Local conflicts: These photos show a group of Trump supporters who marched through downtown LA in solidarity with the violent crowd that invaded the capital in Washington, DC
Impeachment, Edition 2021: Karen Bass says Trump should be expelled, but that is unlikely to happen since his supporters in Congress are still under his “cult” spell.
Weekend readings
There’s a lot going on in the world right now, and it’s hard enough to keep up with our day-to-day lives, let alone stay up to date with the news. But if you have any time this weekend, here’s what you may have missed:
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital, which serves some of the neighborhoods in Los Angeles that have been hardest hit by the coronavirus, has been pushed to the limit. (LA Watts Times)
The county is pushing for a “food handler” card, which would force delivery drivers to obtain certification. Some say it would hurt black-owned businesses and cause job losses for those who cannot, for a variety of reasons, take the certification course. (LA Sentinel)
LA Democrat Ted Lieu is a co-leader of President Donald Trump’s (re) impeachment effort. (LA Mag)
Some Boyle Heights residents await the next federal stimulus check, while immigrants in the area who have no legal status cannot receive financial aid at all. (Beat Boyle Heights)
A plant delivery service, handmade handmade candles and Thai homemade food are just a few of the small local businesses that have faced unique and considerable challenges in the past year. (Los Angeleno)
Latin / black, if stopped by the police in California, they are more likely to experience the use of force or to be searched than other racial groups. (San Fernando Valley Sun)
Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza sale was a shuttle of telenovela proportions throughout 2020. (LA Wave Newspapers)
Transport it has been irrevocably altered by the pandemic – and some believe it is a once in a lifetime opportunity to change things for the better. (Streetsblog LA)
Before you go … Take a deep breath this week
It has been a week, immediately after a year. Self-care has become a joke today, but it is vitally important for all of us to turn off our brains, if possible, and think of something other than the horrible situations we have been bombed with since March. 2020.
In that spirit, here are some suggestions: See pop art inspired by films released in 1991, listen to a live broadcast from Rufus Wainwright, learn about Oshogatsu’s food for the Year of the Ox, and much more this weekend. best approved pandemic events.
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