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Unvaccinated L.A. City Employees Could Get Extra Time to Get Shots

Unvaccinated L.A. City Employees Could Get Extra Time to Get Shots

FromKQED's The California Report


Unvaccinated L.A. City Employees Could Get Extra Time to Get Shots

FromKQED's The California Report

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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Oct 20, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Thousands of unvaccinated Los Angeles City workers may have until December to get the mandated shots. But if they remain unvaccinated, they could feel the bite in their paychecks. 
Reporter: Jackie Fortier, KPCC

Los Angeles County is studying the effectiveness of a peer vaccination program. The homeless are being used as ambassadors to try to help convince other unhoused people get their shots.
Guest: Chelsea Shover, Professor at UCLA who is helping lead the program

A record number of cargo ships are idling off the Southern California coast. That means delays at the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach. But one Bay Area port is trying to help alleviate these delays.
Reporter: Angela Corral, The California Report 

The descendents of some of Southern California’s early pioneers are trying to save their ancestors’ crumbling home. This is taking place in the Inland Empire, where a farming town was founded when California was still part of Mexico.
Reporter: Megan Jamerson, KVCR
Released:
Oct 20, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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