Labor Day Weekend Brings Hot Weather to the Palisades
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20 Pages Thursday, September 10, 2020 ◆ Pacific Palisades, California $1.50 Labor Day Weekend Brings Palisades Businesses, Schools Hot Weather to the Palisades Respond to Updated Orders By LILY TINOCO By SARAH SHMERLING Reporter Editor-in-Chief he Los Angeles County De- hat normally is a last hur- partment of Public Health rah of summer was com- Tannounced updated COVID-19 Wpletely turned around in 2020 as business and school operations on temperatures reached 100 degrees Wednesday, September 2. and Palisadians remained under The county will allow limited safer at home orders in response on-campus operation for schools, as to COVID-19 over Labor Day well as indoor operations for hair weekend. salons and barbershops. The previous holiday week- Starting Monday, September end, Fourth of July, beaches 14, schools will be allowed to throughout the County of Los offer in-school services for small Angeles were closed to prevent cohorts of students with individ- Corpus Christi School Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer crowds, but this weekend, beaches ualized education plans, students remained opened, with Beaches & who require instruction for English son instruction so long as the cam- remain unchanged at this time, ac- Harbors urging visitors to follow as a second language, and students pus was permitted to do so. For the cording to the press release from all public health guidelines. who need assessment or special- time being, elementary and middle Public Health. Unless eating, drinking or in ized in-school services, so long school students will be learning on- “Right now, a cautious and ti- the ocean, beachgoers were re- as the school is able to implement line, while preschool students meet trated reopening—with close mon- quired to wear face masks. Orders student safety and infection control in-person. itoring of what happens to our data included staying six feet away protocols. Seven Arrows Elementary in the weeks to follow—is needed from people not a part of the same All other K-12 schools in Cal- School Director of Strategic Mar- to ensure we are not experiencing household. ifornia counties that are in Tier keting and Enrollment Manage- significant spikes in cases, hos- “We cannot stress enough the 1 of the State’s Framework for ment Fiona Farrahi shared that pitalizations and deaths, as we importance of following the public Recovery, including LA County, the school had a soft reopening saw in July after reopenings and health guidelines,” DBH Director are prohibited from reopening for this past week “devoted to student holidays,” LA County Director of Gary Jones said in a statement in-person instruction. Tier 1 means wellness and their social-emotional Public Health Dr. Barbara Ferrer ahead of the weekend. “It is abso- that there continues to be wide- needs,” she said. said in a statement. “As we slow- lutely imperative that beachgoers spread transmission of the virus in Parents and students had the ly reopen sectors, we will watch avoid crowds.” the county. chance to attend conferences via closely how it is impacting com- Visitors were also encouraged Principal of Corpus Christi Zoom or in-person outdoors to munity transmission.” to “pack in, pack out”—removing School Suzanne Stewart Duffy meet one another. Distance learn- The number of positive cases everything that was brought to the shared the school’s current plan ing begins for students on Monday, in Pacific Palisades reached 117, beach back home with them, in- with the Palisadian-Post. September 14. with 23 additional in Palisades cluding trash. “Our timeline to return to site- Public Health announced that Highlands, as the Post went to One closure that occurred over The beach on Sunday Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer based learning is based on when hair salons and barbershops can print. In LA County, excluding the weekend was trails, including the County of Los Angeles opens reopen for indoor services at 25% Long Beach and Pasadena, there “all trails leading into Topanga Luis Opisbo counties,” according ed and track breaking news to stay the waiver process or is taken off occupancy, so long as they are in have been 235,874 positive cases, State Park,” beginning September to National Weather Service Los informed.” the ‘watch list,’ whichever happens compliance with protocols, effec- with 5,692 deaths. 5 and extending through Mon- Angeles. Though temperatures were first,” Duffy said. “We plan to file tive immediately. The order en- day, September 7, at 5 p.m. The The LA County Office of cooling off at the start of the week, for a waiver as soon as the County courages businesses to continue COVID-19 Case Summary closure, which included Temescal Emergency Management remind- predicted Santa Ana winds over of Los Angeles begins accepting outdoor operations when possible, Gateway Park backcountry trails, ed residents on Saturday, Sep- Los Angeles and Ventura counties them. Our teachers are teaching and to offer indoor operations only as of September 8 was due to extreme heat. tember 6, that high temperatures were expected to increase, accord- from their classrooms on campus.” for services that cannot be provid- “MRCA is putting public heighten the threat of wildfire, as ing to NWS Los Angeles, with Corpus Christi School began ed outdoors. Los Angeles County Cases ..... 235,874 safety first by closing trails in ad- well as the need to prepare. gusts up to 60 mph in the moun- its 2020-21 academic year virtually Palisades Barber Shop, located dition to closures from Santa Mon- “We’re witnessing weather tains and 40 mph near the coast for all grades TK through eight on at 15322 Antioch St., has recent- Deaths in LA County ............... 5,692 ica National Recreation Area and conditions that can quickly gen- possible. Tuesday, September 8. ly returned its operations indoors, Conejo Open Space Conversation erate dangerous and fast-moving In addition to the heat and Calvary Christian School also owner Joe Almaraz said to the Post. Pacific Palisades Cases ............... 117 Agency,” according to a post on wildfires, especially in commu- threat of COVID-19, another fac- kicked off its academic school “We’re not back to normal, but the agency’s social media. nities that are near foothills, can- tor keeping Palisadians indoors year on September 8, previously we are open,” Almaraz said. Palisades Highlands Cases ........... 23 There were several heat-re- yons and wildland areas,” stated over the weekend was poor air announcing plans to resume in-per- All other current restrictions lated rescue operations before the Kevin McGowan, director of the quality, in part due to smoke from closure, including a hiker who died Los Angeles County Office of fires burning throughout Califor- in Malibu on Saturday, according Emergency Management. “Emer- nia. to reports from the Malibu Search gency response professionals will The South Coast Air Quali- Resilient Palisades Hosts and Rescue Team. act quickly and expertly, but they ty Management District reported Heat records were broken need the cooperation of LA Coun- that air quality was unhealthy for across Southern California, with a ty residents to keep as many neigh- sensitive groups/individuals in Virtual Community Meeting countywide record reportedly set borhoods as safe as possible. Northwest Coastal Los Angeles in Woodland Hills, which reached “We urge all residents to prac- County. By Tuesday the air quali- By LILY TINOCO ta Monica are up to that are rel- 121 degrees on Sunday. tice wildfire readiness and safety ty was forecasted to be “good” and Reporter evant to the environmental work “The 121 degree high tem- now. Have a plan to evacuate, pack “moderate” throughout the day in they want achieve. perature at Woodland Hills of- supplies to quickly leave if need- the region. ecently founded environmen- “We are all in this together, we ficial site (Pierce College) was tal group Resilient Palisades really want to start off with great also the highest temperature ever Rhosted a community meeting on clarity about our values, about how recorded in LA County, as well as Thursday, September 3, to reinstate important it is to us to hold at the Ventura, Santa Barbara and San No Turkey Trot in 2020 its mission and to grow its relation- center of every campaign the im- ship with the community. portance of how those campaigns The meeting was held virtual- are going to impact various com- ly and began with a short breakout munities and not just our immedi- session for neighbors to learn more ate surroundings,” Steinberg said. about one another. With the 2020 election around “One of the main purposes Ingrid Steinberg the corner, Palisadian Jonathan of this meeting is for us to get to Photo courtesy of Resilient Palisades Zasloff was invited to speak for a know one another and to talk to few minutes on the Environmental each other, which I have to just like Resilient Palisades can do, Voter Project. Zasloff is an activist admit upfront I’m a little bit ner- it’s about achieving an end result and a law professor at UCLA. vous about because this is on Zoom which is to address the climate cri- The Environmental Voter Proj- and it’s not the … likeliest form for sis,” Steinberg said. “But it’s also ect works to identify people who doing this, but we’re going to try about doing so as a community and are concerned about environmen- our best,” Ingrid Steinberg, one of building relationships so that we tal issues and climate change, and the founders of Resilient Palisades, can be more resilient.” ensure they make it to the voting said. “We just ask for your patience Steinberg shared the ways the polls. Zasloff offered to conduct as we kind of experiment with this organization wants the group to a training session for Palisadians technology … for the first time.” learn together, like inviting guest to canvas by calling or texting in Steinberg suggested attendees speakers, having learning activi- the near future for those who are introduce themselves, share where ties and workshops, learning from interested.