#Safety
#Insurers Can Be Sentinels for #Health and #Safety
https://nader.org/2023/09/21/insurers-can-be-sentinels-for-health-and-safety/
When you answer the phone and I find out you're driving, of course I hang up on you.
I don't typically do sarcasm but it's what worked with the meme generator.
#sarcasm #meme #PSA #driving #DistractedDriving #cars #phone #texting #safety #HangUpThePhone
The O'Hare Modernization Program led to significant progress in airfield #safety: https://flightsafety.org/asw-article/whats-on-your-runway-expanded-version/. Another of these big #airside makeovers is the one I led about 10 years ago at CDG. Both were the starting point of a long hunt for safer practices: https://skybrary.aero/sites/default/files/bookshelf/5931.pdf. ✈️🚧 #airports #aviation #construction #engineering #infrastructure #SafetyFirst
Russell Brand Casts Himself As Victim In Sexual Abuse Allegations, Offers Conspiracy Theories Without Specifically Addressing Them
#BreakingNews #Controversial #Safety #SocialMedia #BBC #Channel4 #RussellBrand #Sexualabuse #TheTimes #YouTube
https://deadline.com/2023/09/russell-brand-response-sexual-abuse-allegations-1235554096/
"Feel. Living in my head most of the time divorced me from my emotions, which came back to bite me later. Hard."
- @kentbeck, Helping Geeks Feel Safe in the World, 9/22/23, https://tidyfirst.substack.com/p/helping-geeks-feel-safe-in-the-world
#quotes #emotions #psychology #mentalhealth #work #coding #safety
If you're a Patron to anything on Patreon go to Settings-->Account tab-->Scroll to the bottom under Privacy, turn off 'Full Public Profile' and 'Community Profile. The new privacy update on Patreon makes them public by default.
#infosec #tech #privacy #safety #security #contentcreator #socialmedia
How #Finland Put #Traffic #Crashes on Ice
The Nordic nation’s rate of vehicle fatalities is a fraction of the toll in the #US, despite a harsh climate and ice-covered streets. Here’s how the Finns do traffic safety.
by David Zipper
"The 1960s were a boom time for #Helsinki, Finland’s capital and largest city. Rising postwar incomes enabled a growing number of residents to purchase a car; the number of vehicles registered in the city tripled in just seven years. #Gridlock inevitably followed.
"To manage traffic and plot its future, the city of Helsinki commissioned a transportation master plan, co-authored by the US company Wilbur Smith & Associates and the Finnish firm Pentti Polvinen ky. In 1968, the consultants delivered their eye-watering proposal: nearly 200 miles of new highways in the Helsinki region, with much of downtown leveled to create space for high-speed motorways. The city’s existent streetcar system would be scrapped.
"The Finnish response to that vision was an emphatic ei (“no”). According to the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, the rejected 1968 plan 'has become a kind of dystopia, an extreme example of what car-driven planning can lead to.'
"Instead of committing its future to the automobile, as so many US cities did in that era, Helsinki kept its streetcars and embarked on a massive transit expansion. The city constructed the world’s northernmost subway, which opened in 1982. As of 2016, roughly a quarter of urban trips in Finland occur on foot, over 9% by transit, and 7.5% by bike. (In the Helsinki metropolitan area, which has a population about 1.3 million, those numbers are even higher.) One in seven Finns live in rural areas, roughly equivalent to the US share.
"The Finnish transportation system is as impressive for its safety as it is for its multimodality. Only 219 people died on Finnish roads in 2021, or four per 100,000 residents — just one-third the US rate. And Finland’s roadways are growing steadily safer. Fatalities plunged 50% between 2001 and 2019, when Helsinki made international news for going an entire year without a single pedestrian or cyclist fatality. (Last year there were two, down from 22 in 1990.) Like its neighbors #Norway and #Sweden, birthplace of the #VisionZero traffic safety movement, Finland’s roads today are safer than they have been in decades — unlike so many of the US cities that have tried to adopt Vision Zero principles.
"As I’ve written previously in CityLab, the US is an outlier in global #RoadSafety: Americans are now at least twice as likely to die in a vehicle crash as residents of Canada, France and Japan (among many other countries).
"But the safety record of Finland, a country associated with empty, rural roads and cold, dark weather, is particularly impressive. Here are a few reasons why so few people die in crashes in this Nordic nation.
"Set Stricter Limits
"Soon after dumping Helsinki’s car-centric 1968 plan, Finnish authorities embarked on a decades-long campaign to slow motor vehicles. 'In urban environments, there has been a steady decrease in maximum road speed,' said Heikki Liimatainen, a professor of transport and logistics at Tampere University. 'In the 1970s, it was normally 50 kilometers per hour in cities; then in 2000, it went down to 40 km/h. Now, more than half of our urban streets have a 30 km/h limit.'
"In Helsinki, city officials leverage street design to reinforce lower speed limits. 'We deliberately have narrow lanes, so the driver doesn’t feel comfortable,' said Reetta Putkonen, the director of Helsinki’s transportation planning division. 'Three and a half meters is a normal lane width, even 3.2. We also use trees and bushes to push people to go slower.' For comparison, in the US many lanes are 12 feet (3.7 meters) wide."
#Cycling #Transportation #Cities #Safety #SpeedLimits #UrbanRenewal #PublicTransportation
@dangoodin I didn't make any recommendation on where they should go, I highlighted that the #toxic #socialmedia #hellsite, #Twitter, isn't a #safeplace for any #marginalized community, despite common perceptions. #Familiarity isn't #safety.
This is interesting Federal Agency media, LOL. #CPSC #rap #music #safety https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gozH72CON5s
Child e-scooter rider sent to hospital, third collision in a week :
It was the third e-scooter collision in 24 hours, said Police Chief Frank Sousa, who said the use of e-scooter and e-bikes in the village was again becoming a safety issue.
#collision #CrandonBoulevard #ebike #escooter #FrankSousa #jurisdiction #MarcosOsorio #MiamiDadeCounty #parent #safety #scooter #VickiLopez
#Miami #news
How can we make it as easy as possible for people to talk about difficult stuff? Well, we can talk about anything, if we feel safe enough…
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2015/01/we-can-talk-about-it
#meetings #facilitation #EventDesign #sharing #safety #confidentiality
it's great to bring different perspectives and disciplines together at FediForum, such as in this session today:
Blocklists from a social science perspective; tension field between federation and safe spaces
And FediForum session today:
Fedi-Safety: AI-driven Real-time Anti-CSAM tooling
There will be session notes on our website as soon as we can get them out.
In Session 5 today, we had:
IFTAS Activity Review: Child Safety; Automated Denylist Subscription Service; Moderator Safety
Demanding state discrimination targeting people because they are different was never the answer to addressing parental difficulties in maintaining a meaningful and trusting dialogue with our own children.
#Porsche's patent app 20230291066 for a special part for a #battery cell, called a cell tab, which has a built-in #safety valve. If there's too much pressure inside the battery, this valve will open to release the gas, preventing any damage or #explosion #safety #bev #automotive
Drivers told Motherboard that Amazon’s dog safety training does not keep them safe from being attacked on the job.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/ak3n78/we-cant-defend-ourselves-amazon-isnt-doing-enough-about-its-dog-bite-problem-drivers-say
#amazon #dogs #dogattack #deliverydriver #safety #dogbite #Amazondeliverydrivers #package #injury
I've written a lot about #helicopter mast bumping over the years, mostly related to how much we don't know about mast bumping accidents. So it was encouraging to finally write about a new finding and how it drove a redesign of Robinson helicopters. #aviation #safety #simulation #engineering https://verticalmag.com/news/how-robinson-helicopter-arrived-at-its-new-tail-design/
I share air quality readings at airports, planes, ground transportation, a convention center, and my hotel during a trip to Puerto Rico.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/meeting-industry/2022/05/air-quality-readings
#travel #safety #AirQuality #readings #IAQ #plane #airport #bus #ConventionCenter #hotel #flying
So I'm seeing worryingly few plays on this absolute #banger of an #album that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission put out a few days ago.
If you haven't rocked We're Safety Now Haven't We on repeat yet, what are you even doing?
:anya_point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gozH72CON5s #uscpsc #safety #music #newmusic #weresafetynowhaventwe
"How old are you?" can be an awkward question. Here are safe ways for a group of meeting participants to share their "age".
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/02/how-old-are-you
#meetings #EventDesign #HowOldAreYou #facilitation #GroupWork #HumanSpectrograms #safety #eventprofs
#UK's Online #Safety #Bill finally passed by parliament.
The government (#Britain) has said the bill does not ban end-to-end #encryption."
"Tech #companies have said #scanning #messages and end-to-end encryption are fundamentally incompatible."
Who is right?
Safety fears have been raised at a strike-hit Scots weapons plant that supplies missiles to Ukraine after an accident with a fork lift
GMB Scotland said that the accident has sparked “grave” safety fears over troops being used to fill in for striking workers as a contingency plan.
#Scotland #Beith #StormShadow #strike #WageSlaves #GMB #safety #military #scabs #StrikeBreakers
Revitalizing Thai Tourism with Safety Zones #Safety #Tourism #Travel https://www.thailandnews.co/2023/09/revitalizing-thai-tourism-with-safety-zones/
New Zealand was just recently shook
By an earthquake of magnitude 5.6 shook
No reports of major damage of injury
Scared citizens in a hurry
Though the quake was felt far and wide
From the big cities to the countryside
But thankfully now all is safe and sound
Saudi Leader Mohammed Bin Salman Addresses Saudi Arabia’s Role In 9/11 Attacks In Fox News Interview
#BreakingNews #Controversial #Politics #Safety #911 #BretBaier #FoxNews #MohammedbinSalmon #SaudiArabia
https://deadline.com/2023/09/9-1-1-attacks-saudi-arabia-mohammed-bin-salman-1235552002/
From Living Streets Aotearoa: Our 2023 Walking Summit was a great success - now you can see lots of the presentations and panels on our YouTube channel. Please take a look, like and subscribe: https://youtube.com/channel/UCjkHxEr3PEoOBIH45s9I5Qg #Walking #Safety #ClimateActionNow
Via NPR: A #federal agency just dropped a music album about #safety . End the #wgastrike . Bring back “Last Week Tonight” NOW
Controversial L.A. City Council Member Kevin De León, Caught On Racially-Charged Recording, To Seek Reelection
#BreakingNews #Controversial #LALocal #Politics #Safety #KevindeLeon #LosAngelesCityCouncil #NuryMartinez
Ars Technica: Musk’s Neuralink seeks volunteers for brain implants—who’s in? https://arstechnica.com/?p=1969681 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #brain-computerinterface #clinicaltrial #quadriplegia #animalabuse #neuralink #ElonMusk #Science #Health #safety #ALS #fda
While new features such as Standby Mode and live voicemail are the most notable iOS 17 additions, there are also upgrades that are useful to help keep iPhone users safe. https://tchlp.com/3EJcFkT #ios17 #iphone #upgrade #safety
A fantastic explanation of why the UK’s #OnlineSafetyBill is actually damaging to our online #safety and #rights.
It’s one thing to feel like shit because #women avoid you because they view you as aggressive
Another thing is… when I swerved into the street as I was walking because I saw a drunk and 280 pound man & I want to be safer, he starts yelling & flipping shit
What does his reaction prove? Think.
American Library Assoc. Report - #Texas Had Most #Book Challenges #Books are not the sole target of attacks orchestrated by #conservative parent groups and #rightwing #media. Both #school and #PublicLibrarians are increasingly in the crosshairs of conservative groups during book challenges and subject to defamatory name-calling, #onlineharassment, #socialmedia attacks, and #doxxing, as well as direct #threats to their #safety, their #employment, and their very #liberty https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/by-the-numbers
While we're on the topic, if there are topics that you absolutely do *not* want to see (or would rather be warned first), please make good use of the filter feature.
Flight instructors: Fall 2023 issue of @AOPA Air Safety Institute (ASI) CFI-to-CFI newsletter has been posted http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/cfi_vol14issue3/index.php #aviation #pilot #safety #avgeek
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/18/opinion/trump-elon-musk-twitter.html?unlocked_article_code=qPJ9uIfSt_CIXEu5WMAgZqB_5Y73oJnxl0jymRJ-6njMuf-MX0S1JKNWh-xJ6aWQKVBR3WqxkN8Adu8LzB59eOw7wvLPlM3y5BDayAm7nuSEZs7gFzLc9Kr8hInfyiCX8TU6gTfbF6pI5mGB9Cz-NzG468LZ3NOTyknNyQICg0D3cEniGUo2QuvOPTcY2XGumYX69mSCZgESxJkdN6a6S3MGWwve0mZq8du-gxbVmS4FZKTakROKTtWmvf2bGDz8B50wn3IeIaTR5GMCmvaU8Zq8l-HpTPtLPL8_gLVRdECZsmw1Iw1BYVVYADVg7FYnIgAkANg2b43H3SusiSSvL3s&smid=url-share&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email When I worked @ #Twitter I led team that placed #factchecking label on 1 of #Trump’s #tweets for 1st x. Following #Jan6 I helped make call 2 #ban his account from Twitter. Nothing prepared me for what would happen next. Backed by fans on #socialmedia #trump publicly attacked me. 2yrs later Musk acquisition of #Twitter & after I resigned role as head of #trust #safety & lived w armed guards outside my home had to upend my family, go into hiding for months, repeatedly move.
Lesbian, gay or bisexual adults are particularly likely to face harassment online. Roughly seven-in-ten have encountered harassment online & 51% have been targeted for more severe forms of online abuse. Let's have a plan for when it happens.
https://lockdownyourlife.mykajabi.com/protectprivacy
#safety #privacy #harassment #stalking #tech #abuse #infosec #stalkerware #lgbtqia #lgbtq #lgbt
In #England, a significant number of #schools are currently dealing with structural issues caused by the use of #RAAC. The #Government has already updated the list of affected schools as investigations continue.
Check out the new list...
#Health #Safety
https://www.pmp-magazine.com/2023/09/19/raac-the-list-of-schools-at-risk/
#F1 and other visibility-limited race cars must adopt #BlindSpotWarning systems. Even cheap road cars now have this system.
#Safety matters.
Roughly four-in-ten Americans have experienced online harassment. What if you had a plan for when the worst happens? Class on Thursday.
https://lockdownyourlife.mykajabi.com/protectprivacy
#tech #technology #infosec #safety #privacy #harassment #contentcreator #security
Great piece in the @nytimes from @yoyoel that shows the forces that hinder #safety and #trust practices.
"The broader challenge here — and perhaps, the inescapable one — is the essential humanness of online trust and safety efforts. It isn’t machine learning models and faceless algorithms behind key content moderation decisions: it’s people. And people can be pressured, intimidated, threatened and extorted. Standing up to injustice, authoritarianism and online harms requires employees who are willing to do that work."
Reno Air Race Fatalities: A list with links to more info of the exciting but dangerous airplane event
https://www.reddit.com/r/Reno/comments/16lw1ay/reno_air_race_fatalities_a_complete_list/
#airraces #aviation #safety #reno #-
Alberta daycare poisonings show high cost of red tape reduction
As more than 300 parents and children sickened by an E. coli outbreak at a series of Calgary daycares are finding out right now, the red tape getting cut can sometimes be what was protecting you from other people’s carelessness — or worse
#health #safety #daycare #ecoli #regulations #enforcement #abpoli
Sees grifters get all the funding. *blinks in woman owned small tech company*
#tech #smallbusiness #contentcreator #infosec #safety #privacy
"... the essential humanness of online trust and safety efforts. It isn’t machine learning models and faceless algorithms behind key content moderation decisions: it’s people. And people can be pressured, intimidated, threatened and extorted. Standing up to injustice, authoritarianism and online harms requires employees who are willing to do that work."
- @yoyoel
#online #moderation #safety #misinformation #harassment #twitter
@alternativeto After update, the behavior was different: Tapping a token, copies to the clipboard & minimizes the app. But this can be configured, now it works as expected (like before). I 'm convinced 2FA should be "located" on a different device. Copying makes little sense to me. But how nice, that it is individually configurable - opinions and preferences differ :)
#aegis #foss #2fa #secondfactor #password #itsec #itsecurity #safety #account #protection #foss #opensource
Sometimes I have to listen to music in my car really loudly in order to drown out the incessant beeping of the passengers seatbelt warning when I set groceries down on it
#LoudMusic
#Safety
The fact that this content is even needed is a condemnation of America as an unsafe country for women.
10 safest US states for solo female travelers
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/travel/2023/09/11/10-safest-us-states-solo-female-travelers/8385238001/ #womensrights #safety #travel
The FAA just gave a 6-month extension for drone operators to comply with the Remote ID standard, which requires a drone (of sufficient size) to broadcast its particulars for airspace management systems. New deadline March 16, 2024. https://www.faa.gov/uas/getting_started/remote_id
#drone #FAA #Safety
Professional #brush #clearing crew appears to be working through the neighborhood again this year. Usually they come once in spring... after all the rain, apparently the city has had to send them out for a second time. (all the brush is back up around my neighbor's houses... I cleared out behind my house myself a month ago, though new stuff is sprouting again....) #wildfire #preparation #safety
FediForum, the online unconference for the #fediverse, is in 8 days!
Chances are, there are several topics close to your heart:
#Trust and #safety. #Moderation. Extensions to #ActivityPub. How #media companies can thrive in the Fediverse. #Culture. #Funding and #sustainability. #Developer support. And much more.
Here's the list of what #fediforum attendees publicly proposed: https://fediforum.org/2023-09/topics/
Join us? More info and register at https://fediforum.org
@kottke Walking down dark alleys at 3 in the morning doesn’t make me feel free. When I’m afraid for my life I do not feel ‘free’. It is the awful reality of being women in this unfair world that we are often stalked and hunted by violent men. I’m happy for this hiker and her sense of accomplishment but her hopeful sense of freedom is tenuous and at the mercy of the next male hiker she meets along the way.
This Car and Driver 1980 review of "mini" pickup trucks is interesting to skim.
These trucks are SO different than the trucks being manufactured today.
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/comparison-test/a42859506/1980-mini-trucks-compared/
The photo of the woman in the Datsun King cab smashed in the "rear seat" is jaw-dropping. Passenger safety was not important.
Not letting people use bathrooms is unethical.
I find it disturbing that capitalism takes and creates wealth and then outsources the problems it creates to us.
I was at a restaurant (pay at counter) type, and my meal was like $35. And I had to pee. But they told me the “restroom is out of order”. But it wasnt because i saw employees use it.
Thoughts? This is happening across all states.
What's the most important thing to wear for winter running? Adrian shares his friend Lois Spark's must-have choice for running safely on ice and snow.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/running/2020/01/most-important-wear-winter-running
#running #SeniorRunning #WhatToWear #recommendations #winter #shoes #spikes #safety
Regulators Blast Union Pacific for Running Unsafe #Trains
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The nation’s largest freight rail carrier failed to fix and continued to use faulty equipment, according to the Federal #Railroad Administration.
Managers reportedly pressured inspectors to leave the yard so they could keep freight moving.
Is there any #research on #Apple ‘s lockdown mode as a #cybersecurity tool as it intersects with required irl safety measures? Preferably performed by #women, but not necessarily? #infosec #Pegasus #feminism #safety #tech @citizenlab
(The restrictions in it are so great as to not leave enough evidence of what happened, from my estimation...)
If you'd more information on The Dutch Reach, check out the fantastic website created by @dutchreach. It has videos in multiple languages plus an About page that everyone should read. #DutchReach #bicycles #cycling #driving #road #safety #cars #traffic #vehicles https://www.dutchreach.org/
PSA: To avoid dooring or killing cyclists when you exit a vehicle, please consider adopting "the Dutch Reach," which is using your hand farthest from the door to open it. This forces you into a position that allows a better view of bicycles approaching from behind. And, of course, first look, *then* open door. Teach your kids, too. #cycling #safety #driving #cars #psa https://www.fraserhealth.ca/news/2021/Sep/do-the-dutch-reach-to-protect-cyclists-and-other-road-users
And just in case someone is eventually going to trot out the ridiculous "for reliability/people can't change batteries" drivel: when Kidde's "Never Replace Battery-Lasts Ten Years," "Eliminates Late Night Low Battery Chirps" failed after 3 years, I was unable to stop the alarm from ringing at 4 AM without destroying it. Broken by design. #SmokeDetector #Battery #Safety
APPLE PRODUCT OWNERS READ IMMEDIATELY
A serious zero-click vulnerability was discovered in all Apple products (iPhone, iPad, MacOS, etc) that is being actively exploited in the wild. It does not require any user action to compromise a device!
Apple has now published patches for all devices. Go get them RIGHT NOW.
Details of vulnerability: https://citizenlab.ca/2023/09/blastpass-nso-group-iphone-zero-click-zero-day-exploit-captured-in-the-wild/
Fixed OS versions:
iOS 16.6.1
iPadOS 16.6.1
watchOS 9.6.2
macOS Ventura 13.5.2
#Apple #infosec #security #safety #hacking #Mac #iPhone #iPad #software #malware
The “Protecting Kids Social Media Act” isn’t about protecting kids. It’s about control.
Imagine having to submit your legal ID to every social media system you use. Imagine that data being stored on a server. Imagine a policing system demanding to see that data and being obliged.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/08/protecting-kids-social-media-act-terrible-alternative-kosa
#Privacy #ProtectingKidsSocialMediaAct #Legislation #PKSMA #Fascism #Data #Safety
Tell Congress: Address air traffic near misses before disaster strikes.
"Only 3 of our country’s 313 air traffic control facilities have as many fully certified controllers as they should have according to targets set by officials from the Federal Aviation Administration and the controllers’ union."
Via #PublicCitizen
#AirTravel #Safety #USCongress #Petition
https://publiccitizen.salsalabs.org/congress-address-airplane-near-misses-before-disaster-strikes
The First Stable Release of a Memory Safe sudo Implementation, https://www.memorysafety.org/blog/sudo-first-stable-release/.
There we go. sudo-rs is now stable.
> The Wolfi Linux OS already includes sudo-rs and we hope that others will follow their lead.
Cool: #Strava's New #AI Tool Will Help You Select the Best Route for Your Next Trail Run https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a44912516/strava-updates-route-builder-with-ai-tool/. #running #trailrunning #artificialintelligence
⚠️ Not Cool ⚠️
Do you know who's looking at your #Strava? Recent news reports have demonstrated a dark side of publicly posting your routes. https://www.bicycling.com/news/a44901279/whos-looking-at-your-strava/ #cycling #privacy #safety #data #location
‘Everything is better’: #Teacher shows #reality of #genderneutral #bathrooms in #schools, 'It is so much #safer, so much #cleaner.'
The #restroom has a see-through glass partition that looks out into the main hallway and private #lockable #stalls with #room for #students to hang their backpacks. The public areas are #monitored by #video to ensure the #safety of all #students.
#Women #Nonbinary #GenderNeutral #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Education #Bathrooms #Inclusion
https://www.dailydot.com/irl/gender-neutral-school-bathroom/
Today is a good morning to learn some safety tips about online harassment & stalking. And also for me to sweat through a webinar where I try not to panic.
https://lockdownyourlife.mykajabi.com/spotsigns
#tech #safety #privacy #stalking #harassment #security #contentcreator #socialmedia #infosec
Annie Campbell Washington speaks for me.
It doesn't help at all that the #Fukushima management has cut corners, ignored #safety reports, lied, and tried to cover their backs at every single possible instance.
Norway has one of the lowest crash death rates in the world, with fatalities dropping ~50% in the last decade. I asked a senior Norwegian transportation official what role car technology has played enhancing safety.
“None,” she replied. “We focus on road design and enforcement."
#norway #safety #transportation #autonomousvehicles #selfdriving #cars
How Norfolk Southern Is Addressing Blocked Train Crossings in Hammond, Indiana
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The railroad company has delivered on early, short-term fixes for the trains blocking kids from getting to school, but some officials are skeptical it will follow through on bigger, permanent changes.
Los Angeles Covid Cases Rise 35% In Past Week, Test Positivity Nearing Peak Of Last Summer
#BreakingNews #LALocal #Safety #Covid #LosAngeles
