Dear Residents,
The City of Rancho Palos Verdes continues to monitor the spread of the novel coronavirus in Los Angeles County and would like to share the following updates with the community:
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RPVtv’s “City Talk”
In the latest edition of RPVtv’s “City Talk" host Liz Brown Swanson highlights the reopening of City parks and the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve, plus the City’s “thank you" meal program, which provides lunch donations to local frontline workers.
The episode will air daily on Cox 33/Frontier FiOS 38 and can be viewed on RPVtv's YouTube channel at youtu.be/eZQNrdI50Ks |
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Tomorrow is Takeout Thursday!
The community is encouraged to join in the “Takeout Tuesdays and Takeout Thursdays” initiative launched by the Peninsula cities and the PVP Chamber of Commerce by posting on social media and inviting friends and neighbors to order takeout, using Tuesdays and Thursdays as a special reminder.
Residents are asked to show their support by ordering takeout or delivery, not only on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but on a regular basis throughout the coronavirus restrictions. Check the Open for Business page on the City website for a list of local restaurants offering takeout, delivery and curbside pickup. |
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Your Blood Could Save Lives
The antibodies of COVID-19-recovered patients could help fight infection in those still suffering from it. The only source of these antibodies is the blood plasma of coronavirus survivors.
Giving blood plasma to a COVID-19 patient from a person who has healed from it might help the sick person get better faster. But we need more of this plasma to find out.
The California Department of Public Health has mailed letters, including translation in seven languages, to encourage Californians who have had a positive test to consider donating their plasma to help develop treatments for COVID-19.
Your blood plasma donation could help up to four people suffering from COVID-19.
Who can donate COVID-19 plasma? - A person who had a test that showed coronavirus infection, AND
- Has felt well for at least 14 days, AND
- Passes the usual rules for blood donation.
Most blood centers require a negative swab test if you plan to donate before one month has passed since you recovered. The blood center may also have other rules.
Visit, https://covid19.ca.gov/plasma/ to find a donation center near you.
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Upcoming Local Blood Drives
Blood donations have decreased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthy, eligible donors are urged to come out and give to ensure there’s lifesaving blood on the shelves for those who need it.
The American Red Cross is holding a blood drive this Friday, May 22 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 5845 Crestridge Road in Rancho Palos Verdes.
Reserve a time online at redcrossblood.org and enter the sponsor code: LDSRPV.
Visit redcrossblood.org/rapidpass to complete the pre-donation paperwork.
The Red Cross has implemented additional precautions to ensure the safety of its donors and staff. There is no evidence that the novel coronavirus can be transmissible by blood transfusion, and there have been no reported cases worldwide of transmissions for any respiratory virus, including the novel coronavirus.
For more information, visit redcrossblood.org or by calling 1-800 RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) |
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Palos Verdes Peninsula High School is teaming up with UCLA Health to host a local blood drive on Friday, May 29 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Ernie Howlett Park, 2581 Hawthorne Boulevard in Rolling Hills Estates (look for the UCLA Bloodmobile near the tennis courts).
In order to ensure measures are met for appropriate social distancing, please make an appointment in the following ways: - Online at www.uclahealth.org/gotblood
- Over the phone by calling (310) 825-0888, select option 2 and make an appointment for Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
- Or through email at gotblood@mednet.ucla.edu
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Be Part of RPVtv’s #RPVTogether PSA
The City invites residents to join us in thanking all of our frontline workers, as well as community members who have stepped up to help our neighbors in need during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Share your photo, video or message of gratitude on social media with the hashtag #RPVTogether to be included in a special community public service announcement that will air on RPVtv. Submissions may also be emailed to mbarnes@rpvca.gov.
We are all in this together, RPV. |
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Calling All Retailers!
L.A. County wants to guide you and your businesses as you embark on the Road to Recovery. In order to boost the local economy, and maintain the public's safety during the COVID-19 health crisis, L.A. County's Health Inspectors are making their rounds to ensure businesses (like yours) are in compliance with the Health Officer Order.
If you're a retail business owner, these are the five areas the inspectors will cover: - Workplace policies and practices to protect employee health
- Measures to ensure physical distancing
- Measures to ensure infection control
- Communication with employees and the public
- Measures to ensure equitable access to critical services
Make sure you're compliant by following the county’s full checklist at: www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/docs/HOO/HOO_Safer_at_Home_Order_for_Control_of_COVID_5.13.20_APPENDIX_B.pdf
To help you protect employees and customers, alike, the county has also created signs.
These are ready to be posted on-site, to remind everyone how they can protect themselves (and others) from COVID-19. Here's an example: |
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You can download the county’s: If you have questions on compliance, call L.A. County's Department of Public Health at (888) 700-9995 or visit publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/ for more information. |
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Supervisor Hahn Taps Local Leaders to Guide Reopening and Recovery of the L.A. County Economy
Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn has appointed 39 local business and cultural leaders to the L.A. County Economic Resiliency Task Force so that they can use their experience and expertise to guide L.A. County’s safe reopening amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The task force includes 13 representatives from different sectors of L.A. County’s economy. Each one of those 13 task force members will chair working groups focused on reopening and revitalizing their specific sector or industry. Supervisor Hahn requested that Commodities and Goods Movement be represented on the task force. Her appointee, Mario Cordero, the Executive Director of the Port of Long Beach, will represent this sector on the task force as well as chair the Commodities and Goods Movement working group.
During the second meeting of the task force, County leaders discussed a goal of more fully reopening the L.A. County economy by July 4.
Read the full announcement at https://hahn.lacounty.gov/reopening |
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Cases
As of May 20, there are 40,857 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across Los Angeles County, including the South Bay, so the public should not think one location is safer than another and everyone should be aware and practice physical distancing. The total includes 81 cases in Rancho Palos Verdes, 42 in Palos Verdes Estates, 13 in Rolling Hills Estates and two in Rolling Hills. Countywide, 1,970 people have died.
According to the Department of Public Health, 10 deaths have been reported in Rancho Palos Verdes. The City extends its deepest condolences to the families of these residents.
For a list of cases broken down by city, demographic characteristics, and settings, visit: http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/locations.htm
For an interactive dashboard with maps and graphs showing testing, cases and death data by community, poverty level, age, sex and race/ethnicity visit: http://dashboard.publichealth.lacounty.gov/covid19_surveillance_dashboard/
An interactive dashboard of COVID-19 cases in the South Bay maintained by the City of Torrance is available at bit.ly/2XB1fv1. The dashboard reflects information sourced by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
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