EPISODE 14 – CORONAVIRUS IN L.A.

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On this 14th episode, we answer 10 of your most pressing questions relating to Coronavirus in Los Angeles. Most importantly: if you’ve lost your job or had your work hours reduced because of COVID-19, you can file for unemployment benefits here at the EDD website, which you can learn more about at www.jimbotimes.com. Also, there are just nine (9) Los Cuentos hoodies left to warm up through these times with. Order yours at www.jimbotimes.com

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A Note to Los Shoppers during this COVID-19 Season

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Doña Ana is a single mother of two teenage boys who makes her living taking care of her neighbors’ children while the parents go to work for the day. She had a shift this past Saturday, meaning that she could only get to the store after her neighbors returned from their shifts to pick up their little ones come evening. When Doña Ana finally got to the store with her boys, however, the shelves were cleared of groceries and carried no toilet paper. She now figures that she and her family can use scratch paper or coupon magazines in the interim. This is who panic buyers take away from the most.

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J.T. Endorses LAUSD’s Request for Collaboration with Verizon to Support Students in Case of School Closures

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“March 9, 2020

Hans Vestberg
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Verizon Communications
1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036

Dear Mr. Vestberg:

Los Angeles Unified serves the needs of almost 700,000 students who live in communities spread across 700 square miles. About 80% of students are from families living in poverty. 73% of students are Latino and 8% are African American. We serve students and families with high needs.

As we plan for a potential occurrence of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in our schools, we are taking steps to ensure students can continue to learn from home in the event of extended school closures. At the core of this will be online instruction using a digital device connected to the internet. Unfortunately, about 25% of our students — 125,000 children — have neither a device on which to learn nor the ability to connect to the internet outside of school.

We would like to discuss with Verizon a plan to support our students by providing internet access to those who may not otherwise have access to learning.

We hope Verizon will consider working with us on this. I will call your office to follow up.

Austin Beutner”

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