Riverside County families whose children receive free meals due to financial hardship are in line for a boost in benefits because of the coronavirus emergency, and those without access to food aid can apply over the next seven weeks, officials said Thursday. Families with dependent children enrolled in CalFresh, foster care or Medi-Cal have been […]
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Public health officials released new modeling indicating that preventive measures appear to be slowing down the spread of the virus in Riverside County, a slowdown that they stressed said will only continue if residents keep adhering to social distancing, frequent hand-washing and wearing face coverings. Fewer than 200 deaths and 13,000 cases are now projected […]
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Riverside County Sheriff’s Department announced Friday morning that a second deputy has succumbed to the COVID-19 virus. Deputy David Werksman was most recently assigned to Sheriff’s admin We are saddened to announce the death of Deputy David Werksman, most recently assigned to Sheriff’s Admin. Deputy Werksman passed away on Thursday, April 2, 2020, due to […]
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Adam Schlesinger, the co-founder of pop-rock band Fountains of Wayne and an Oscar-nominated songwriter, has died from complications related to coronavirus. He was 52. “As many of you are aware, Adam had been hospitalized with Covid-19 and although he had been making some small improvements over the last few days, Adam’s condition was critical and […]
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A 17-year-old Lancaster boy whose death was originally attributed to coronavirus but is now being investigated by federal health authorities sought treatment at an urgent-care center but was turned away because he had no insurance, according to the city’s mayor. In a video posted to YouTube, Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris said the unidentified teen […]
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(CNN) — Refrigerated trailers hummed from makeshift morgues outside two hospitals on Thursday as New York City deals with the surging death count in the epicenter of the nation’s coronavirus pandemic. The last time the city took such drastic measures was after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, when the city medical examiner’s office was […]
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(CNN) — World-renowned chef Floyd Cardoz died Wednesday in New Jersey at age 59. Cardoz had tested positive for coronavirus. “It is with deep sorrow that we inform you of the passing away of Chef Floyd Cardoz,” according to a statement from Hunger Inc. Hospitality, where Cardoz was the culinary director. Cardoz tested positive for […]
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(CNN) — In a memo to staff on Friday, NBC News Chairman Andrew Lack confirmed that an NBC employee died as a result of complications from the coronavirus. The employee, Larry Edgeworth, suffered from other health issues that led him to succumb to the illness, Lack said. Edgeworth recently worked in the equipment room. “These past few […]
