This is the reality for some families in southern California amid a surge in new coronavirus cases and deaths.��

A resident of Glendale, California, Annette Minassian, said her aunt passed away last week and she told 91���� they couldn’t get a funeral service until after the new year.

“They said we have to wait until later this month just to have a meeting to arrange the funeral,” said Minassian after calling Forest Lawn, a funeral service home that has several locations within Los Angeles county.��

Not all mortuaries have such a long wait time, but it’s not as simple as “shopping around” for what is available.

“We can’t really go to another place, her husband is buried [in Whittier] and she would have wanted to be laid next to him,” said Minassian.

91���� reached out to Forest Lawn about the wait times and contacted Andre, a client representative within their information center.��

He said that from the time of the appointment to the soonest service date available “is usually around a week and a half to two weeks or so,” but that certain locations are experiencing more delays.��

He mentioned that there are some restrictions to services in light of the pandemic. “Our chapels are actually closed,” he added and that they are limited on providing any services in-doors.��

Among the restrictions, viewings are not offered where family and friends could pay their respects in a private room before the actual burial.��

“The viewings could last anywhere from a few hours to a full day, and they would be free to cater food,” said Andre and that it’s “unfortunate” that they cannot offer service but instead have what’s called “ID viewings.”

He said these “are much shorter, they’re only about 15 to 20 minutes long and just immediate family members,” but even that is limited to a few people at a time.

Though outdoor services are still available and without a capacity limitation, attendees are still encouraged to practice safety precautions by wearing masks and staying six feet apart.��

The longer wait times also conflict with some religious traditions. For Jewish burial tradition, the Torah says, “You shall bury him the same day… His body should not remain all night.”��

Islamic funeral traditions also require the body to be buried within 24 hours of death. Minassian and her family are a part of the Armenian Apostolic Church, which follow traditions similar to other Eastern Christian Orthodox religions.

Their tradition includes memorial services or family gatherings on the 40th day after death. “By that time, it would be only a week or so after the funeral before everyone gets together again,” she said.��

She said it’s “a little awkward” and that it disrupts the grieving process but “it is what it is.”

California had��the highest death count in a single day this past Tuesday, 219, surpassing the previous single-day high of 214 which was recorded July 31st.��

Close to 1,400 Californians have died of COVID-19 in the last two weeks. Since the pandemic hit in March, over 20,300 deaths have been recorded statewide.

According to Andre, all mortuaries and cemeteries experience a sort of “busy” time period during the colder months, particularly during the winter.

“This year, I would say there’s been a much less noticeable difference between the busy seasons,” and that they have been “pretty busy all year around” due to the pandemic.

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The demonstration began at 9 am when BLM organizers addressed to the crowd their grievances against the mayor.

“We condemn Mayor Garcetti’s policies that have been inherently anti-black,” said BLM organizer Tabatha L. Jones Jolivet.��

Jolivet told 91���� that the incoming Biden administration is also eyeing the mayor for a potential cabinet appointment. According to her, Garcetti is being considered for a HUD position or the FTA, two policy areas that he has “entirely failed our city” on.��

“We cannot stand by knowing what we know about his policies here locally to let him set policy at a national level,” she said.��

According to a NPR report this past summer, homelessness in the city has increased by over 14% in just the past year, marking the third time in four years it has grown.��

The increase has come amid rising housing rental costs and lack of adequate, affordable housing in the city while the coronavirus pandemic has left many struggling to make ends meet.��

Following the day of protest, it was announced that Ohio representative Marcia Fudge would be appointed the new HUD secretary.

Meanwhile, Jolivet said that many working people don’t have adequate access to transportation services, and “that can’t be something that’s rewarded with a national role.”

“There’s no support whatsoever. They’re being tone-deaf, they don’t give them any help,” said Rodda, another protestor at the demonstration.

The protest remained peaceful during its duration and lacked a police presence, but it hasn’t been this way every day.��

According to the Los Angeles Times, police “” with peaceful protestors on Sunday after a protestor continually used a blow horn, leading to a “skirmish” where police beat the crowd with batons.����

The LAPD “viciously attacked us, without warning,” said Jolivet, adding that they were “clearly there to make an arrest and engage in repression.”

Officers arrested Jamie Penn, the Sub-District 3 representative for the Wilshire Center Koreatown Neighborhood Council, for allegedly trying to remove someone from police custody. However, police released her later that day.

Several public officials have denounced the use of force by police during Sunday’s protests. Garcetti, however, did not make any sort of statement or comment about the event.��

“His silence says everything,” exclaimed Jolivet, adding, “It looked like the kinds of images people are used to seeing when you look back at the 1960s.”��

Another protestor, Kaitlyn, said she has been participating in demonstrations since the summer against the government that has “wreaked havoc on a lot of L.A.”

“A lot of lower-income and colored communities are affected by Eric Garcetti and Jackie Lacey’s policies,” she said.��

Jackie Lacey was the city’s district attorney until she was voted out and replaced with progressive George Gascón, who ran on a reform platform.��

Gascón was sworn in on Monday and has already begun to make policy changes, including an end to cash bail, a ban on prosecutors seeking enhanced prison sentences and showing leniency to many low-level offenders.

As the crowd marched and chanted down from the mayor’s mansion to Harold A Henry Park, several protestors banged on drums and improvised percussion instruments.

Rodda said she’s been at the demonstrations every day and that despite the seriousness of the community’s grievances, it isn’t all “just bitter feelings, it’s like a celebration.”

BLM and other allied organizations have announced they will continue to turn out every day until Garcetti is no longer a contender for a cabinet position.

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The county implemented a ban on outdoor dining the week of Thanksgiving, limiting restaurants to only offer takeout, drive-through and delivery.

County Board Supervisor Kathryn Barger is one of the few public officials who have voiced opposition to restaurants’ restrictions, calling the ban on outdoor dining an “arbitrary and capricious restriction” in a press release.

91���� previously reported on outdoor dining in Bethesda, Maryland. Outdoor dining is still allowed in the District, but with several restrictions and permit requirements.��

However, the Wash found that several restaurants were not in compliance with permit requirements, or all together did not have any permits on file but were still operating.��

The report found that several locations did not meet the minimum required three feet for pedestrian pathways.��

Additionally, if restaurants have tents set up for outdoor dining, they must use electric heaters. 91���� found that many restaurants were using propane heaters instead, which would be a fire code violation.��

91���� contacted Supervisor Barger’s office and spoke to her communications director, Michelle Vega.��

“Outdoor dining had been open for five months while we saw the greatest decline in cases,” said Vega.��

She added that the data and science do not support the need for the ban and that it will hurt businesses that have already been struggling since the pandemic hit.��

The county’s health department has reported that 10-15% of new cases were connected to restaurant dining, while over half were from private gatherings.��

A CDC released in September found that restaurant dining is inherently prone to spreading the virus since patrons gathering do not wear masks while being served.��

Vega said that the study doesn’t “distinguish between outdoor and indoor dining” and that Supervisor Barger is only advocating “for the continuation of outdoor dining” since it provides more space and an open-air environment for patrons.��

91���� tried reaching out to the county’s health department for public comment but did not hear back. However, during a press briefing Monday, L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said that daily hospitalization projections could surpass 4,000 this month.

Paul Scrivano, owner of Blue Dog Beer Tavern in Sherman Oaks, is infuriated with the dining restrictions, “My sales are down, I don’t know, 85% now? I had 29 employees in my restaurant in March. I have six now.”

Scrivano mentioned that he’s a part of a restaurant association that laid off 800 employees when the lockdown began in March. He declined to name the group out of fear of any “backlash.”

“I’m not going to close that f—ing restaurant, and I will not lay off another employee,” Scrivano exclaimed.��

The county has offered several assistance programs for struggling and workers. The offers $30,000, though since it went live Monday, it has already received 2,500 applications and is closed to further applicants until further notice.��

“This ain’t about me, this ain’t about the company, this is about the people that work for us who are suffering, real big right now,” said Scrivano.

The county’s health department has also provided for workers struggling or laid off due to the pandemic.

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The California State Legislature passed AB5 in 2019, which reclassified app-based drivers as employees forcing companies to provide benefits like workers compensation for their drivers.��

Uber, Lyft, and other companies that use these drivers challenged the law and introduced Proposition 22 via the California referendum system in order to avoid covering additional benefits.��

Proponents of Proposition 22 argue that drivers benefit from their independent contractor status and allow them to maintain a flexible work schedule while providing fair wages.��

Katie Wells, a postdoctoral research fellow at Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor has published research specifically about app-based drivers and the gig-economy in Washington DC.

91���� reached out to Wells over the phone and she said Proposition 22 was a “corporate buy” and that “these are companies that have paid millions of dollars because they have lied repeatedly over the last ten years.”

Her has found that drivers have a hard time calculating their actual earnings and a third of drivers took on debt as a result of their work.��

Additionally, another 30% of drivers surveyed in her study reported physical assaults or safety concerns during work through their ride-hailing platform.��

AB5 would have required companies to compensate their drivers for any expenses accrued by those on-the-job safety concerns. With Proposition 22, the expenses covered are very limited.��

Wells added that AB5 tried to improve workplace conditions and highlighted the societal level need for contributions to unemployment insurance funds that Proposition 22 avoids.��

��“These companies have not paid a dime in worker comp,” exclaimed Wells.

She added that there have been some related discussions in DC regarding the reclassification of workers to employees within the construction trades industry that could be extended to other industries like domestic workers or platform workers.

Miguel, 43, drives for both Uber and Lyft in Los Angeles. He said he voted for the proposition, “I work hard, you know, I drive 50, 60 hours a week. I like making my own schedule.”

A flexible schedule is already something that companies can grant, according to Taylor Woods, an organizer with

Drive United advocates for driver’s rights in the metropolitan area.��

When 91���� asked Woods about drivers having more freedom in their scheduling under Proposition 22, Woods said, “it’s bulls—.”��

He said the “illusion of flexibility” is “just a lie that’s been purchased by $200 million,” in reference to how much money companies like Uber and Lyft poured into the affirmation campaign of Proposition 22.��

Although he admits that there is a “divergence of interest between full-time and part-time drivers.”

There are fewer drivers that work full-time who drive the most hours and miles through the apps. Drivers who work part-time or for fewer hours wouldn’t benefit the same way from an employment relationship as full-time drivers.

Uber and Lyft also threatened to opt their business out of California had Proposition 22 not passed. In 2016, a similar scenario happened in Austin.��

The city passed a referendum that required fingerprint checks for drivers, which prompted Uber to leave the Texas capital.��

At first, things were chaotic for both drivers and riders. There was confusion and difficulty in customers finding drivers.

Following the chaos that ensued with the new law, the number of freelancers and new smaller businesses developed to fill the demand left by Uber.��

According to , drivers found they were making more money than before since there was no middle-man that collected profits away from drivers.��

The following year, however, the Texas State Legislature passed a law that circumvented Austin’s fingerprint requirement and Uber returned to the city.��

“I wouldn’t even call it a circumvent [of the law], I would call it a direct hit,” said Wells in reference to what happened in both Austin and California.��

According to Woods, DC law is “incredibly favorable” to Uber and Lyft and that drivers “start at a disadvantage.”

Woods said drivers would favor a change to the law that reclassifies them as employees and would welcome other business models if similar threats were made to leave the District.��

He adds that Uber and Lyft “distort people’s perceptions that if these companies leave, it’s going to be a problem. And that’s not necessarily the case.

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Despite the dominance of Democrats for both state and federal offices, California ballot initiative results tend to sway across party lines.

Of the 12 propositions, including a diverse range of topics from property tax reassessments, affirmative action, to job security for gig workers, only four of the results mirrored the California Democratic Party’s recommendations.��

A February on California’s political geography from the Public Policy Institute of California found that the state has a range of opinions dependent on geographic location.��

Counties along the coast, including the Bay Area and the greater Los Angeles area, have far more liberals than conservatives; however, conservatives are more prevalent farther inland.����

Jim Newton, a longtime journalist and lecturer who teaches public policy and communications studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, said there’s a wide range of reasons why Californians may vote more conservatively than the makeup of their public officials.

First of all, Californians vote on more things than they typically want to. “There’s a fatigue that sets in” when the ballot is filled with initiatives, Newton said during a phone interview.��

He said that in other states, a lot of ballot issues are typically left to legislatures. This gives an advantage to the “no” side because voters may not be as informed on complicated issues and don’t find the time to study the details.

“People like to vote on things that lower their taxes or make them safer,” Newton said.��

California’s initiative, referendum, and recall system were originally intended to allow ordinary citizens to check special interests and the government.��

Newton said it performs that function today but also provides an opportunity for the opposite effect.��

“It allows special interests an avenue to check the legislature,” added Newton.����

Proposition 15

According to the Public Policy Institute of California report, most Californians feel their taxes are too high, regardless of where they live. This, in part, may help explain why November’s Proposition 15, a proposed tax increase to commercial properties, is leaning towards failure.��

Proposition 15 focused on reassessing higher values on commercial and industrial properties. Yet, according to a pre-election by the University of California, Berkeley, some voters believed that it may eventually affect residential properties.��

According to Newton, Proposition 15 was the first real effort at taking a “notch” out of Proposition 13, which passed in 1978.

The ballot initiative rolled back most local real estate assessments to 1975 market value levels, limited the property tax rate to 1 percent plus the rate necessary to fund local voter-approved bonded indebtedness, and limited future property tax increases to a maximum of 2% per year.��

Newton was surprised that it failed but understood that voters might not want to risk raising taxes and costs amid a recession and pandemic.

Proposition 16

This proposition would repeal a previous ban on affirmative action in hiring for state and local governments, and was defeated by over 12 percentage points. The original ban was approved by voters in 1996, with 55% of the vote.��

This was another result that surprised Newton, given the conversation on race, “this could be one avenue to channel that energy.”��

But aside from the national conversation, he said, “there is not a lot to show for that as far as changes in the law.” According to Newton, legislative efforts in Sacramento to address police accountability have not gone far.

Proposition 22

Another major issue was the gig economy and classification of app-based workers as independent contractors.

The measure came up following a state legislature’s decision to classify gig workers as employees rather than independent contractors.��

Companies like Uber and Lyft poured over into passing the measure. “If you took their spending out of it, it wouldn’t have passed,” said Newton.��

Proponents claim that the new rules benefit drivers by allowing them flexibility as independent contractors to set their own schedules and not have commitment obligations to the company.��

Opponents of 22 argued that these companies wanted to avoid providing job security benefits and minimum wage guarantees to their workers while still profiting from their driver’s full-time labor.��

Katie Wells, a postdoctoral research fellow at Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, said in a phone interview that the data and research Uber and Lyft offer to support their claims “isn’t rigorous” and cannot stand up to peer review.

“For a company that has so much data, they’re amazingly, remarkably, and some people would say generously, holding that data close to their chest,” said Wells.

Following the release of a controversial study from Cornell University, Wells and dozens of other academics signed an open in July that included principles to ensure independent research and keep companies from influencing public policy.��

The was commissioned by Uber and Lyft and it suggested that drivers in Seattle did not need a minimum wage law because they were already making over $23 per hour after expenses.��

“This was a corporate buy,” said Wells, adding, “they try to buy the name of Cornell and bought a researcher there to do this study.”

Meanwhile, another was released the same day from the New School and the University of California, Berkeley, that found drivers only earning $9.73 per hour after expenses.

According to Newton, the initiative’s language was also difficult for voters to understand and advertisements made it seem like most drivers wanted to be independent contractors rather than employees.��

Proposition 25

Criminal justice reform efforts have also been popular issues this election cycle following this past summer’s nationwide protests. Democratic party leadership in California supported Proposition 25, believing it to be an effective reform measure.

Proposition 25 would have ended cash bail in the state and instead allowed judges to place a risk assessment for detained suspects awaiting trial.��

This proposition requires that people placed in jail for felonies and misdemeanors that are ineligible for automatic release be assessed for their risk of committing a new crime or failing to appear in court if released.

The Democratic Party officially endorsed this measure, but other more progressive groups came out in opposition.

The ACLU, Black Lives Matter-LA, and Democratic Socialists of America-LA all opposed Proposition 25.��

They claim that allowing judges to be the sole decider on risk assessment could lead to even worse racial bias. The measure ended up failing, 55.8% to 44.2%.

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War broke out between Armenia and Azerbaijan in late September over the Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, referred to by Armenians as Artsakh.��

The enclave is internationally recognized as a part of Azerbaijan. Still, it maintains a majority Armenian population that has run the independent de facto government there since the conflict initially started when the Soviet Union collapsed.

Fred, an Armenian American activist with a prominent following, said they want Mercury to “Stop representing a country that supports terrorism.”

Although Turkey and Azerbaijan continue to deny the allegations, have that Turkish-backed Syrian fighters have been sent to support Azerbaijan and fight on the conflict’s front lines.��

Turkey and Azerbaijan have both denied the use of Syrian mercenaries while the presidents of France, Iran and Russian intelligence officials issued statements supporting the allegations.

“The Turkish dollars right now are being paid to hire ISIS fighters to go in and commit genocide in Christian Armenia,” said another activist who requested anonymity out of fear of being recognized at the protest because he is a lawyer that works with other public relations firms.

Armenians have raised alarms that this conflict amid a global pandemic is an excuse and opportunity to cleanse the region of Armenians and is a continuation of the genocide from over 100 years ago.

The lawyer added, “Mercury represents a lot of good people. I don’t know if those good companies that do the right thing want to be associated with those that perpetuate genocide.”

According to , Turkey is among Mercury’s highest paying clients, paying the lobbying firm over $1.5 million in 2020 alone.��

Their other high paying foreign clients include the governments of China, Qatar, and Kazakhstan. Their domestic clients include Microsoft, American Airlines, Starbucks, and Comcast.

According to , when President Donald Trump announced that the US would withdraw from the Syrian conflict last year, Mercury “rushed to defend the decision.”��

Trump said, “It is time for us to get out of these ridiculous endless wars,” amid bipartisan that the decision would create a power vacuum in the region and was a betrayal of the longtime US-backed Kurdish allies.

Mercury circulated editorials published by but written by Turkish government officials, including President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The articles described the US-backed Kurdish allies as “terrorists.”

Following Tuesday’s protests, several public officials sent formal letters demanding Mercury terminate their dealings with Turkey.

In the last week, all Los Angeles City Councilmembers, Los Angeles County Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Hilda Solis, California State Senator Anthony Portantino, and sixteen members of the California State Legislature all signed letters in solidarity with protestors and urged Mercury to cut ties.

91���� reached out to Mercury for public comment but did not hear back. However, the lobbying firm announced that they are terminating their registration as a foreign agent of Turkey on Friday.

Cedric Adzhemyan, another protester in Los Angeles, said his organization, Gamavornere (translates to “Volunteers” in Armenian), and several others have continued to hold demonstrations to shed light on the war.��

“We did Glendale City Hall, Burbank City Hall, the candlelight vigil, the NATO building,” said Adzhemyan.��

Since fighting broke out, the Armenian American community mobilized several protests and demonstrations and called on public officials to condemn Azerbaijan and Turkey for their hostilities.����

In less than a month, the Armenian community worldwide raised over $150 million in to Armenia and Artsakh. “We decided to come together and join forces,” said Adzhemyan. Activists continue to spread social media content and participate in demonstrations, including a in Los Angeles that began last night.

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“Neglecting to teach about the rich history of minorities in the United States risks alienating students of color,” said Jessica Sutter, the Chairperson of the State Board of Education. She told 91���� that history in public schools is typically taught with a eurocentric perspective and focus.

The current standards were implemented in 2006, at a time when Sutter’s employer, the State Board of Education, didn’t even exist.

Social studies are how students learn about civics, geography, economics and history.��

This revision process provides an opportunity to update the standards to be culturally responsive, anti-racist, to impart important social studies content in elementary schools, strengthen student knowledge of democratic principles and values, and promote civic engagement.

Sutter said that students are more engaged when they see themselves in the subject matter because they can better relate to the content. They are also more attentive in classes that interest them and tend to perform better overall.

Diversity in public schools makes ethnic studies within school standards even more relevant.

Students of color make up an overwhelming majority of DC public school attendance, with 68% being African-American and 18% Latinx.��

Sutter says, “There is no mention of President Barack Obama in our standards,” and that it is past due time to update them for historical and social relevance.��

A 2016 Stanford found that taking ethnic studies courses improved attendance among high school students at risk of dropping out.��

It also found that students improved in other academic areas, specifically in math and science, after taking ethnic studies classes.��

In July 2020, the State Board established an advisory to oversee the revision process.��

The committee includes teachers, educators and other community stakeholders, and they expect to complete the process by the end of 2021.��

Several public and charter schools within the District have already begun piloting and implementing their own ethnic studies program.��

Because of the institutional structures of DC, rarely does the Council discuss and vote on education matters.��

Rather, the State Board of Education and superintendents office were created to address public education matters.��

Ethnic studies have been introduced to school curriculum across the country. In some instances, it produces controversy.��

In late September, California Governor Gavin Newsom a bill that would require ethnic studies for graduating high school students.��

In his veto memo, the governor stated that he is in support of the concept for ethnic studies, but believes the bill in its current form requires revision and further discussion.

The California state legislature had approved ethnic studies changes earlier this year.��

Proponents of the bill are disappointed with the governor’s decision but are ready to continue to push for new requirements next year.

Newsom has indicated with past laws that he is not outright opposed to requiring the curriculum for students.��

In August, Newsom signed a bill requiring ethnic studies for students within the California State University system.��

Nationwide, social studies alterations have prompted controversy in a number of other cases as well.

In 2010, Arizona lawmakers passed legislation that would ban classes promoting “ethnic solidarity.”��

It was passed in reaction to a high school program on Mexican-American studies in Tucson, Arizona that proponents of the law claimed was ��

In 2017, a federal judge found the law violated students’ constitutional rights.����

Many other ,��including Indiana, Oregon, Texas, and Connecticut, have also started the process of updating their own standards to include ethnic-minority studies.

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91���� reached out to the District’s Department of Energy & Environment to see how these fires could affect local residents.��

Kelly Crawford, the associate director for air quality, said, “the traveling smoke layer is generally confined to a few thousand feet above ground and is not impacting the air quality at ground-level.”

The District works with Maryland and Virginia in monitoring fine particulate matter in the air. In cases where pollution reaches unhealthy levels, warnings and alerts are issued to the public.

The District also operates a ceilometer (a device for measuring and recording the height of clouds) and monitors upper air measurements. Although these measurements did show smoke travel to the Mid-Atlantic from the West Coast, the monitors did not measure “any spikes that can be readily linked to the smoke caused by the wildfires,” at the ground-level.��

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health released a for residents.��

Per the advisory, “Wildfire smoke is a mixture of small particles, gases, and water vapor. Small particles are the primary health concern.”��

These particles can cause mild symptoms such as burning eyes, runny nose, scratchy throat, and headaches. For those with sensitive conditions or respiratory illness, these particles can cause difficulty breathing, coughing, wheezing, fatigue and chest pain.��

Health experts recommend staying indoors and avoid strenuous activity outside. Children and those with sensitive conditions should avoid going outside all together if possible.������

Marika Mousheghian, a resident of Glendale, CA, said her lungs have always been sensitive and the smoke from wildfires prevent her from leaving her home.��

“When the wildfires come, I have to be indoors. I can’t do anything. I can’t go shopping. I can’t go outside. I can’t walk my dog.” If she needs to drive out somewhere, it has to be far enough away that the smoke doesn’t affect the air quality.��

The poor air quality combined with the pandemic has complicated things for Marika. Social distancing while “going outside is the only thing you can do,” during the pandemic. The smoke prevents her from even sitting in her back yard with her family.��

The wildfire in California escalated on August 15, with certain areas that continue to burn today.��

As of September 28, there have been and over 7,000 structures destroyed. 8,000 fires have destroyed 4.76 million acres of land. According to the California Department�� of Forestry and Fire Protection, this year’s wildfire season is the largest recorded in California history. Although progress has been made, there are still red flag warnings in parts of northern and southern California.��

District residents can breath easy and enjoy the strange sight of a smokey sunset. If air quality levels are seen to be a health risk, residents can expect alerts and updates from

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