In an executive order late Monday, Hilda Solis, chairwoman of the L.A. County Board of Supervisors, directed county health officials to make COVID-19 vaccination appointments available to residents 65 and older beginning Thursday. latimes.com/california/sto…
Solis said a website and call center to make appointments will be announced before Thursday.
Meanwhile, the county public health department will hold a vaccine town hall Tuesday evening and is posting vaccination information online: vaccinatelacounty.com
Despite the state announcing last week that it was opening up vaccinations to older people, L.A. County has not received enough doses to expand an already slow vaccine rollout. latimes.com/california/sto…
Five large COVID-19 vaccination sites are slated to open this week in L.A. County. latimes.com/california/sto…
The county plans to vaccinate roughly 4,000 people per day at each site.
Although there is enough supply to do so initially, officials say they need more to vaccinate some 500,000 healthcare workers.
Here's who Natalie Biden is, and why social media was discussing her during the presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C. latimes.com/entertainment-…
Natalie, one of seven grandchildren of President Joe Biden, was one of the fashionable standouts.
The 16-year-old stole the runway show with a monochromatic pink coat and matching mask latimes.com/entertainment-…
Social media was buzzing Wednesday about the younger Biden’s all-pink look.
“Good riddance,” said Nydia Ngiow, the former trade negotiator for the Singaporean government who spent several years working in Washington in her government’s embassy. latimes.com/world-nation/s…
The gloves — made from repurposed wool sweaters and lined with fleece made from recycled plastic bottles — first blew up when Sanders wore them a year ago at the Seacoast Women’s March in Portsmouth, N.H.
As @BerniesMittens highlights, the brown, black and cream mittens were created by Jen Ellis, a second-grade teacher from Essex Junction, Vt., and a partner she designed the pattern with. latimes.com/lifestyle/stor…
When Kamala Harris was sworn in as the nation’s first female, Black and Asian American vice president, celebrations ricocheted across the country — especially among the Howard University community, Harris’ alma mater.
“This is a great day for Harris, for Howard and for our country as a whole. It is a great day for the African American community, the South Asian American community and all American communities,” said Howard President Wayne Frederick in a statement. latimes.com/world-nation/s…
Members of the university community used the hashtag “HU2WH” on Twitter to mark Harris’ achievement of a historic first — the ascension of a historically Black university alumna to the White House. latimes.com/world-nation/s…
Gorman became the youth poet laureate of Los Angeles at age 16 in 2014 and the first national youth poet laureate three years later latimes.com/entertainment-…
She grapples with a speech impediment.
"I don’t look at my disability as a weakness,” said Gorman. “It’s made me the performer that I am and the storyteller that I strive to be." latimes.com/entertainment-…