RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KABC) — In Riverside County, the number of people hospitalized with COVID is at the lowest point since the start of the pandemic. Currently, doctors are treating 38 patients in the county. According to the Press Enterprise, the previous low of 44 patients was recorded on March 29 of last year. That drop […]
The Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved $750,000 in funding for temporary shelter and other relief programs for undocumented immigrants brought into Riverside County by U.S. Customs & Border Enforcement and other agencies amid the ongoing border surge. In a 5-0 vote without comment, the board authorized the Department of Housing, Homelessness Prevention & Workforce Solutions […]
The Board of Supervisors Tuesday formally recognized, through results of a survey, the need to establish a funding stream reserved specifically to meet needs in Riverside County’s unincorporated communities. In a 5-0 vote without comment, the board signed off on findings in the survey that provided residents of unincorporated areas with a means to voice […]
Riverside County health officials are reporting 75 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and 2 additional deaths Monday bringing the countywide totals to 300,321 cases and 4,604 deaths. There are 25 new COVID19 cases and no new deaths in the Coachella Valley. This is the update for the Coachella Valley city-by-city: Desert Hot Springs: 4,242 (+5) cases, […]
Kids in San Bernardino are celebrating because they have a new, exciting place to play. For more than a year, representatives from the City of San Bernardino, the LA Kings, LA Galaxy, and San Manuel Band of Mission Indians collaborated with KABOOM!, a national non-profit dedicated to playspace equity, to open an accessible playground at […]
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (KABC) — Children in the city of San Bernardino have a new place to play – and they helped design it themselves. The city is opening up a new inclusive playground with a series of features that are designed to make the space accessible to children of varying abilities. The space at Lionel E. […]
Even with masking mandates in place, some pediatricians are treating many children not for COVID-19, but for common cold viruses. Ignacio Parra Garcia of Fontana has asthma. “While we were in lockdown, it was great. He never got sick,” said his mother, Jennifer Garcia. Recently, the 5-year-old left his protective bubble to go to kindergarten. […]
Eight one-day popup vaccine clinics operated by Loma Linda University Health delivered 373 COVID-19 vaccines to San Bernardino County’s Black and Latinx populations on May 14. The initiative was part of an ongoing focused equity effort to reach minority populations, which have experienced higher rates of COVID-19 infection during the pandemic, according to the Centers […]
For quick, one-shot protection, Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine promised to be a key tool in the race to end the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, more than two months after its rollout, it represents merely 5% of all inoculations in California’s ambitious vaccination campaign. Supplies are down, with no new doses delivered this week while a manufacturing […]
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is scheduled to sign a bill into law on Thursday that’s aimed at countering a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes that’s come during the coronavirus pandemic. Biden has previously urged Congress to pass the legislation, called the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act. The bill will create a new position at the […]
