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Articles from the January 10, 2022 edition


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  • Women's Prison Officer Staffing Shortages Halt Inmate Programming and Cause Lockdowns

    Amber S. Jackson, Lucky Lifer|Jan 10, 2022

    The excuses are numerous but the problem is singular. Not enough correctional officers to run the prison. When officer levels fall below a minimum number, things begin to close. The inmate population was told to expect this in October 2021. However, now the reality and the results are devastating. The list of excuses is endless. Holidays, retirement, early retirement, scheduled vacations, and my all-time favoritem the Covid-19 positives among staff (Whom still get their pay while out sick at...

  • If I Have Medicare Advantage, Why Do I Need Medicare Part B?

    Rusty Gleer, Association of Mature American Citizens|Jan 10, 2022

    Ask Rusty – I Have Medicare Advantage - Why Is a Medicare Premium Deducted from my Social Security? Dear Rusty: My wife and I have a Medicare Advantage Plan, and we do not use Medicare for our claims. However, we still have the Medicare premium deducted from our Social Security checks. Is this correct? Signed: Wondering Dear Wondering: If, after age 65, you choose to take Medicare outpatient coverage of any kind you must pay that Part B premium, even if you decide to acquire a Medicare A...

  • Justice Reform Takes a Hit - Courts Rule Against Early Release of Violent Offenders and DUI Diversion; Gascon Dismissed 12,000 Criminal Cases; Jan 6 Riot Deemed Unprotected by 1st Amendment and Other Stories: Monday Morning Memo

    Association of Deputy District Attorneys|Jan 10, 2022

    Courts & Rulings Judge halts California earlier releases for repeat offenders A judge on Wednesday temporarily halted California's plans to speed the potential prison release dates for repeat offenders with serious and violent criminal histories under the state's "three strikes" law. California corrections officials had filed emergency regulations to boost good conduct credits for second-strike inmates serving time for nonviolent offenses who are housed at minimum-security prisons and camps. AP...

  • County's Free At-Home PCR Test Program Halted

    Alyssa Erdley, Observer Staff|Jan 10, 2022

    January 6, 2022 - Last week, Dr. Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director of Public Health, announced a program where residents could order free PCR tests to administer at home and send to the lab for results. Today, during her weekly press conference, she announced that program is paused. "They were running into challenges with the vendor," Ferrer explained. They were having trouble getting deliveries to homes in time. Members of the press at the virtual conference said they knew of people who'd been...

  • Omicron Now Behind 85% of Covid-19 Cases in LA County, and That Seems to Be Good News

    Alyssa Erdley, Observer Staff|Jan 10, 2022

    January 7, 2022 - During her weekly press conference yesterday, Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director of Public Health, appeared optimistic about the apparently lower hospitalization and death rate during the latest surge of Covid-19. In just one week, Omicron went from 54% of sequenced samples to 85%. The number of Delta variant cases in the population is lower than at any time since that variant crowded out the previous version of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, sometime during last summer. "Unlike the last...

  • Game Changer: US Army has a vaccine that will prevent all forms of Covid, Even Omicron

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Jan 10, 2022

    The US Army has developed a vaccine that will end the worldwide Coronavirus Pandemic. This according to the website Defense One, which says that The vaccine, named SpFN, also showed promise against SARS, another dangerous coronavirus disease. The results of early human trials should be released this month, the Army said. This would of course, be a game changer. The original virus has spawned multiple variations and some of them seem to elude vaccine protection. Within weeks, scientists at the...