General Motors announced Thursday that it was making a donation of one million face masks and funding for 5,000 flu vaccines for California communities in need across the state, including the new COVID-19 testing facility in Valencia. GM’s support is meant to help protect workers at a new COVID-19 testing lab and Californians in the schools and communities most impacted ...

Santa Clarita freelance designer, Brianna Helton, has started to sell handmade protective masks through her website, and for each mask sold, she donates a mask to someone in need. “I knew that during this time, it is hard on everyone, so I wanted to do what I know best, and that is creating and sewing,” said Helton. “It is a ...

Inmates at Pitchess Detention Center have started sewing masks for all inmates within the jail system, officials said Thursday. https://www.facebook.com/LosAngelesCountySheriffsDepartment/videos/610587499528888/   Inmates that are being held in both the Pitchess Detention Center and Century Jail have started using their sewing classes to make masks, according to Sheriff’s officials. When COVID-19 began to affect the jail system, Deputy Christine Badaracco, assigned ...

After hearing newscast after newscast about shortages of protective personal equipment for first responders and medical staff, a Santa Clarita father-son duo decided to take matters into their own hands, and start 3D-printing masks themselves. Both special effects artists, A.J. Apone and his father, Allan, decided to work together to make as many face masks as they possibly could, putting ...

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is urging Americans to only use cloth masks instead of surgical ones during the coronavirus pandemic, officials said. The CDC continues to study the spread and effects of the novel coronavirus across the United States and has cited recent studies that a significant portion of individuals with coronavirus lack symptoms and that even those ...