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Angelenos must soon show vax proof at many indoor public locations, events, city buildings
The LA City Council passed a sweeping vaccine mandate today, requiring businesses and city employees to check your vaccine status when entering many indoor public locations, large events, and city buildings.
The LA City Council passed a sweeping vaccine mandate today, requiring businesses and city employees to check your vaccine status when entering many indoor public locations, large events, and city buildings. LA Mayor Eric Garcetti has signed the ordinance, and it can go into effect as soon as the first week of November, though the city won’t actually start enforcing it until November 29. Individual businesses can take up the rules at any time. Reporter Benjamin Gottlieb explains how the rules work, who they apply to, and why this is happening now.
Plus, an LA theater company examines veterans’ feelings about the Afghanistan War in its play “The Ninth Door.” And after 63 years behind the microphone, the LA Dodgers’ longtime Spanish language broadcaster Jaime Jarrín announced that next year will be his last.
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3 storiesLA’s vaccine mandate: How the rules affect you, and who’s exempt
The LA City Council passed a sweeping vaccine mandate on Wednesday, requiring businesses and city employees to check your vaccine status when entering many indoor public locations, large events, and city buildings. If LA Mayor Eric Garcetti signs off — which seems highly likely — enforcement of this ordinance will begin on November 29.
Read the story8 minVeterans reflect on the end of the Afghanistan War — in ‘The Ninth Door’ by Foxhole Theater Company
The Foxhole Theater Company aims to bridge the gap between veterans and civilians, and bring stories that challenge stereotypical views of the military community.
Read the story8 minDodgers’ Spanish language announcer is rounding the bases — Jaime Jarrín will retire after 2022 season
"There is no other segment of the population that supports baseball more than the Latinos, and the Dodgers know that," says Jaime Jarrín.
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