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• Beloved Rogers Park elotero in ICU with COVID-19 Felipe Vallarta, 58, an elotero, serves corn from his stand at the intersection of Clark and Rogers in Rogers Park, Sunday afternoon, June 24, 2018. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-TimesFelipe Vallarta was diagnosed with COVID-19 in mid-April, just five days before he was scheduled to receive his first dose of the vaccine, his granddaughter said. Felipe Vallarta — a beloved elotero who has sold everything from corn to tamales on a Rogers Park street corner for several years — was hospitalized…
• Photos: With pandemic easing, Pasadena Ice Skating Center says play it cool Skater Mireille Chan, 7-years old, practices with coach Joyce Mekchai at the Pasadena Ice Skating Center, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. The center opened on Tuesday after being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The facility opened for private individual skating sessions with limited capacity and stringent health safety protocols in place. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) A guest checks out the drink menu at Escape Craft Brewery new location in downtown Redlands on Monday, April 26, 2021.…
• US closes in on 100 million Americans fully vaccinated In this March 13, 2020, file photo, Katherine Quezada shows off her engagement ring as she takes a selfie with her new fiance, Fernando Carranza, in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle the during the last day before Disneyland closes because of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, in Anaheim, Calif. Carranza proposed to Quezada in front of the castle earlier that day. Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure park will reopen to visitors on Friday, April 30, 2021. | APThe reopening of…
• Critics say Pritzker’s COVID-19 relief bill prioritizes individuals’ circumstances, but ZIP code where they live (LIVE UPDATES) Pat Nabong/Sun-TimesGet the latest news on how COVID-19 is impacting Chicago and Illinois. Follow here for live updates. The latest Critics say Pritzker’s COVID-19 relief bill prioritizes individuals’ circumstances, but ZIP code where they live Pat Nabong/Sun-Times SPRINGFIELD — A bill distributing $1.4 billion of federal relief to those in need of COVID-19 emergency housing assistance was sent to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk on Thursday over Republican objections that the measure does not target those who are in real need…
• What did Utah’s governor say to draw boos from some at GOP convention? Sen. Romney also brings strong reaction Utah first lady Abby Cox, left, her sister Lisle Dewey, center, and husband Gov. Spencer Cox help put together 1,500 thank-you kits for Utah’s foster and kinship families at Bridle Up Hope in Alpine on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Gov. Cox called for more volunteering and less bickering Saturday at the state GOP Convention | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret NewsGov. Spencer Cox and members of congressional delegation push for party unity: “We are not a selfish party ... and it’s time to…
• Shave and a shot? City health officials ponder ‘creative ways’ to ‘make vaccine something that people are excited about getting’ A young man sits in the barber chair for a haircut at C’Styles Barber Shop in Markham last year. | Annie Costabile/Sun-Times fileChicago Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said Tuesday said the city is looking at ways to boost vaccination, including partnering with barbershops and nail salons to give out free cuts along with shots.  Chicagoans could soon get a shot in the arm when they go in to take a little off the top. Some might opt for…
• The last time Chicago had a plan, ‘Gunsmoke’ aired on Saturday nights. Time for a new one Planning and Development Commissioner Maurice Cox said Chicago’s first comprehensive plan in 55 years would help make opportunity “pervasive throughout the city.” | Rich Hein/Sun-Times fileChicago’s last big vision for the future, drawn up in 1966, laid out many of the broad strokes that came to define the city. It hasn’t gotten much attention as the city wrestles these days with crime, the economic and a pandemic, but the Lightfoot administration wants to create a long-term citywide plan to address…
• Little Village activists protest at police training center, FOP headquarters Garciela Garcia offers a police officer a stuffed animal outside the Chicago Police Department’s training facility on Friday. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-TimesActivist presented the “Adam Toledo Peace Book,” — a list of demands to move funding from the police to social services in Little Village. Graciela Garcia held a stuffed animal as she faced a row of police officers who stood behind their bikes, protecting the Chicago Police Department’s training facility. “Is there any police officer, that has that love in…
• LAUSD reopens playgrounds at elementary, early ed campuses Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner joins a kindergarten class at Kenter Canyon School in Brentwood to celebrate the reopening of playgrounds at early education centers and elementary schools across the district on Monday, May 3, 2021. Parents were upset to learn that the play structures were off limits when students first returned to school last month. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Custodian Fidel Alfaro sprays down Kenter Canyon School’s playground with Bioesque Botanical Disinfectant…
• Daily COVID-19 vaccinations nosedive across Illinois: ‘We’re doing everything that we can to reach out’ Hundreds of union members deemed essential get doses of a COVID-19 vaccine last month at a mass vaccination site run by the Chicago Federation of Labor. Vaccine demand has fallen statewide since then. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-TimesThe state’s daily vaccination average has dipped 30% over the last 18 days. “We have people knocking on doors or at least responding to people who’ve said, ‘Hey, I can’t leave my home,’” Gov. J.B. Pritzker said. Almost a third of all Illinois residents…