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Articles from the January 2, 2022 edition


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  • New York Times Editor Dies 24 Hours After Receiving a Moderna Covid Booster Shot

    Stan Greene, Observer Staff Writer|Jan 2, 2022
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    Carlos Tejada, Deputy Asia Editor for The New York Times, has died at 49 of a coronary or a myocardial infarction. This according to a post from his wife on December 17th. Tejada worked as a reporter in Asia for 13 years. The Times hired him in 2015, and previously he worked for The Wall Street Journal. He is survived by his wife and two children. According to a post by former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson, Mr. Tejada died of a heart attack one day following his injection with a Moderna...

  • Actress Betty White Dead of Cardiac Arrest. She Was at 99.

    Stan Greene, Observer Staff Writer|Jan 2, 2022

    Just when we thought 2021 couldn't get any worse. Betty White has died of cardiac arrest at the age of 99. In bed, in her home in Los Angeles, reports TMZ and multiple news sources. She was 99 years old. Her heart simply stopped, which happens to the very elderly, if they live long enough. “Everyone felt that they knew her, the community loved her” said one of her neighbors, Genie Woolf speaking on KNX. Betty Marion White Ludden (January 17, 1922 – December 31, 2021) was an American actre...

  • LA County Reaches 20,198 New Daily Cases; New requirements for quarantine discriminate based on booster status

    Alyssa Erdley, Observer Staff|Jan 2, 2022

    December 30, 2021 - Dr. Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health was correct in last week's prediction that the county would reach 20,000 new cases per day by the end of the year. In a press conference this afternoon, Dr. Ferrer added that there were 24 deaths today and 1,251 people are in the hospital. So far, deaths have remained steady, but Ferrer warned that deaths often lag behind cases by several weeks. Dr. Ferrer said she expected the Omicron variant to eventually dominate...

  • LAX Pups: Therapy Dogs Greet Visitors at Nation's Second Busiest Airport

    David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer|Jan 2, 2022

    Therapy dogs dressed in Christmas outfits helped 200,000 passengers a day pass through Los Angeles International Airport during the holiday period. "Happy "Howl"idays from our @LAXPUPS," says a tweet on, well, twitter. The dogs are named "Serjio, Mia, Mason and Ellie! If you are flying this holiday season, look out for them greeting guests in the terminals. #LAX #LAXPups. LAX airport has undergone massive construction in recent months, as a train or "people mover" is under construction to link...

  • New Mom-Owned Start-up Working to Solve Childcare Crisis by Connecting Local Families

    Nicole Cox, www.Junecare.co|Jan 2, 2022

    While everyone has been impacted by the pandemic, one population that has been dramatically impacted is moms. As the pandemic erupted in the spring of 2021, approximately 3.5 million mothers with school-aged children either lost jobs, took leaves of absence or left the labor market altogether, according to the Census Bureau. Before the pandemic, women made up more than 50 percent of the country's workforce. As a result, many women who are accustomed to having careers outside the home now find...