latimes--2020-11-23--Newsom family under quarantine after exposure to infected CHP officer

Gov .
Gavin Newsom and his family are under quarantine after learning that three of his children were exposed to a California Highway Patrol officer who tested positive for the coronavirus , the governor ’ s office said late Sunday .
The governor ’ s office said Newsom and his family learned about the potential exposure Friday evening and were tested for the virus Sunday morning .
Their results came back negative and they will continue to get tested regularly , his office said .
The California Highway Patrol provides security for the governor , his wife and four children @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to 11 .
“ Thankfully , the entire family tested negative today .
However , consistent with local guidance , we will be quarantining for 14 days , ” Newsom tweeted late Sunday night .
“ We are grateful for all the officers that keep our family safe and for every frontline worker who continues to go to work during this pandemic.
” The news of the exposure comes just days after the governor ’ s office confirmed one of his children had a separate brush with the virus when the child ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
On Friday , the governor ’ s office said one of Newsom ’ s children was exposed and quarantining at home after testing negative for the virus two times .
The other family members also tested negative last week .
After they learned of the exposure to the infected CHP officer , the family was advised by health professionals to wait until Sunday to get tested again , according to Newsom ’ s office .
The children who were potentially exposed to the virus were not identified for security reasons .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ resumed in-person instruction this month .
Three of the children are in elementary school , where full-day classes have been held this month Mondays through Thursdays with early dismissal on Fridays .
The youngest child is in pre-kindergarten .
Information published by the school states that all students and personnel are to wear masks and are subject to mandatory coronavirus testing , along with other public health protocols while on campus .
The Sunday night announcement continues a string of headlines about the governor and his personal experiences during the pandemic .
Newsom @ @ @ @ @ @ @ described as an outdoor dinner at an upscale Napa Valley restaurant Nov. 6 to celebrate his friend and advisor ’ s 50th birthday .
Photos of the dinner surfaced the next day , raising questions about Newsom ’ s claim that the event was held outdoors .

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his family are under quarantine after three of his children were potentially exposed to the coronavirus.
Gov. Gavin Newsom and his family are under quarantine after learning that three of his children were exposed to a California Highway Patrol officer who tested positive for the coronavirus, the governor’s office said late Sunday.
The governor’s office said Newsom and his family learned about the potential exposure Friday evening and were tested for the virus Sunday morning. Their results came back negative and they will continue to get tested regularly, his office said.
The California Highway Patrol provides security for the governor, his wife and four children, who range in age from 4 to 11.
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“Thankfully, the entire family tested negative today. However, consistent with local guidance, we will be quarantining for 14 days,” Newsom tweeted late Sunday night.
“We are grateful for all the officers that keep our family safe and for every frontline worker who continues to go to work during this pandemic.”
The news of the exposure comes just days after the governor’s office confirmed one of his children had a separate brush with the virus when the child’s Sacramento private school classmate tested positive. On Friday, the governor’s office said one of Newsom’s children was exposed and quarantining at home after testing negative for the virus two times. The other family members also tested negative last week.
After they learned of the exposure to the infected CHP officer, the family was advised by health professionals to wait until Sunday to get tested again, according to Newsom’s office. The children who were potentially exposed to the virus were not identified for security reasons.
The first family’s Sacramento elementary school resumed in-person instruction this month. Three of the children are in elementary school, where full-day classes have been held this month Mondays through Thursdays with early dismissal on Fridays. The youngest child is in pre-kindergarten.
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Information published by the school states that all students and personnel are to wear masks and are subject to mandatory coronavirus testing, along with other public health protocols while on campus.
The Sunday night announcement continues a string of headlines about the governor and his personal experiences during the pandemic. Newsom apologized last week for attending what he described as an outdoor dinner at an upscale Napa Valley restaurant Nov. 6 to celebrate his friend and advisor’s 50th birthday. Photos of the dinner surfaced the next day, raising questions about Newsom’s claim that the event was held outdoors.
Sacramento bureau chief John Myers contributed to this report.


latimes--2020-11-22--San Pedro's Ports O' Call was torn down. A new waterfront is finally taking shape

On the main channel of Los Angeles Harbor where the city ’ s shipping industry was born more than a century ago , a kitschy imitation of a New England fishing village called Ports O ’ Call opened in 1962 .
It was a major regional attraction where thousands came every year to stroll among quaint shops , take boat rides and dine by the water .
For a period in the 1970s , the mast-like Skytower lifted visitors 30 stories high to show them giant tankers , cruise ships and fishing trawlers navigating the port .
But in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Village faded and grew shabby , a victim of changing tastes in entertainment and dwindling investment in its upkeep and improvement .
Despite a last-minute , nostalgia-fueled community outcry and lawsuits from merchants and restaurants , all but the San Pedro Fish Market was demolished in 2018 to make way for dramatic redevelopment , first proposed by the Harbor Commission five years before .
Now the waterfront ’ s long-awaited makeover is finally taking shape .
One project will transform the former tourist magnet into a new seaside attraction with shops , restaurants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ another , the city ’ s nearby original pier dating to the early 1900s is being converted to a sprawling center for new eco-friendly businesses building the ocean ’ s “ blue economy.
” Among the new developments coming to the port is an amphitheater the size of L.A. ’ s Greek Theatre , where concerts will be heard a stone ’ s throw from a World War II-era battleship .
Visitors will stroll a waterfront promenade designed by the architects of the High Line , Manhattan ’ s instant landmark park made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The multiple projects are part of a two-decade process to clean up the air and water at the port and turn unused docks , wharves and warehouses into a place where more people will want to work or visit for fun , port officials said .
“ Bringing people to our waterfront has been a hallmark of the Port of Los Angeles for decades , ” Executive Director Gene Seroka said , “ and we believe that the investment in this particular project will really bring us to the next level.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ catering to visitors , the Port of Los Angeles is investing about $ 1 billion in infrastructure improvements over 10 years , he said .
Private developers building West Harbor , AltaSea and other projects will invest an estimated $ 500 million , said Michael Galvin , director of the port ’ s real estate operations .
“ This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity , ” Galvin said , “ to really change these communities.
” At the Ports O ’ Call site , expect to find a seaside brewery and beer garden among @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a 42-acre retail center called West Harbor that will have five times as much outdoor space as the Grove mall in Los Angeles .
Rising nearby will be a solar-powered “ lighthouse ” as tall as the Statue of Liberty , towering over a cluster of century-old warehouses containing new-economy businesses such as the headquarters of undersea explorer Robert Ballard , who located the wreck of the Titanic and the German battleship Bismarck .
His research vessel the Nautilus docks there , as does Boeing ’ s prototype unmanned research submarine Echo Voyager @ @ @ @ @ @ @ million people came to the waterfront each year for recreation , a tally port leaders hope to double after people begin to venture out again .
A 2020 groundbreaking was delayed by the pandemic , but next year construction is set to begin on the $ 150-million first phase of West Harbor , the dining , shopping and entertainment complex that will replace Ports O ’ Call .
The project recently got a name change , from San Pedro Public Market , as it previously was known .
Dispensing with the old center @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Spanish Colonial and Asian themes , West Harbor will evoke the industrial nature of the port with warehouse-style buildings filled with restaurants , bars and shops .
The layout was conceived by James Corner Field Operations , the architects and urban designers behind the High Line and Tongva Park in Santa Monica .
The central courtyard will be flanked by repurposed shipping containers turned into small restaurant kitchens , seating , fire pits and a stage for live music and dancing .
There will be native plant gardens and family activities such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ball courts .
For people arriving by water , there will be courtesy slips for private boats and water taxis .
One of the first restaurateurs to sign a lease was John Sangmeister , owner of Gladstone ’ s seafood restaurant in Long Beach , a competitive sailor who is also known for arranging public parties and stunts including a 2010 contest in which entrants made human-powered flying machines and piloted them off a 30-foot-high deck into the local harbor .
Sangmeister broke three ribs attempting to fly his own entry , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in San Pedro , where he plans another Gladstone ’ s .
“ We think this project lends itself to bigger , funner events and we ’ re excited to be a part of that.
” West Harbor is projected to open in 2022 but will continue to be developed in the years to follow and is intended to include a hotel after the travel business recovers from the pandemic .
One of the recreational proposals being considered would bring a skate park , a wave machine for surfing and an artificial ski @ @ @ @ @ @ @ combine alcohol with a sense of danger is what developer Eric Johnson calls an “ aerobar.
” It would be a tall open cylinder , reminiscent of the Skytower , where riders would sit in a circle with their feet dangling and be hoisted high enough to see to Catalina Island while being served cocktails by a bartender perched in the middle .
Johnson , whose San Pedro company Jerico Development is building West Harbor with Los Angeles developer Ratkovich Co. , rode his bicycle to Ports O ’ Call as a boy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attraction generated in its heyday , when crowds were constant .
“ It was locals on weekdays and locals and tourists on the weekends , ” said Johnson , who was partial to the joke shop , glassblower and game arcade .
One of the key attractions for more modern tastes will be the amphitheater , a 6,200-seat venue operated by Los Angeles music promoter Nederlander Concerts .
The region has several concert halls , but there is room for another , Chief Executive Alex Hodges said , at least in that unusual @ @ @ @ @ @ @ love the idea of being at the waterfront , ” he said .
“ It ’ s just a thrill — the bridges are landmarks .
They speak to a big , exciting , mysterious world ” of international commerce .
Hodges envisions people looking down on shows from the deck of the USS Iowa , a retired battleship launched in 1942 that is berthed a mile up the Main Channel where it serves as a naval museum .
Plans call for moving the Iowa to a slip next to West Harbor , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 45,000-ton vessel once known as the “ Big Stick.
” “ It ’ s going to be a challenge ” to transport , Seroka said , a costly task requiring extensive engineering work and dredging of the channel .
“ But believe me , this community can do it.
” After a competition among developers , port leaders selected Jerico Development and Ratkovich Co. to build the replacement to Ports O ’ Call and signed them to a 66-year lease on the property .
Ratkovich Co. President Wayne Ratkovich said he hopes West @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pedro , “ a city within a city that has often been overlooked ” as a neighborhood of Los Angeles .
“ We saw an opportunity to re-energize a unique downtown.
” In the early 20th century , Los Angeles merchants and city leaders set out to capture a share of the increased global shipping trade expected to pass through the Panama Canal , a link between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans that opened in 1914 .
They created a municipal wharf with a long stretch of warehouses where ships were loaded and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by burly longshoremen .
The growth of containerized shipping after World War II gradually rendered City Dock No .
1 obsolete for moving goods but left behind a choice 35-acre site for a complex of pioneering tech companies focused on sustainable uses of the world ’ s oceans .
AltaSea is in its early stages but so far rents space to eco-friendly start-ups , including one that raises edible mussels far out at sea , creating a sustainable food source .
A company spun off from Caltech and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ underwater such as lost vessels , and map the depths of the ocean .
Another fledgling business creates high-tech coral farms and uses remotely operated submarines to distribute baby corals onto threatened reefs .
Part of AltaSea ’ s mission is to create jobs that didn ’ t previously exist , said Chief Executive Tim McOsker , who grew up in San Pedro when work was plentiful on the docks or for the fleet of fishermen based there .
“ We are looking at a future where , without some intervention , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kind of middle-class incomes that families had growing up here ” for generations , he said .
“ We have the opportunity to expand the blue economy here in the harbor area and create a future for our kids.
” The figurative whale for AltaSea so far is Ballard , who has captured public interest as a deep-sea explorer and scientific researcher .
His 211-foot research vessel is based there and he plans to build an educational visitors ’ center called the Bob Ballard Experience inside a 1920s industrial building that is also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and development .
“ Bob Ballard is somebody who attracts other businesses , ” McOsker said .
“ We all want to be close to Bob because of his credibility.
” That includes leaders of 23 institutions and universities , including USC and UCLA , that are part of the Southern California Marine Institute , which trains students in ocean studies and entrepreneurship in the emerging blue economy .
The institute plans to move in 2023 from a small facility on Terminal Island to larger quarters in the same former warehouse Ballard occupies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of solar panels on the roof of one warehouse to provide power to the businesses inside .
A more symbolic solar-powered “ lighthouse ” will be built as part of a new engagement center for visitors at the north edge of the water .
“ We wanted to create a beacon for the port so that everyone could recognize where AltaSea is from a long distance away , `` said Andy Cohen , co-chief executive of Gensler , the architecture firm overseeing the design of the 35-acre campus .
The exterior of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drawn from the sun , and visitors who climb stairs to the top can take in the industrial theater of the modern port and the renovated historical City Dock No .
1 .
“ We are going to mesh old industrial buildings , where horses and buggies picked up arrivals , with a modern science campus , ” Cohen said .
“ This is about the future of the planet , and for generations to come.
” West Harbor and AltaSea aren ’ t the only recreational improvements coming to the port .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the $ 71-million Wilmington Waterfront Promenade .
The nine-acre development will provide more direct public access to Wilmington ’ s historic waterfront and create more open spaces and recreational areas for the harbor community ’ s residents .
The project will include a park and a public pier and dock .
Work is also underway on the $ 33-million Town Square and waterfront promenade project that will connect West Harbor with a historic seaside landmark : the Streamline Moderne-style San Pedro Municipal Ferry Building .
Built in 1941 , it was the terminal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Terminal Island before the Vincent Thomas Bridge was completed in 1963 .
Now housing the Los Angeles Maritime Museum , the square will serve as the pedestrian connecting point between downtown San Pedro and West Harbor .

An artist’s rendering of West Harbor, an entertainment and shopping complex that will replace Ports O’ Call Village as the key visitor attraction at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro.
On the main channel of Los Angeles Harbor where the city’s shipping industry was born more than a century ago, a kitschy imitation of a New England fishing village called Ports O’ Call opened in 1962.
The ship “Regina Maris” at Ports O’ Call in San Pedro in the 1970s. (Albert Moote / Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images)
It was a major regional attraction where thousands came every year to stroll among quaint shops, take boat rides and dine by the water. For a period in the 1970s, the mast-like Skytower lifted visitors 30 stories high to show them giant tankers, cruise ships and fishing trawlers navigating the port.
But in the late 1980s, Ports O’ Call Village faded and grew shabby, a victim of changing tastes in entertainment and dwindling investment in its upkeep and improvement. Despite a last-minute, nostalgia-fueled community outcry and lawsuits from merchants and restaurants, all but the San Pedro Fish Market was demolished in 2018 to make way for dramatic redevelopment, first proposed by the Harbor Commission five years before.
Now the waterfront’s long-awaited makeover is finally taking shape.
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One project will transform the former tourist magnet into a new seaside attraction with shops, restaurants and bars in shipping containers. In another, the city’s nearby original pier dating to the early 1900s is being converted to a sprawling center for new eco-friendly businesses building the ocean’s “blue economy.”
Among the new developments coming to the port is an amphitheater the size of L.A.’s Greek Theatre, where concerts will be heard a stone’s throw from a World War II-era battleship. Visitors will stroll a waterfront promenade designed by the architects of the High Line, Manhattan’s instant landmark park made out of a former elevated rail spur.
An artist’s rendering of West Harbor, an entertainment and shopping complex. A 2020 groundbreaking was delayed by the pandemic, but next year construction is set to begin on the $150-million first phase. (James Corner Field Operations)
The multiple projects are part of a two-decade process to clean up the air and water at the port and turn unused docks, wharves and warehouses into a place where more people will want to work or visit for fun, port officials said.
“Bringing people to our waterfront has been a hallmark of the Port of Los Angeles for decades,” Executive Director Gene Seroka said, “and we believe that the investment in this particular project will really bring us to the next level.”
To smooth the path of new development catering to visitors, the Port of Los Angeles is investing about $1 billion in infrastructure improvements over 10 years, he said. Private developers building West Harbor, AltaSea and other projects will invest an estimated $500 million, said Michael Galvin, director of the port’s real estate operations.
Eric Lopez, 21, middle, of Compton works on the West Harbor development in San Pedro, located where the former Ports O’ Call used to be. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” Galvin said, “to really change these communities.”
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At the Ports O’ Call site, expect to find a seaside brewery and beer garden among the spread of stores and restaurants in a 42-acre retail center called West Harbor that will have five times as much outdoor space as the Grove mall in Los Angeles.
Rising nearby will be a solar-powered “lighthouse” as tall as the Statue of Liberty, towering over a cluster of century-old warehouses containing new-economy businesses such as the headquarters of undersea explorer Robert Ballard, who located the wreck of the Titanic and the German battleship Bismarck. His research vessel the Nautilus docks there, as does Boeing’s prototype unmanned research submarine Echo Voyager.
Before the pandemic, about 3 million people came to the waterfront each year for recreation, a tally port leaders hope to double after people begin to venture out again.
West Harbor
A 2020 groundbreaking was delayed by the pandemic, but next year construction is set to begin on the $150-million first phase of West Harbor, the dining, shopping and entertainment complex that will replace Ports O’ Call. The project recently got a name change, from San Pedro Public Market, as it previously was known.
An artist’s rendering of West Harbor, an entertainment and shopping complex at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro. It will evoke the industrial nature of the port with warehouse-style buildings filled with restaurants, bars and shops. (James Corner Field Operations / Studio One Eleven)
Dispensing with the old center’s improbable mix of New England, Spanish Colonial and Asian themes, West Harbor will evoke the industrial nature of the port with warehouse-style buildings filled with restaurants, bars and shops.
The layout was conceived by James Corner Field Operations, the architects and urban designers behind the High Line and Tongva Park in Santa Monica. The central courtyard will be flanked by repurposed shipping containers turned into small restaurant kitchens, seating, fire pits and a stage for live music and dancing.
There will be native plant gardens and family activities such as children’s playgrounds and bocce ball courts. For people arriving by water, there will be courtesy slips for private boats and water taxis.
An artist’s rendering of West Harbor, which will have native plant gardens and family activities such as children’s playgrounds and bocce ball courts. For people arriving by water, there will be courtesy slips for private boats and water taxis. (James Corner Field Operations)
One of the first restaurateurs to sign a lease was John Sangmeister, owner of Gladstone’s seafood restaurant in Long Beach, a competitive sailor who is also known for arranging public parties and stunts including a 2010 contest in which entrants made human-powered flying machines and piloted them off a 30-foot-high deck into the local harbor.
Sangmeister broke three ribs attempting to fly his own entry, but said he is game for more antics in San Pedro, where he plans another Gladstone’s. “We think this project lends itself to bigger, funner events and we’re excited to be a part of that.”
West Harbor is projected to open in 2022 but will continue to be developed in the years to follow and is intended to include a hotel after the travel business recovers from the pandemic. One of the recreational proposals being considered would bring a skate park, a wave machine for surfing and an artificial ski slope.
One proposed attraction that would combine alcohol with a sense of danger is what developer Eric Johnson calls an “aerobar.” It would be a tall open cylinder, reminiscent of the Skytower, where riders would sit in a circle with their feet dangling and be hoisted high enough to see to Catalina Island while being served cocktails by a bartender perched in the middle.
Johnson, whose San Pedro company Jerico Development is building West Harbor with Los Angeles developer Ratkovich Co., rode his bicycle to Ports O’ Call as a boy and hopes to recapture the enthusiasm the attraction generated in its heyday, when crowds were constant.
“It was locals on weekdays and locals and tourists on the weekends,” said Johnson, who was partial to the joke shop, glassblower and game arcade.
One of the key attractions for more modern tastes will be the amphitheater, a 6,200-seat venue operated by Los Angeles music promoter Nederlander Concerts.
The region has several concert halls, but there is room for another, Chief Executive Alex Hodges said, at least in that unusual location for live shows.
“We love the idea of being at the waterfront,” he said. “It’s just a thrill — the bridges are landmarks. They speak to a big, exciting, mysterious world” of international commerce.
Jake Bonney, 23, sweeps between the Nautilus, a research vessel, and an early 20th century warehouse at the AltaSea site, which is still in its early stages. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Hodges envisions people looking down on shows from the deck of the USS Iowa, a retired battleship launched in 1942 that is berthed a mile up the Main Channel where it serves as a naval museum. Plans call for moving the Iowa to a slip next to West Harbor, no small feat considering it is a 45,000-ton vessel once known as the “Big Stick.”
“It’s going to be a challenge” to transport, Seroka said, a costly task requiring extensive engineering work and dredging of the channel. “But believe me, this community can do it.”
After a competition among developers, port leaders selected Jerico Development and Ratkovich Co. to build the replacement to Ports O’ Call and signed them to a 66-year lease on the property.
Ratkovich Co. President Wayne Ratkovich said he hopes West Harbor will be a boon for San Pedro, “a city within a city that has often been overlooked” as a neighborhood of Los Angeles. “We saw an opportunity to re-energize a unique downtown.”
AltaSea
In the early 20th century, Los Angeles merchants and city leaders set out to capture a share of the increased global shipping trade expected to pass through the Panama Canal, a link between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans that opened in 1914. They created a municipal wharf with a long stretch of warehouses where ships were loaded and unloaded into trains, carts and trucks by burly longshoremen.
The growth of containerized shipping after World War II gradually rendered City Dock No. 1 obsolete for moving goods but left behind a choice 35-acre site for a complex of pioneering tech companies focused on sustainable uses of the world’s oceans.
Tim McOsker, AltaSea chief executive officer, stands between the Nautilus, a research vessel, and an early 20th century warehouse. Part of AltaSea’s mission is to create jobs that didn’t previously exist, said McOsker, who grew up in San Pedro. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
AltaSea is in its early stages but so far rents space to eco-friendly start-ups, including one that raises edible mussels far out at sea, creating a sustainable food source. A company spun off from Caltech and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge can locate objects deep underwater such as lost vessels, and map the depths of the ocean. Another fledgling business creates high-tech coral farms and uses remotely operated submarines to distribute baby corals onto threatened reefs.
Part of AltaSea’s mission is to create jobs that didn’t previously exist, said Chief Executive Tim McOsker, who grew up in San Pedro when work was plentiful on the docks or for the fleet of fishermen based there.
An artist’s rendering of AltaSea, a marine science and business innovation campus being built on City Dock No. 1 at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro. (Gensler)
“We are looking at a future where, without some intervention, it may not be possible to sustain the kind of middle-class incomes that families had growing up here” for generations, he said. “We have the opportunity to expand the blue economy here in the harbor area and create a future for our kids.”
The figurative whale for AltaSea so far is Ballard, who has captured public interest as a deep-sea explorer and scientific researcher. His 211-foot research vessel is based there and he plans to build an educational visitors’ center called the Bob Ballard Experience inside a 1920s industrial building that is also his headquarters and home to his research and development.
“Bob Ballard is somebody who attracts other businesses,” McOsker said. “We all want to be close to Bob because of his credibility.”
That includes leaders of 23 institutions and universities, including USC and UCLA, that are part of the Southern California Marine Institute, which trains students in ocean studies and entrepreneurship in the emerging blue economy. The institute plans to move in 2023 from a small facility on Terminal Island to larger quarters in the same former warehouse Ballard occupies.
An artist’s rendering of AltaSea, a marine science and business innovation campus being built on City Dock No. 1 at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro. It is planning a 180,000-square-foot array of solar panels on the roof of one warehouse to provide power to the businesses inside. (Gensler)
AltaSea is planning a 180,000-square-foot array of solar panels on the roof of one warehouse to provide power to the businesses inside. A more symbolic solar-powered “lighthouse” will be built as part of a new engagement center for visitors at the north edge of the water.
“We wanted to create a beacon for the port so that everyone could recognize where AltaSea is from a long distance away, “ said Andy Cohen, co-chief executive of Gensler, the architecture firm overseeing the design of the 35-acre campus.
The exterior of the 14-story tower will light up with energy drawn from the sun, and visitors who climb stairs to the top can take in the industrial theater of the modern port and the renovated historical City Dock No. 1.
An artist’s rendering of AltaSea, a marine science and business innovation campus being built on City Dock No. 1 at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro. (Gensler)
“We are going to mesh old industrial buildings, where horses and buggies picked up arrivals, with a modern science campus,” Cohen said. “This is about the future of the planet, and for generations to come.”
More key projects
West Harbor and AltaSea aren’t the only recreational improvements coming to the port.
Port officials broke ground in October on the $71-million Wilmington Waterfront Promenade. The nine-acre development will provide more direct public access to Wilmington’s historic waterfront and create more open spaces and recreational areas for the harbor community’s residents. The project will include a park and a public pier and dock.
Work is also underway on the $33-million Town Square and waterfront promenade project that will connect West Harbor with a historic seaside landmark: the Streamline Moderne-style San Pedro Municipal Ferry Building.
Built in 1941, it was the terminal for ferries that connected the mainland with Terminal Island before the Vincent Thomas Bridge was completed in 1963.
Now housing the Los Angeles Maritime Museum, the square will serve as the pedestrian connecting point between downtown San Pedro and West Harbor.


latimes--2020-11-23--After two COVID-19 exposures, Newsom and his family will quarantine until Dec. 5

Gov .
Gavin Newsom and his family will spend Thanksgiving in quarantine after his children were exposed in two separate incidents to someone who tested positive for COVID-19 , cases that the governor said Monday prompted an informal lockdown of his Fair Oaks estate over the weekend .
During a midday news conference from his home office , Newsom said everyone in his family , including the children ’ s au pair , has tested negative for the virus .
“ When we discovered , rather we were told , of the positive case and the fact that the CHP @ @ @ @ @ @ @ three kids , we immediately went through the process and protocols and reviews that are well established by the state , and also went to greater lengths to get more specificity about local guidelines as well , ” Newsom said .
The governor has worked from home since learning late Friday that three of his children were exposed to an infected member of the California Highway Patrol , which provides a security detail for Newsom , his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom and four children ages 4 to 11 .
One of his children @ @ @ @ @ @ @ home after coming into contact with a private-school classmate with the virus , his office said .
The Newsom family quarantine comes amid a surge in COVID-19 cases across California , with officials reporting record-breaking numbers .
The news of the exposure continued to raise questions about the governor ’ s personal life during the COVID-19 pandemic following recent criticism over his decision to attend a Napa Valley birthday dinner at an upscale restaurant earlier this month with several high-profile Capitol lobbyists .
The governor ’ s office said Friday night that one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a classmate with the virus at the children ’ s Sacramento private school , which resumed in-person instruction this month .
Newsom ’ s team did not immediately disclose the exposure from the CHP officer and instead waited to announce the family-wide quarantine until after test results came back negative Sunday evening .
The California Highway Patrol declined to provide the number of officers in the first family ’ s detail who have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began , citing “ privacy concerns and legal requirements.
” The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officers assigned to the Capitol have become infected .
Newsom didn ’ t directly answer a question Monday about whether he had any second thoughts about his children attending school in-person .
He said the school decided that his child who was exposed to the other student with the virus would need to quarantine .
The governor also said that “ no one else is in the household , ” other than his family and an au pair who has been working and “ living with us for many many months ” and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jesse Melgar , a spokesman for Newsom , said the first family ’ s two-week quarantine period will end on Dec. 5 .

Gov. Gavin Newsom and his family are quarantining at home after his children were exposed to people with the coronavirus.
Gov. Gavin Newsom and his family will spend Thanksgiving in quarantine after his children were exposed in two separate incidents to someone who tested positive for COVID-19, cases that the governor said Monday prompted an informal lockdown of his Fair Oaks estate over the weekend.
During a midday news conference from his home office, Newsom said everyone in his family, including the children’s au pair, has tested negative for the virus.
“When we discovered, rather we were told, of the positive case and the fact that the CHP officer was in close contact with those three kids, we immediately went through the process and protocols and reviews that are well established by the state, and also went to greater lengths to get more specificity about local guidelines as well,” Newsom said.
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The governor has worked from home since learning late Friday that three of his children were exposed to an infected member of the California Highway Patrol, which provides a security detail for Newsom, his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom and four children ages 4 to 11. One of his children had already been placed in quarantine at home after coming into contact with a private-school classmate with the virus, his office said.
The Newsom family quarantine comes amid a surge in COVID-19 cases across California, with officials reporting record-breaking numbers. The news of the exposure continued to raise questions about the governor’s personal life during the COVID-19 pandemic following recent criticism over his decision to attend a Napa Valley birthday dinner at an upscale restaurant earlier this month with several high-profile Capitol lobbyists.
The governor’s office said Friday night that one of Newsom’s children was exposed to a classmate with the virus at the children’s Sacramento private school, which resumed in-person instruction this month. Newsom’s team did not immediately disclose the exposure from the CHP officer and instead waited to announce the family-wide quarantine until after test results came back negative Sunday evening.
The California Highway Patrol declined to provide the number of officers in the first family’s detail who have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began, citing “privacy concerns and legal requirements.” The agency also declined to say how many officers assigned to the Capitol have become infected.
Newsom didn’t directly answer a question Monday about whether he had any second thoughts about his children attending school in-person. He said the school decided that his child who was exposed to the other student with the virus would need to quarantine.
The governor also said that “no one else is in the household,” other than his family and an au pair who has been working and “living with us for many many months” and is “part of the pod.”
Jesse Melgar, a spokesman for Newsom, said the first family’s two-week quarantine period will end on Dec. 5.


latimes--2020-11-23--As virus spreads among federal inmates in downtown L.A., court hearings and visitations are halted

A coronavirus outbreak at a federal detention center in downtown Los Angeles has left more than 200 inmates infected and forced prison officials to cancel detainees ’ court appearances as part of a lockdown of the facility .
The number of inmates at the Metropolitan Detention Center who have tested positive for the virus increased to 209 Monday , despite a decision last week by the prison ’ s warden to impose strict limits on inmates ’ movements and conduct more extensive testing .
In addition to the inmates , two members of the prison staff have also contracted the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Prisons data .
In a letter last week , Warden W.Z .
Jenkins II alerted U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez and U.S. Magistrate Paul Abrams to the swift spread of the virus , which has infected more than a third of the 550 inmates , most of whom are housed at the facility while their court proceedings are underway .
The warden wrote that he was temporarily suspending all inmate movements , which meant video and in-person court hearings , meetings with attorneys and social visits have been halted for inmates whether @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 , the illness caused by the virus .
“ Although cognizant of the issues that these suspensions may present , we are implementing these procedures to avoid even the potential of exposure and spread of the virus to other inmates , staff and visitors , ” Jenkins wrote .
“ Any lesser measures creates the opportunity of the virus to spread even further within the institution and we simply can not take that risk.
” The outbreak is the latest to hit federal and state prisons in the California .
As federal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Los Angeles ’ harbor have seen hundreds of inmates infected and 14 killed inmates , MDC had remained relatively unscathed until this month .
Now , it has the fourth-highest number of infections among the country ’ s network of federal prison .
So far only 17 inmates and nine staff at the detention center are listed as having recovered from the virus , meaning the rest are active cases , according to the Bureau of Prisons data .
The warden said an inmate who was released on Nov. 3 tested positive .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ inmate was housed were quarantined and tested with nasal swabs .
“ I must report that 99 of the inmates on that housing unit have so far had their tests return positive , ” Jenkins wrote .
The infected inmates were immediately placed in isolation , while the remainder were quarantined , he said .
“ As a precaution , 20 % of every other housing unit will also be tested for COVID-19 , ” Jenkins added .
The warden sent the letter because he explained he can not release the list of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can make individual inquiries .
Nationwide , 3,891 federal inmates and 1,264 Bureau of Prisons staff are currently confirmed .
Another 18,821 inmates and 1,773 have recovered , according to federal data .
Some 143 inmates and two bureau employees have died due to COVID-19 complications .

A coronavirus outbreak has infected more than a third of the inmates at the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown L.A.
A coronavirus outbreak at a federal detention center in downtown Los Angeles has left more than 200 inmates infected and forced prison officials to cancel detainees’ court appearances as part of a lockdown of the facility.
The number of inmates at the Metropolitan Detention Center who have tested positive for the virus increased to 209 Monday, despite a decision last week by the prison’s warden to impose strict limits on inmates’ movements and conduct more extensive testing.
In addition to the inmates, two members of the prison staff have also contracted the virus, according to the Bureau of Prisons data.
In a letter last week, Warden W.Z. Jenkins II alerted U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez and U.S. Magistrate Paul Abrams to the swift spread of the virus, which has infected more than a third of the 550 inmates, most of whom are housed at the facility while their court proceedings are underway.
The warden wrote that he was temporarily suspending all inmate movements, which meant video and in-person court hearings, meetings with attorneys and social visits have been halted for inmates whether or not they have come down with COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.
“Although cognizant of the issues that these suspensions may present, we are implementing these procedures to avoid even the potential of exposure and spread of the virus to other inmates, staff and visitors,” Jenkins wrote. “Any lesser measures creates the opportunity of the virus to spread even further within the institution and we simply cannot take that risk.”
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The outbreak is the latest to hit federal and state prisons in the California. As federal prisons in Lompoc and Terminal island in Los Angeles’ harbor have seen hundreds of inmates infected and 14 killed inmates, MDC had remained relatively unscathed until this month.
Now, it has the fourth-highest number of infections among the country’s network of federal prison. So far only 17 inmates and nine staff at the detention center are listed as having recovered from the virus, meaning the rest are active cases, according to the Bureau of Prisons data.
The warden said an inmate who was released on Nov. 3 tested positive. The inmates in the unit where that inmate was housed were quarantined and tested with nasal swabs.
“I must report that 99 of the inmates on that housing unit have so far had their tests return positive,” Jenkins wrote. The infected inmates were immediately placed in isolation, while the remainder were quarantined, he said.
“As a precaution, 20% of every other housing unit will also be tested for COVID-19,” Jenkins added. The warden sent the letter because he explained he cannot release the list of isolated or quarantined inmates but the courts can make individual inquiries.
Nationwide, 3,891 federal inmates and 1,264 Bureau of Prisons staff are currently confirmed. Another 18,821 inmates and 1,773 have recovered, according to federal data. Some 143 inmates and two bureau employees have died due to COVID-19 complications.


latimes--2020-11-23--Critics say L.A. County's suspension of outdoor dining will 'further devastate' economy

The decision to temporarily suspend outdoor dining for restaurants in Los Angeles County in hopes of slowing an unprecedented surge in COVID-19 cases has sparked a backlash from eateries and some county officials , who worry about the devastating economic toll .
The decision comes as Los Angeles County recorded its highest one-day total for COVID-19 cases on Monday , and officials said conditions are deteriorating so much that some type of new stay-at-home order might soon be necessary .
Health officials argued the outdoor dining restrictions are warranted given the critical healthcare crisis .
They noted that restricting businesses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the past , and that action is needed before hospitals are overwhelmed .
The virus is spreading like never before in the county , and officials fear the Thanksgiving holiday will make matters worse .
However , Supervisor Kathryn Barger said Monday that “ these proposed measures by the Department of Public Health will further devastate local businesses and employees who have been asked to shoulder an unfair burden this year.
” County businesses “ have invested thousands of dollars to ensure safety for their employees and customers only to be punished @ @ @ @ @ @ @ everything in their power to prevent , ” she said in a statement .
“ Increased case counts are not coming from businesses reopening , but from large gatherings where people aren ’ t wearing masks , ” she said .
“ We aren ’ t helpless in slowing the spread of COVID-19 and can protect ourselves and our neighbors by maintaining physical distancing and wearing face coverings.
” The new rule takes effect at 10 p.m. Wednesday and restricts restaurants — along with breweries , wineries and bars — to takeout and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ May .
It will remain in place for at least three weeks , officials said .
Wineries and breweries can continue retail operations .
Many restaurants have expressed concerns about whether they can survive the restrictions .
“ It ’ s an impossible game that doesn ’ t make any sense , and it seems like nobody cares about us , ” said Casa Vega owner Christy Vega Fowler .
“ They told us we could operate with outdoor dining , we did it safely , we made the investment , and then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It ’ s devastating.
” The Independent Hospitality Coalition issued a statement Monday questioning why restaurants were being targeted when the county has offered no evidence that they were a major spreader of COVID-19 .
“ Many of our members were able to open and operate safely while cases and hospitalizations were dropping , ” the organization said .
“ Only after more private events started occurring , such as Halloween parties , did cases start to spike .
By banning all outdoor dining during these colder winter months , people will instead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ undoubtedly lead to more infections .
Furthermore , curfews and outdoor dining restrictions have only exacerbated the problem and pushed more social gatherings indoors.
” But other county officials backed the restrictions .
The new rules , though economically painful , “ are necessary to address our rapid acceleration of cases and increase in hospitalizations , ” L.A. County Supervisor Hilda Solis said .
“ Our healthcare workers are exhausted , our essential workers are severely impacted and , while our residents are as well , this is a critical juncture requiring decisive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because lives are at stake , ” she said in a statement Monday morning .
“ With yesterday ’ s actions , I know our residents will once again slow the spread of COVID-19 and its destructive economic consequences.
” The average number of new daily coronavirus cases over a five-day period reached 4,097 on Sunday , county health officials said — uncomfortably close to the 4,500 that would trigger a new three-week order permitting only essential workers and those procuring essential services to leave their homes .
Between Nov. 7 and Nov. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % increase in hospitalization , a pace of increase that “ could potentially lead to overwhelming the healthcare system , ” L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said .
In Long Beach , city and health officials are seeing a 248 % increase in hospitalizations since November 1 .
“ That is a very disturbing increase — especially the speed at which it is growing , ” Mayor Robert Garcia said in a teleconference Monday .
He said the current hospitalization rate is around 60 % .
Garcia said Long Beach Memorial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Medical Center both have reported seeing hospitalizations double in recent days .
“ In some cases , they ’ re seeing more young people , pregnant women and children being hospitalized with COVID-19 , ” he said .
He said there is space available at hospitals , but that could soon change if the current rate of infections and hospitalizations continues .
When the last surge occurred , Garcia said the city was conducting , at its highest , 1,900 tests a day .
This past Friday , they conducted 2,500 tests .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ completed in one day in Long Beach , he said .

The decision to temporarily suspend outdoor dining for restaurants in Los Angeles County in hopes of slowing an unprecedented surge in coronavirus cases has sparked a backlash from eateries and some county officials, who worry about the devastating economic toll.
The decision comes as Los Angeles County recorded its highest one-day total for coronavirus cases on Monday, and officials said conditions are deteriorating so much that some type of new stay-at-home order might soon be necessary.
Health officials argued the outdoor dining restrictions are warranted given the critical healthcare crisis. They noted that restricting businesses has worked to bring down coronavirus cases in the past, and that action is needed before hospitals are overwhelmed.
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The virus is spreading like never before in the county, and officials fear the Thanksgiving holiday will make matters worse.
However, Supervisor Kathryn Barger said Monday that “these proposed measures by the Department of Public Health will further devastate local businesses and employees who have been asked to shoulder an unfair burden this year.”
County businesses “have invested thousands of dollars to ensure safety for their employees and customers only to be punished for the recent surge they have done everything in their power to prevent,” she said in a statement.
“Increased case counts are not coming from businesses reopening, but from large gatherings where people aren’t wearing masks,” she said. “We aren’t helpless in slowing the spread of COVID-19 and can protect ourselves and our neighbors by maintaining physical distancing and wearing face coverings.”
The new rule takes effect at 10 p.m. Wednesday and restricts restaurants — along with breweries, wineries and bars — to takeout and delivery only for the first time since May. It will remain in place for at least three weeks, officials said. Wineries and breweries can continue retail operations.
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Many restaurants have expressed concerns about whether they can survive the restrictions.
“It’s an impossible game that doesn’t make any sense, and it seems like nobody cares about us,” said Casa Vega owner Christy Vega Fowler. “They told us we could operate with outdoor dining, we did it safely, we made the investment, and then they take it away from us. It’s devastating.”
The Independent Hospitality Coalition issued a statement Monday questioning why restaurants were being targeted when the county has offered no evidence that they were a major spreader of COVID-19.
“Many of our members were able to open and operate safely while cases and hospitalizations were dropping,” the organization said. “Only after more private events started occurring, such as Halloween parties, did cases start to spike. By banning all outdoor dining during these colder winter months, people will instead host more indoor parties, which will undoubtedly lead to more infections. Furthermore, curfews and outdoor dining restrictions have only exacerbated the problem and pushed more social gatherings indoors.”
But other county officials backed the restrictions.
The new rules, though economically painful, “are necessary to address our rapid acceleration of cases and increase in hospitalizations,” L.A. County Supervisor Hilda Solis said.
“Our healthcare workers are exhausted, our essential workers are severely impacted and, while our residents are as well, this is a critical juncture requiring decisive action and a steadfast commitment to safety because lives are at stake,” she said in a statement Monday morning. “With yesterday’s actions, I know our residents will once again slow the spread of COVID-19 and its destructive economic consequences.”
The average number of new daily coronavirus cases over a five-day period reached 4,097 on Sunday, county health officials said — uncomfortably close to the 4,500 that would trigger a new three-week order permitting only essential workers and those procuring essential services to leave their homes.
Between Nov. 7 and Nov. 20, there has been a 61% increase in hospitalization, a pace of increase that “could potentially lead to overwhelming the healthcare system,” L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said.
In Long Beach, city and health officials are seeing a 248% increase in hospitalizations since November 1.
“That is a very disturbing increase — especially the speed at which it is growing,” Mayor Robert Garcia said in a teleconference Monday.
He said the current hospitalization rate is around 60%.
Garcia said Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and St. Mary’s Medical Center both have reported seeing hospitalizations double in recent days.
“In some cases, they’re seeing more young people, pregnant women and children being hospitalized with COVID-19,” he said.
He said there is space available at hospitals, but that could soon change if the current rate of infections and hospitalizations continues.
When the last surge occurred, Garcia said the city was conducting, at its highest, 1,900 tests a day. This past Friday, they conducted 2,500 tests.
It was the highest number of tests completed in one day in Long Beach, he said.


latimes--2020-11-23--Ex-San Francisco cop charged in 2017 fatal shooting of man

A former rookie San Francisco police officer who was on his fourth day on the job when he fatally shot an unarmed carjacking suspect in 2017 has been charged with manslaughter , the city ’ s top prosecutor announced Monday .
Chris Samayoa was charged with voluntary manslaughter , involuntary manslaughter , assault by an executive officer , assault with a semiautomatic firearm and negligent discharge of a firearm in the killing of 42-year-old Keita O ’ Neil , said Dist .
Atty .
Chesa Boudin .
“ As far as we are aware , this is the first ever @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s office has filed charges against a law enforcement officer for a homicide , ” Boudin said .
It wasn ’ t immediately known if Samayoa has an attorney .
The district attorney ’ s office and the Police Officers Assn .
union did not immediately return messages seeking information about Samayoa ’ s legal representation and who could comment on his behalf .
Samayoa ’ s firing had generated outrage from the police officer union , which said previously he was fired for doing what he was trained to do .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ fatally shot O ’ Neil on Dec. 1 , 2017 .
O ’ Neil , who died at a hospital , was suspected of assaulting a California Lottery employee and stealing a van that belonged to the agency .
Police chased the van and another SUV seen traveling with it to a public housing area .
O ’ Neil abandoned the stolen vehicle and started running toward the patrol car occupied by Samayoa , who was in the passenger seat , and his training officer , police have said .
The footage shows @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was still moving .
The video then shows him opening the side door and firing a single shot through the window as O ’ Neil runs by in the opposite direction .
O ’ Neil was not armed .
O ’ Neil ’ s relatives were told Monday about the decision to charge the officer .
O ’ Neil ’ s aunt , April Green , expressed gratitude , Boudin ’ s statement said .
“ I am happy to hear this news , and hoping it brings some justice to our family @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the statement .

A former rookie San Francisco police officer who was on his fourth day on the job when he fatally shot an unarmed carjacking suspect in 2017 has been charged with manslaughter, the city’s top prosecutor announced.
A former rookie San Francisco police officer who was on his fourth day on the job when he fatally shot an unarmed carjacking suspect in 2017 has been charged with manslaughter, the city’s top prosecutor announced Monday.
Chris Samayoa was charged with voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, assault by an executive officer, assault with a semiautomatic firearm and negligent discharge of a firearm in the killing of 42-year-old Keita O’Neil, said Dist. Atty. Chesa Boudin.
Boudin called the decision to file charges “historic.”
“As far as we are aware, this is the first ever time that the San Francisco district attorney’s office has filed charges against a law enforcement officer for a homicide,” Boudin said.
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It wasn’t immediately known if Samayoa has an attorney. The district attorney’s office and the Police Officers Assn. union did not immediately return messages seeking information about Samayoa’s legal representation and who could comment on his behalf.
Samayoa’s firing had generated outrage from the police officer union, which said previously he was fired for doing what he was trained to do.
His firing came three months after he fatally shot O’Neil on Dec. 1, 2017.
O’Neil, who died at a hospital, was suspected of assaulting a California Lottery employee and stealing a van that belonged to the agency.
Police chased the van and another SUV seen traveling with it to a public housing area. O’Neil abandoned the stolen vehicle and started running toward the patrol car occupied by Samayoa, who was in the passenger seat, and his training officer, police have said.
The footage shows Samayoa drawing his pistol while the cruiser was still moving. The video then shows him opening the side door and firing a single shot through the window as O’Neil runs by in the opposite direction. O’Neil was not armed.
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O’Neil’s relatives were told Monday about the decision to charge the officer. O’Neil’s aunt, April Green, expressed gratitude, Boudin’s statement said.
“I am happy to hear this news, and hoping it brings some justice to our family,“ she said, according to the statement.


latimes--2020-11-23--L.A. County closer to new stay-home order as COVID cases hit new high

The specter of another COVID-19 shutdown is looming over Los Angeles County , as another record-high number of daily coronavirus cases Monday pushed the region over its self-set threshold for issuing a new stay-at-home order .
When such an order will be handed down , or what precise form it will take , is unclear — though the county director of public health , Barbara Ferrer , said Monday that “ for sure we ’ re not going back to all of the restrictions that were in place in the original Safer at Home order .
“ We ’ ll @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Supervisors ] to determine additional safety modifications , ” she said .
The board is scheduled to meet Tuesday .
Ferrer reported 6,124 new coronavirus cases on Monday , the most the county has seen in a single day .
“ We ’ ve seen alarming steep increases in cases of COVID-19 , ” she said .
The total was inflated by roughly 1,500 that were part of a reporting backlog from Sunday , but Ferrer said “ it ’ s still an impressive and alarming surge , ” and expressed concerns that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at an unprecedented rate .
“ We ’ re not confident that these numbers will decrease this week , ” Ferrer said , noting that actions taken today will result in changes in daily case counts in perhaps two to three weeks .
The average number of new daily coronavirus cases over a five-day period reached 4,097 on Sunday , county health officials said — uncomfortably close to the 4,500 that would trigger a new three-week order permitting only essential workers and those procuring essential services to leave their homes .
Monday ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to push the county past that average .
However , Ferrer did not elaborate on whether a new stay-at-home order is imminent .
“ Our problem right now is we have such a high rate of transmission , there are so many people that are infected at this point , that it will take a lot of work to get us back down , ” she said .
Such a move would be the latest , and most drastic , step the county has taken as it scrambles to get arms around its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the severity of the current spike , L.A. County residents are already being urged to stay home as much as possible over the next few weeks .
The surge is also taking a toll on the county ’ s hospitals .
Ferrer said between Nov. 7 to Nov. 20 , there ’ s been a 61 % increase in hospitalization , a pace of increase that “ could potentially lead to overwhelming the healthcare system.
” Though there may be relief in the months ahead , given the recent promising news on vaccines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vigilant and do what ’ s necessary to protect themselves and their loved ones .
“ I think one of the sad realities for all of us is that we ’ ve also never seen a rate of increase as high as what we ’ ve just seen , and we know that places where people are gathering without wearing their face coverings are places where transmission is easiest and most likely , ” she said .
With the county ’ s five-day case average already topping 4,000 , officials announced they will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wednesday — delivering yet another body blow to the region ’ s already battered restaurant industry .
The new rules , though economically painful , “ are necessary to address our rapid acceleration of cases and increase in hospitalizations , ” L.A. County Supervisor Hilda Solis said .
“ Our healthcare workers are exhausted , our essential workers are severely impacted and , while our residents are as well , this is a critical juncture requiring decisive action and a steadfast commitment to safety because lives are at stake , ” she said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ With yesterday ’ s actions , I know our residents will once again slow the spread of COVID-19 and its destructive economic consequences.
” Supervisor Kathryn Barger disagreed , saying Monday that “ these proposed measures by the Department of Public Health will further devastate local businesses and employees who have been asked to shoulder an unfair burden this year.
” County businesses “ have invested thousands of dollars to ensure safety for their employees and customers only to be punished for the recent surge they have done everything in their power to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statement .
“ Increased case counts are not coming from businesses reopening , but from large gatherings where people aren ’ t wearing masks , ” she said .
“ We aren ’ t helpless in slowing the spread of COVID-19 and can protect ourselves and our neighbors by maintaining physical distancing and wearing face coverings.
” During a briefing with reporters Monday , Ferrer repeatedly said that discussions between the board and public health officials will help chart the course forward .
She pointed out , though , that “ the county @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that these were the next steps that the county would be taking , and noted at what thresholds of increases in cases those steps would be taken.
” L.A. County is far from alone in contending with a ferocious surge in new coronavirus cases or debating how best to turn back the tide .
California ’ s average daily number of new cases has skyrocketed lately , tripling in just the last month , according to a Times analysis .
As of Saturday night , California was averaging more than 11,500 new coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ days , an unprecedented figure .
Though some of that could be attributed to upticks in testing , officials say the percentage of those testing positive has also increased .
Over the past seven days , the statewide positivity rate was 5.8 % , almost doubling from the start of the month .
State officials have previously said that roughly 12 % of those testing positive will end up in hospitals in two to three weeks .
A sustained surge in cases , they warn , could create an unmanageable wave of patients @ @ @ @ @ @ @ number of COVID-19 hospitalizations statewide was 5,459 as of Sunday , up roughly 82 % from two weeks prior .
Coronavirus-related intensive care admissions rose 59 % over the same period , to 1,333 , according to the latest state data .
The state has averaged 66 daily COVID-19 deaths over the last week .
Overall , more than 18,700 Californians have died throughout the course of the pandemic .
Faced with the crush of new cases , state officials last week announced a new order prohibiting most nonessential activity outside the home @ @ @ @ @ @ @ counties that are in the strictest “ purple ” tier of the state ’ s color-coded reopening road map .
Roughly 94 % of Californians — including all those in the southern third of the state — are subject to that order , which lasts until Dec. 21 , though it could be extended .
“ We ’ re hoping that ’ s all we ’ ll need , but we ’ ll see , ” Gov .
Gavin Newsom said Monday .
“ We ’ re open minded to the dynamics of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time.
” Public policy is only one part of the equation , though .
Another , perhaps more important facet is whether residents make the personal decisions that officials say will help protect themselves and their loved ones .
Experts have long maintained that residents can do their part to curb transmission of the virus by wearing masks in public , regularly washing their hands and staying home when sick , as well as physical distancing and avoiding social gatherings .
“ We need to continue to ask of everyone — individuals and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slowing the spread of COVID-19 so that we can stop the surge in cases and ultimately get back to our recovery , ” Ferrer said .

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Mario Ynostrosa, right, with Los Angeles Restoration Church offers hand sanitizer to people waiting in line for food distribution at MacArthur Park recently.
The specter of another COVID-19 shutdown is looming over Los Angeles County, as a record-high number of daily coronavirus cases Monday pushed the region over its self-set threshold for issuing a new stay-at-home order.
The strong possibility of more restrictions comes as health officials and epidemiologists expressed increasing alarm at the unparalleled pace of increased cases in L.A. County and throughout the state. California is now on pace to see its cumulative death toll double just before spring, from the more than 18,700 deaths currently tallied to more than 37,000 by March 1, according to model forecasts by the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
A Times analysis on Monday found that the average daily number of coronavirus cases over a five-day period has more than tripled since election day. COVID-19 hospitalizations have doubled since mid-October, from 730 on Oct. 18 to 1,473 on Sunday.
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Both California and Los Angeles County shattered records for single day on Monday, with the state recording more than 20,000 coronavirus cases and Los Angeles County recording more than 6,100. The previous statewide single-day record came just a week earlier, when more than 13,400 cases were reported on Nov. 16, and in L.A. County, on Thursday, when nearly 5,000 cases were recorded.
“We’ve seen alarming steep increases in cases of COVID-19,” said the L.A. County director of public health, Barbara Ferrer.
The Los Angeles County total was inflated by roughly 1,500 that were part of a reporting backlog from Sunday, but Ferrer said “it’s still an impressive and alarming surge. Our problem right now is we have such a high rate of transmission, there are so many people that are infected at this point, that it will take a lot of work to get us back down.”
When such a new stay-at-home order will be handed down, or what precise form it will take, is unclear. But Ferrer said “for sure, we’re not going back to all of the restrictions that were in place in the original Safer at Home order.” The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to discuss the order at its Tuesday meeting.
As COVID spikes, hospitalizations are rising — and more L.A. County residents are dying at an increasingly rapid pace. A Times analysis found that the deaths of an average of 26 people were reported every day over a seven-day period, more than double the pace experienced on election day.
“We need to be examining all of our options and put all of the possible methods of control on the table,” said Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, medical epidemiologist and infectious diseases expert at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, and a former senior official with the L.A. County public health department and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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As a state, “we have runaway transmission and it mostly seems to be coming from metropolitan Southern California,” said Dr. George Rutherford, epidemiologist and infectious diseases expert at UC San Francisco. “You gotta get it under control.”
At a certain point, if intensive care units max out at capacity and “all of a sudden you have one nurse taking care of seven patients on ventilators like in New York, mortality can be astronomical,” Rutherford said.
The actions taken this week will likely take two to three weeks to show up in changing daily case counts, and that’s why it’s plausible that daily infection numbers will continue to rise this week, Ferrer said.
With Monday’s numbers, the average number of new daily coronavirus cases over a five-day period hassurpassed 4,500, according to the county’s tally — cracking the threshold that would trigger a new three-week order that, as described last week, would generally permit only essential workers and those procuring essential services to leave their homes.
On Monday, however, Ferrer described a proposed new stay-at-home order that would be less encompassing than the one issued in March. It’s unnecessary to be as broad, she suggested, because officials know more about the virus and testing capacity has improved. The specifics will be discussed with the the supervisors, a five-person elected board that represents the 10.1 million residents of Los Angeles County.
“The question now that we’ll be working with the board on is exactly what additional measures need to be in there,” Ferrer said.
California L.A. County suspends outdoor dining at restaurants as coronavirus surges L.A. County public health officials on Saturday announced they will issue an order suspending outdoor dining at restaurants amid a surge of new coronavirus cases.
Such a move would be the latest, and most drastic, step the county has taken as it scrambles to get arms around its most significant coronavirus surge yet. Given the severity of the current spike, L.A. County residents are already being urged to stay home as much as possible over the next few weeks, and are being asked to cancel Thanksgiving travel plans, whether it be a flight or a drive across town.
Though there may be relief in the months ahead, given the recent promising news on vaccines, Ferrer said everyone needs to remain vigilant and do what’s necessary to protect themselves and their loved ones.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti expressed support for tougher stay-at-home orders.
“I’m not here to dance around this issue or to take, you know, half measures and watch people die,” Garcetti said. “ And what are we going to do? Wait ’til it gets to 10, 15, 20,000 cases [a day] and then suddenly say, ‘We’re shutting down,’ and now we’re shut down for two or three months?”
With the county’s daily number of coronavirus cases, averaged over a five-day period topping 4,000, officials are set to suspend outdoor dining starting at 10 p.m. Wednesday — delivering yet another blow to the region’s already battered restaurant industry. Takeout and delivery of restaurant food can continue.
That move sparked pushback from restaurants, who have been reeling from the pandemic. Outdoor dining had offered a lifeline, and many owners and workers felt they were doing everything they could to keep their establishment safe.
Supervisor Kathryn Barger also criticized the suspension of outdoor dining, saying it “will further devastate local businesses and employees who have been asked to shoulder an unfair burden this year.”
“Increased case counts are not coming from businesses reopening, but from large gatherings where people aren’t wearing masks,” she added.
Experts say that increased case counts actually come from all situations where people from different households mix with each other — and that can happen at both large gatherings as well as outdoor dining tables where people don’t wear masks while eating.
Because the disease transmission has gone up so high, “the same activities we were doing safely last month are now more risky,” said Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, chair of UC San Francisco’s Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
“We have to accept the fact that community transmission is going up,” Bibbins-Domingo said. “And that means all these activities that we were doing earlier, safely, while there was less virus around us — we now have to take seriously that we all have to do something more.”
Bibbins-Domingo said she understands the economic pain. “It doesn’t change the fact that the next several weeks are extraordinarily risky and we have to figure out some belt tightening measures for even two weeks.”
A short time period of more intense control measures can have a dramatic effect that can be noticed within a few weeks, as has been observed in Europe recently. Decisions made now will help determine the disease’s spread.
“Two weeks from now, we’re either going to be holding steady and looking towards now holding steady for the winter, or we’re going to see this exponential rise in cases, which will mean even more drastic measures,” Bibbins-Domingo said.
During a briefing with reporters Monday, Ferrer repeatedly said that discussions between the board and public health officials will help chart the course forward.
California Daily California coronavirus cases triple as pandemic dramatically worsens The coronavirus is infecting more Californians daily than at any other point in the COVID-19 pandemic, raising concerns about a peak in deaths by Christmas.
Last week, state officials announced a new order prohibiting most nonessential activity outside the home from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. in counties that are in the strictest “purple” tier of the state’s color-coded reopening road map.
Roughly 94% of Californians — including all those in the southern third of the state — are subject to that order, which lasts until Dec. 21, though it could be extended.
“We’re hoping that’s all we’ll need, but we’ll see,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday. “We’re open minded to the dynamics of the conditions that are changing in real time.”
Times staff writers Jaclyn Cosgrove, Alex Wigglesworth, Matt Hamilton and Taryn Luna contributed to this report.


latimes--2020-11-23--California officials improperly allowed cannabis billboards along highways, court rules

State officials improperly allowed hundreds of billboards advertising cannabis products along California highways even though the billboards were banned under the 2016 initiative that legalized the sale of pot for recreational use , a judge ruled last week .
The state Bureau of Cannabis Control overstepped its power last year when it adopted a regulation allowing billboards to advertise pot along freeways , San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Judge Ginger E. Garrett said in a ruling on Friday .
The bureau and its director , Lori Ajax , “ exceeded their authority in promulgating the advertisement placement regulation , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The lawsuit was filed by Matthew Farmer , a San Luis Obispo construction contractor who is father to a 15-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son .
One of his two attorneys , Stewart Jenkins , said Farmer voted for Proposition 64 in 2016 because he did not think adults should go to jail for smoking pot , but was concerned when cannabis ads began appearing along the 101 Freeway traveled by his family .
“ He remembered that in the proposition it said that there would not be any advertising to children , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there specifically would not be advertising on interstate highways and the major state highways that get all the way to the border , like 101.
” The ruling prohibits billboards along 4,315 miles of interstate highways , including I-5 and I-80 , and state highways that cross state borders , said Saro Rizzo , another of Farmer ’ s attorneys .
A spokesman for the state bureau said Monday that officials had not decided yet whether to appeal the court decision .
“ We are still reviewing the ruling , and it remains @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be , ” said Alex Traverso , spokesman for the state Bureau of Cannabis Control .
The ruling was issued on the same day that Ajax announced she was retiring as head of the bureau , effective Dec. 2 , after nearly five years setting up the state licensing system for cannabis .
Ajax did not provide a reason for her retirement .
Cannabis industry representatives were not immediately available for comment on the court ruling .
In interpreting Proposition 64 , the bureau adopted a regulation barring cannabis billboards from being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state border on an interstate highway or on a state highway that crosses the California border .
“ The bureau determined that a 15-mile radius was a necessary and appropriate distance from the California border because it satisfies the intent of [ the statute ] , while assuring that bureau licensees have an opportunity to advertise and market along Interstate and State Highways if they satisfy the identified radius limitations , ” state officials said in court papers .
Rizzo said the ban on highway billboard advertising was placed in Proposition 64 to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legalization efforts failed , and was based on the work of a blue-ribbon committee appointed by Gov .
Gavin Newsom when he served as lieutenant governor .
The judge ruled that Proposition 64 , because it was approved by voters , could not be amended by the state bureau through adopting a regulation .
Rizzo said the ruling was “ a victory for all Californians over the desires of unelected Sacramento bureaucrats who illegally tried to put corporate profits ahead of children ’ s health.
” State law allows signs advertising cannabis on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but they can ’ t be posted within 1,000 feet of daycare centers , K-12 schools or playgrounds .
Newsom ’ s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the court order .
Opponents of cannabis legalization hailed the court ruling as protecting the wishes of voters .
“ This ruling , which is the result of a lawsuit brought by a brave parent of two , is a tremendous victory for public health , ” said Kevin Sabet , president and co-founder of Smart Approaches to Marijuana and @ @ @ @ @ @

Billboards such as this one in San Luis Obispo County sparked a lawsuit to remove pot advertising along major freeways.
State officials improperly allowed hundreds of billboards advertising cannabis products along California highways even though the billboards were banned under the 2016 initiative that legalized the sale of pot for recreational use, a judge ruled last week.
The state Bureau of Cannabis Control overstepped its power last year when it adopted a regulation allowing billboards to advertise pot along freeways, San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Judge Ginger E. Garrett said in a ruling on Friday.
The bureau and its director, Lori Ajax, “exceeded their authority in promulgating the advertisement placement regulation,” Garrett wrote in her decision.
The lawsuit was filed by Matthew Farmer, a San Luis Obispo construction contractor who is father to a 15-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son. One of his two attorneys, Stewart Jenkins, said Farmer voted for Proposition 64 in 2016 because he did not think adults should go to jail for smoking pot, but was concerned when cannabis ads began appearing along the 101 Freeway traveled by his family.
“He remembered that in the proposition it said that there would not be any advertising to children,” Jenkins said Monday, “and that there specifically would not be advertising on interstate highways and the major state highways that get all the way to the border, like 101.”
The ruling prohibits billboards along 4,315 miles of interstate highways, including I-5 and I-80, and state highways that cross state borders, said Saro Rizzo, another of Farmer’s attorneys.
A spokesman for the state bureau said Monday that officials had not decided yet whether to appeal the court decision.
“We are still reviewing the ruling, and it remains to be seen what the next steps will be,” said Alex Traverso, spokesman for the state Bureau of Cannabis Control.
The ruling was issued on the same day that Ajax announced she was retiring as head of the bureau, effective Dec. 2, after nearly five years setting up the state licensing system for cannabis. Ajax did not provide a reason for her retirement.
Cannabis industry representatives were not immediately available for comment on the court ruling.
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In interpreting Proposition 64, the bureau adopted a regulation barring cannabis billboards from being located within a 15-mile radius of the state border on an interstate highway or on a state highway that crosses the California border.
“The bureau determined that a 15-mile radius was a necessary and appropriate distance from the California border because it satisfies the intent of [the statute], while assuring that bureau licensees have an opportunity to advertise and market along Interstate and State Highways if they satisfy the identified radius limitations,” state officials said in court papers.
Rizzo said the ban on highway billboard advertising was placed in Proposition 64 to make it palatable to voters after previous legalization efforts failed, and was based on the work of a blue-ribbon committee appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom when he served as lieutenant governor.
The judge ruled that Proposition 64, because it was approved by voters, could not be amended by the state bureau through adopting a regulation.
Rizzo said the ruling was “a victory for all Californians over the desires of unelected Sacramento bureaucrats who illegally tried to put corporate profits ahead of children’s health.”
State law allows signs advertising cannabis on city streets subject to local ordinances, but they can’t be posted within 1,000 feet of daycare centers, K-12 schools or playgrounds.
Newsom’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the court order. Opponents of cannabis legalization hailed the court ruling as protecting the wishes of voters.
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“This ruling, which is the result of a lawsuit brought by a brave parent of two, is a tremendous victory for public health,” said Kevin Sabet, president and co-founder of Smart Approaches to Marijuana and an opponent of Proposition 64.


latimes--2020-11-23--3 teens dead, 2 seriously injured after car slams into guardrail on 110 Freeway

Two teenagers and a woman were killed and two people were hospitalized in critical condition early Monday after a car crashed into a guardrail on the southbound 110 Freeway at the 105 Freeway , authorities said .
Amid foggy conditions , the 17-year-old male driver of a 2009 Nissan drifted into a center divider , and two 17-year-old female passengers who weren ’ t wearing seat belts were ejected from the vehicle , according to a preliminary investigation report by California Highway Patrol Officer K. Martinez .
CHP officers were alerted of the crash just after midnight .
Martinez said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , who were both wearing seat belts , died at the scene .
One of the ejected passengers was taken to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center , where she was pronounced dead , according to the report .
The other passenger who was ejected and a 19-year-old male passenger who also was not wearing a seat belt are both in the hospital with serious injuries , Martinez said .
All of the victims are from Los Angeles .
Their identities have not been released .
The CHP is investigating the cause of the accident .

Two teenagers and a woman were killed and two people were hospitalized in critical condition early Monday after a car crashed into a guardrail on the southbound 110 Freeway at the 105 Freeway, authorities said.
Amid foggy conditions, the 17-year-old male driver of a 2009 Nissan drifted into a center divider, and two 17-year-old female passengers who weren’t wearing seat belts were ejected from the vehicle, according to a preliminary investigation report by California Highway Patrol Officer K. Martinez.
CHP officers were alerted of the crash just after midnight.
Martinez said the driver and a 19-year-old female passenger, who were both wearing seat belts, died at the scene. One of the ejected passengers was taken to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead, according to the report.
The other passenger who was ejected and a 19-year-old male passenger who also was not wearing a seat belt are both in the hospital with serious injuries, Martinez said.
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All of the victims are from Los Angeles. Their identities have not been released.
The CHP is investigating the cause of the accident.


latimes--2020-11-23--14 charged in alleged 'sham' school scheme

Fourteen Southern California residents have been charged with involvement in two “ sham ” schools allegedly funded with fraudulent workers compensation claims that cost insurance carriers more than $ 22 million , prosecutors said .
The defendants were charged in three separate cases on counts of conspiracy , insurance fraud , receiving kickbacks and illegally paying for referrals , the Riverside County district attorney ’ s office announced Friday .
Oswaldo Forero , 65 , of Irvine is listed as president and chief executive of a for-profit vocational school , Ryon College in Riverside .
Forero and the school ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 41 , of Bellflower , allegedly paid numerous “ cappers ” to recruit students who had Supplemental Job Displacement vouchers meant to help them reenter the workforce after injuries , according to prosecutors .
Some of the students lacked a high school diploma or other prerequisites , prosecutors alleged .
Forero and Zepeda employed a similar scheme at another vocational school , Sutech School in Los Angeles , according to prosecutors .
They are accused of overbilling for laptops , cashing in vouchers from students who didn ’ t attend classes , faking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exchange for vouchers , which ranged in value from $ 6,000 to $ 10,000 .
“ We are not making any comments on the matter at this time , ” said Melissa Weinberger , an attorney for Forero .
Zepeda ’ s attorney , Richard Moss , could not be reached for comment .
The other 12 defendants range in age from 29 to 65 and come from all over the region , including San Diego , Diamond Bar , Sherman Oaks and Moreno Valley .
Arraignments will begin this week and continue @ @ @

Fourteen Southern California residents have been charged with involvement in two “sham” schools allegedly funded with fraudulent workers compensation claims that cost insurance carriers more than $22 million, prosecutors said.
The defendants were charged in three separate cases on counts of conspiracy, insurance fraud, receiving kickbacks and illegally paying for referrals, the Riverside County district attorney’s office announced Friday.
Oswaldo Forero, 65, of Irvine is listed as president and chief executive of a for-profit vocational school, Ryon College in Riverside.
Forero and the school’s vice president, Melbe Zepeda, 41, of Bellflower, allegedly paid numerous “cappers” to recruit students who had Supplemental Job Displacement vouchers meant to help them reenter the workforce after injuries, according to prosecutors.
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Some of the students lacked a high school diploma or other prerequisites, prosecutors alleged.
Forero and Zepeda employed a similar scheme at another vocational school, Sutech School in Los Angeles, according to prosecutors.
They are accused of overbilling for laptops, cashing in vouchers from students who didn’t attend classes, faking admissions test results and paying cash in exchange for vouchers, which ranged in value from $6,000 to $10,000.
“We are not making any comments on the matter at this time,” said Melissa Weinberger, an attorney for Forero.
Zepeda’s attorney, Richard Moss, could not be reached for comment.
The other 12 defendants range in age from 29 to 65 and come from all over the region, including San Diego, Diamond Bar, Sherman Oaks and Moreno Valley.
Arraignments will begin this week and continue through March.