As of noon 12 May, Venice had 56 reported cases of Coronavirus and Marina del Rey had 13. For the latest go to the CDC website.
Line at Costco parking lot Saturday, 14 March, 7:30 am. Store opens at 9 am. This is the west end of parking lot.
One lady in front of this writer at Costco Starbucks, Lincoln and Washington, said store was crazy Friday. She was a vendor and they knocked down her booth. She said one lady claimed that she had been in line since 3 am. Lady behind this writer in line for coffee said she heard one person say that they had spent the night in line. It rained all night!
Yesterday at Trader Joes, this writer was a little earlier than usual, and asked if this was panic buying since many of the shelves were bare and there were more people. The cashier said “yes.” When giving me change, he thanked me for not being a panic buyer.
This writer doesn’t panic. Have invited all friends to bring a book over, snuggle, and sit by the fire. It is quiet time.
On the door is a sign that says “Bring your own toilet paper and paper towel donations would be appreciated.”
So much for isolation.
Dr. Marc Segal warns of leprosy in Los Angeles starting with the homeless.
Encampment on 3rd Ave between Rose and Sunset.
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has now declared an outbreak of Hepatitis A in Los Angeles County.
Los Angeles County now has ten cases of Hepatitis A and health department now considers this an outbreak. Two cases were locally acquired. Five cases were attributed to San Diego and Santa Cruz and two were acquired in a health facility with one who already had the disease, totaling three. Where the cases are is not known at this time.
The video does not say who the person is who is talking but one assumes it is a spokesperson for the Center for Disease Control.
Many stories have been written in Venice Update lately about the efforts of Rick Swinger to clean up 3rd Ave and the alleys surrounding it. Efforts have been made to stop the dumping of the perishables. Efforts have been made to get the City to clean and sanitize 3rd. Last Friday the City roped off Rose from Hampton to 3rd and cleaned and sanitized it. Third was then sanitized. Third used to be cleaned and sanitized every week but budget or another reason stopped the cleaning. This time it took the fourth week.
It is not just the residents surrounding the area who are concerned, it is the homeless too who are tired of having rats crawl over them at night. They too feel the area is filthy and tell all that it should be cleaned.
Rick Swinger has taken it upon himself to raise the money and supervise the cleanup that the City was doing until last Friday. He has a go fund me account. He has used the money to clean an alley of feces, haul dumped perishables away, and recently one homeless person threw feces at a resident’s home and that was cleaned.