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Sofia Gevorgian and Anahit Malumyan, students at AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School in Canoga Park, are first prize winners for their short documentary in C-SPAN’s 2021 StudentCam competition. (Photo courtesy of Sofia Gevorgian and Anahit Malumyan) Sofia Gevorgian and Anahit Malumyan, students at AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School in Canoga Park, are first-prize winners in C-SPAN’s national 2021 StudentCam
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Yvonne Savio discusses container gardening at an online meeting of the Burbank and Valley Garden Club. (Photo courtesy of Yvonne Savio) Community meetings bring people together for exchange of ideas and memorable shared experiences. Here’s a sampling of online meetings in the San Fernando Valley. Wings Over Wendy’s: Veterans of all services and their supporters
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Los Angeles public health officials reported 859 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 1,217,034 as of Friday, March 26. Officials said there were 39 new deaths linked to the coronavirus, for a total 23,055 deaths since tracking began. A total of 4,015,806 vaccinations have been administered in the county
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Los Angeles County’s vaccine supply is growing — just as it may lose a large-scale vaccination site. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services announced Friday, March 26, that next month they will stop running the inoculation clinic at Cal State Los Angeles, which they have jointly managed since February.
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Statewide vaccine eligibility will widen to all those at least 16 years old in mid-April, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday morning, March 25, the same day Los Angeles County received a sobering reminder that the virus remains a threat — with its coronavirus-related death toll topping 23,000. Newsom announced the statewide eligibility expansion on Thursday
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Los Angeles’ Echo Park Lake area was jammed with hundreds of protesters on Wednesday, March 24, voicing opposition to the city’s plans to close the park for refurbishment and force residents of a homeless encampment to move. Several dozen tents had remained at the park Wednesday morning after city officials said more than 120 people
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