As more sectors in Los Angeles County reopen and more of us are out and about, we have to be kind and protect ourselves and one another. If you're venturing out, be prepared and stay safe.
Older adults and those with serious underlying health conditions are still at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19. Consider staying home as much as possible and having essentials delivered to your home.
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Choose Wisely - Avoid the three C's
CONFINED SPACES
Especially with poor ventilation. Outdoors is better than indoors.
CROWDS
The more people the higher the risk.
CLOSE CONTACT
Staying further apart is safer than being close together.
The more C's, the higher the risk!
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Take Steps to Reduce Your Risk
- Wash your hands often
- Wear a cloth face covering around others
- Avoid touching your face
- Avoid sharing food, drinks, toys, sports equipment
- Avoid or clean surfaces that are touched by others
- Increase ventilation - go outside, open windows
- Keep interactions with others short
- Give yourself space from others
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Plan Ahead
Stay informed
Check online or call and ask about safety measures before going to a restaurant, place of worship, salon or gym
Be flexible
Be willing to change activities to avoid the three C's
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Avoid COVID-19 Scams
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. During the COVID-19 pandemic, scammers have quickly found ways to swindle people out of money and are taking advantage of the community during this time of anxiety and confusion.
Beware of scams related to COVID-19 testing, treatments and cures, price gouging, fake charities and identity theft.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom Requires Californians to Wear Face Coverings in Public Starting June 18
People in California must wear face coverings when they are in the high-risk situations listed below:
- Inside of, or in line to enter, any indoor public space;
- Obtaining services from the healthcare sector in settings including, but not limited to, a hospital, pharmacy, medical clinic, laboratory, physician or dental office, veterinary clinic, or blood bank;
- Waiting for or riding on public transportation or paratransit or while in a taxi, private car service, or ride-sharing vehicle;
- Engaged in work, whether at the workplace or performing work off-site, when:
- Interacting in-person with any member of the public;
- Working in any space visited by members of the public, regardless of whether anyone from the public is present at the time;
- Working in any space where food is prepared or packaged for sale or distribution to others;
- Working in or walking through common areas, such as hallways, stairways, elevators, and parking facilities;
- In any room or enclosed area where other people (except for members of the person’s own household or residence) are present when unable to physically distance.
- Driving or operating any public transportation or paratransit vehicle, taxi, or private car service or ride-sharing vehicle when passengers are present. When no passengers are present, face coverings are strongly recommended.
- While outdoors in public spaces when maintaining a physical distance of 6 feet from persons who are not members of the same household or residence is not feasible.
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Safer at Work and in the Community Health Officer Order
On June 18, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
modified its Health Officer Order
moving the county into
stage 3
of California's Pandemic Resilience Roadmap.
The following sectors are allowed to reopen once businesses implement the required protocols for infection control and physical distancing:
- Cardrooms, satellite wagering facilities and racetracks with no spectators
- Personal care services including: esthetician, skin care and cosmetology services; electrology; nail salons; body art professionals, tattoo parlors, microblading and permanent make-up; and piercing shops; and massage therapy
- Bars, wineries, breweries and tasting rooms
Employees and visitors need to wear a cloth face covering when around other people and practice physical distancing of at least 6 feet at all times. Some employees may be required to wear face shields.
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#BeachResponsibly
Sitting, sunbathing and beach equipment such as chairs, canopies and coolers are now allowed on Los Angeles County beaches. The Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach piers have also reopened.
Gatherings and beach volleyball are still not allowed at this time.
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Eat Local: Meals for Home Delivery
We have expanded our errand assistance program to now include affordable and healthy meals for home delivery to vulnerable populations and those safer at home in the Beach Cities.
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Healthy Living Campus
BCHD has refined the Master Plan for its proposed Healthy Living Campus in Redondo Beach and presented the updated concept to the BCHD Board of Directors June 17.
The pared-down project features many changes based on community input, including fewer units, reduced square footage, re-positioned buildings and less construction time.
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Mental Health & Happiness Series
Learn how to boost your well-being through evidence-based practices to build resilience, feel more connected and be happier.
All workshops are on Saturdays from 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
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June 20
Cultivate Bravery
Embrace opportunities and manage change
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June 27
Reaffirm Purpose
Navigate transitions and focus on meaning
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Connecting Hermosa: A Community Conversation
In partnership with the City of Hermosa Beach
Thursday, June 25
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Join a community conversation about stress resilience, connection and accountability
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Families Connected Parent Chat
Mondays
10
–
11 a.m.
Open to all parents. A free parent support group led by a licensed professional from the Thelma McMillen Center for Alcohol and Drug Treatment at Torrance Memorial Medical Center held in partnership with South Bay Families Connected.
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Happiness Chat
Tuesdays in June
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Support your well-being with casual discussions focused on connection and resilience. Attend one or all chats!
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Get unlimited access to all
Center for Health & Fitness
live virtual exercise classes for $22 during June.
Small Group Training is also available virtually for $12 per class.
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Summer Wellness Challenge: Operation Kindness
This week do good, feel good as a family by picking a kindness mission to complete. Research shows that when people are engaged in acts of compassion and kindness, the brain releases feel-good chemicals, causing us to feel good about doing good.
Spread some “good” in our community with these service projects designed to support our most vulnerable and socially-isolated neighbors.
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Join a Virtual Moai
You can still create social connections while practicing physical distancing.
A Moai (pronounced “Mo Eye”) is a group of people meeting for a common purpose. The word “Moai” comes from Okinawa, Japan, where neighbors use Moais as support systems.
Based on this tradition, Moai groups are considered just as important to a person’s health as the benefits of being active, healthy eating and finding a purpose.
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COVID-19 Testing at Beach Cities Health District
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COVID-19 testing is now available at Beach Cities Health District, 514 N. Prospect Ave.
Tests are free of charge and are by
appointment only.
Testing is prioritized for:
- Symptomatic persons with fever, cough, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, new loss of taste or smell
- Persons who are over age 65
- Persons with a chronic medical condition
- Essential workers which includes janitorial, security, airport, government, health care, food, grocery and more
- Persons who have been close contacts of people who are positive for COVID-19
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Appointments have been filling up quickly. Please continue to check the site for availability at the BCHD campus or make an appointment at another site.
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Donate to the Beach Cities COVID-19 Fund
Donations will provide assistance to Beach Cities residents who are income qualified with essentials like groceries and household and cleaning supplies.
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We Can All Be Health Leaders
In addition to physical distancing and wearing cloth face coverings when we are around others,
we all still need to take the same precautions that we were taking earlier on in the pandemic
- wash your hands frequently, avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands and self-isolate if you are sick. These actions combined are the best defense against COVID-19.
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Need Help with Health Information and Referrals?
If you or someone you know in the Beach Cities needs help, please call our Assistance, Information & Referral line at
310-374-3426, ext. 256
, seven days a week, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. or visit us online at
bchd.org/resources.
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Cases per 100,000 in the South Bay:
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For more information about COVID-19, visit:
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