Friday COVID Roundup: County Trending Higher, 2550 New Positive Cases – SCVNews.com

Public Health continues to monitor community-wide and sector-specific indicators for early alerts that transmission and risk may be increasing. For the week ending April 2, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that BA.2 accounted for 68% of sequenced specimens in the U.S., with BA.2.12.1 accounting for approximately 29% of sequenced samples for that […]

County Approves Commercial Cannabis Licensing in Unincorporated LA County – SCVNews.com

The recommendations, approved by the board, recommend launching the commercial cannabis program with a low number of licenses, up to 25 retail, 25 delivery, 10 cultivation, 10 manufacturing, 10 distribution, and 10 testing licenses, with priority for equity applicants. And while we’ve been able to shut down many illegal dispensaries quickly and permanently, our residents […]