February 8, 2022 - 3:15 pm
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Tuesday, Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger has released the following statement in response to the Board’s vote to have the county’s Department of Human Resources assume the authority to enforce County employees’ compliance with vaccination requirements. “This action is in response to an individual – Sheriff Villanueva, to be specific. To change a policy over one individual isn’t appropriate,” ...
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February 2, 2022 - 12:11 pm
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Emblem Academy Elementary School was put on a brief lockdown after a person allegedly attempted to get on campus. Around 11:40 a.m. Wednesday, deputies responded to the school in the 22000 block of Espuella Drive in Saugus by Emblem Academy, according to officials with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. “There was a response to the elementary school,” said Sgt. ...
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January 31, 2022 - 3:00 pm
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On Monday, Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger released a statement through Facebook opposing recent blanket COVID-19 masking policies and supporting public choice on mask-wearing. A statement opposing blanket COVID-19 mask policies was released by L.A. County Supervisor Barger on Jan. 31 through her Facebook account. “Let’s do away with blanket COVID-19 masking policies,” Barger said. “They don’t make a ...
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January 30, 2022 - 1:42 pm
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The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health released the latest data on COVID-19 on Sunday, revealing 16,835 new cases and 40 new deaths. Most of these cases include the Omicron and Delta variants, according to public health officials. At Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, 69 patients are currently hospitalized for COVID-19 and as of Sunday, one additional person has died, ...
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January 19, 2022 - 2:44 pm
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With the Omicron variant spreading at a rapid rate, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) released data showing that patients are increasingly being sent to the intensive care unit for “severe” symptoms. The seven-day average of coronavirus related admissions and the total number of patients admitted into the ICU as of Jan. 17 had increased from ...
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January 19, 2022 - 8:51 am
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The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced that a set of four free at-home COVID-19 tests would be available for delivery to residential houses, including those in the Santa Clarita Valley. A set of four at-home coronavirus tests are now available for delivery in residential addresses in places like Santa Clarita, according to the USPS. “There will be free tests ...
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January 18, 2022 - 1:00 pm
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Los Angeles County reported over 31,000 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, nearly 10 times the number of new cases reported at the same time last month. On January 17, L.A. County reported 31,576 new COVID-19 cases, nearly 10 times the number of cases reported one month ago on Dec. 17, when Public Health reported 3,360 new cases, officials announced Monday. ...
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January 14, 2022 - 1:30 pm
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Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital reported two additional COVID-19 deaths on Friday, bringing the total number of confirmed coronavirus-related deaths at the Santa Clarita healthcare provider to 200. The two additional deaths announced on Friday bring the total number of deaths at the hospital to 200, according to Patrick Moody, spokesperson for Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital. The first case of coronavirus ...
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January 9, 2022 - 3:16 pm
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The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced a new daily case record of over 45,000 positive cases and 13 new deaths, including one in Santa Clarita. As cases of the Delta and Omicron virus have continued to surge in recent weeks, L.A. County has hit a new daily case rate record for the pandemic. Cases have also increased ...
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January 7, 2022 - 12:41 pm
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The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) modified masking requirements effective Thursday due to Omicron, but who is expected to be affected? As cases continue to rise as a result of “highly transmissible” Omicron variant circulation, Public Health modified their Health Officer Order to enforce higher quality masks “knowing that vaccinations alone are not sufficient to prevent ...
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