San Francisco Chronicle: Eli Lilly’s Monoclonal Antibody Trial Halted, Forcing Bay Area Coronavirus Researchers To Seek Another Path 
A nationwide trial of synthetic antibodies similar to those President Trump touted as “a cure” for the coronavirus was halted this week after it was found to be ineffective, forcing Bay Area researchers to focus on other potential treatments. Studies of the monoclonal antibody treatment by Eli Lilly were ended after an independent panel determined that the drug was not likely to help patients hospitalized with COVID-19. (Fimrite, 10/29)

Los Angeles Times: Dodgers, Lakers Fans Need Coronavirus Tests, Garcetti Says 
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is urging anyone who congregated to celebrate the Lakers or Dodgers championship wins to get tested for the coronavirus. “For those who went to the streets to celebrate … and were around strangers in an unsafe environment, please get tested and stay isolated for 14 days per the county’s Department of Public Health advice,” he said Wednesday. Thousands took to the streets Tuesday after the Dodgers won the World Series — despite pleadings from health officials to stay home. (Campa and Money, 10/29)

Deadline: Canceled Rose Parade Being Revived For TV As A Variety Special 
The Pasadena Tournament of Roses announced on Thursday that, after canceling the event in July due to the coronavirus pandemic, the organization will host a two-hour televised entertainment special on New Year’s Day to benefit Feeding America. Event coordinators issued a statement saying they have partnered with a group of broadcasters to air the show during the time slot traditionally reserved for live coverage of the Rose Parade. (Tapp, 10/29)

The Bakersfield Californian: Latino COVID-19 Task Force Hosting 3 Free Testing Sites This Weekend 
The Kern County Latino COVID-19 Task Force, Kern County Public Health and Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce announced three additional free COVID-19 testing sites in a continued effort on working toward increasing Kern County’s testing numbers and access for residents in outlining communities and neighborhoods. “As the holiday season approaches, it’s important to not get comfortable and ignore the current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Jay Tamsi, co-founder of the task force. “This pandemic is real, and we should not stay complacent.” (10/29)

NBC 7 San Diego: Health Order Violators: Youth Volleyball Tournaments Being Played In Southern California 
On the same weekend a student in Vista tested positive while reportedly traveling with a youth sports team, video obtained by NBC 7 shows a club volleyball tournament being played in Temecula in apparent violation of current public health orders. The video shot last Sunday at Rancho Sports Center in Temecula appears to show at least two teams from San Diego County taking part in the tournament. (Ojeda, 10/28)

The Bakersfield Californian: Man Discharged From Hospital Following 90-Day Battle With COVID-19 
After 90 grueling days in the hospital battling COVID-19, Alejandro Rascon was greeted with cheers from his family and Adventist Health Bakersfield health care workers when he was discharged from the hospital on Thursday morning. The 40-year-old local was first hospitalized on July 30 and spent 55 days of his stay on a ventilator. Rascon said that after losing so much muscle and being dependent on health care providers, he felt some uneasiness of being discharged because he's become so accustomed to being constantly monitored and checked on. (Wilson, 10/29)

Orange County Register: Community Backs Southern California Yogurt Shop Owner After Lawsuit Threat Over Masks 
Mariana Tabla, co-owner of a Mission Viejo yogurt shop called Frapys, has become a rock star at least among people in the community who believe in wearing face coverings, which are recommended by county and state health officials. After a video showing a controversy over masks in her shop went viral on Twitter on Wednesday, Oct. 28, Tabla said she’s gotten a huge amount of support. Locals have been coming in to buy yogurt and leave large tips. Several yogurt flavors – especially pumpkin and dulce de leche – are nearly sold out. Tabla said her business tripled in 24 hours, and some customers have even posed for photos with her. (Ritchie, 10/29)

Fresno Bee: COVID-19 Forced Women To Leave Their Jobs. Can California Help Them Get Back To Work?
In nearly every major recession, more men lost jobs than women. But the coronavirus outbreak is an exception. The pandemic and stay-at-home orders decimated industries such as hospitality that had employed a large number of women. Thousands more working mothers quit their job or reduced their working hours to care for their children as schools went online. All over the state, women are making difficult choices about what kind of job they want to do when the pandemic ends. (Park, 10/30)

LA Daily News: County Medical Officer: Coronavirus Linked To Various Long-Term Health Issues 
Warning that COVID-19 has been linked to a host of potentially long-term health effects, Los Angeles County’s chief medical officer said today people shouldn’t be fooled into thinking the illness is a “simple disease” with minimal impacts on the bulk of its victims.“ Any and all notions that COVID-19 is a relatively simple disease in which a small percentage of persons suffer severe consequences and the rest quickly recover must be dismissed,” Dr. Jeffrey Gunzenhauser told reporters during an online media briefing. “This simply is not the case. What we are seeing is that this is an infection that affects health in many ways, including what appear to be many long-term health consequences.” (10/29)

San Diego Union-Tribune: COVID-19 Challenges San Diego Nonprofits' Efforts, Funding 
Public trust in San Diego’s nonprofits has remained high this year, though confidence in their ability to respond to COVID-19 is waning, a new report says, and nearly all local nonprofits are bringing in less money, resulting in layoffs and furloughs. (Cook, 10/29)

EdSource: Students Getting In-Person Instruction At Accelerating Pace In California 
California school districts are showing a clear momentum toward re-opening for some version of in-person instruction. That’s according to an EdSource survey of the 58 county offices of education. In the nation’s largest school system, serving nearly 6.2 million public school students, plus another half million or so in private or parochial schools, children are learning through a patchwork of instructional strategies that continue to be shaped in profound ways by the coronavirus pandemic, the survey shows. (Freedberg, 10/29)

San Diego Union-Tribune: 'I Would Have Given Up': Man Thanks Officers Who Rescued Him From San Diego Bay 
A National City police corporal and two Harbor police officers were awarded medals Thursday for rescuing a man who fell off a Jet Ski and nearly drowned in San Diego Bay. Jeff Jarvis, 48, shed tears as he thanked Cpl. Javier Cornejo and Officers Michael Sabbagh and Janel Seney for saving him from choppy waters the afternoon of Oct. 12.“I had no idea what I was going to do,” he said. “I would have given up.” (Hernandez, 10/29)

Orange County Register: California Workers File One-Fifth Of All U.S. Jobless Claims 
California workers filed fewer first-time claims for unemployment benefits during the most recent reporting week — yet those claims accounted for one-fifth of all the jobless claims filed in the U.S., federal officials reported Thursday. Layoffs continue to hound California workers to a much greater degree than the rest of the nation in the wake of wide-ranging business shutdowns ordered by state and local government agencies to combat the coronavirus. (Avalos, 10/29)

Fresno Bee: Fresno Rents, Job Unemployment Increase During Coronavirus 
The average cost to rent an apartment in Fresno went up since March, putting even more financial pressure on cash-strapped residents during a pandemic. It’s a double whammy for tens of thousands of overwhelmed renters who lost work in the last six months and are balancing housing costs with cuts to household income. As a result of that financial instability, more people are struggling to make ends meet, as witnessed by community organizations providing food and housing help to a broader spectrum of Fresno-area residents. (Vaughn, 10/30)

The Bakersfield Californian: Encompass Health Holding Hiring Event As It Seeks Registered Nurses 
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Bakersfield will hold an Outdoor Hiring Event at its headquarters, 5001 Commerce Dr., on Nov. 10 from 9 a.m. to noon and 1-4 p.m. In a news release, Encompass Health said it's seeking full-time and part-time registered nurses. Ideal candidates will possess current RN licensures appropriate to state regulations, have CPR certification, CRRN certification and two or more years of experience in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital setting. (10/29)

San Diego Union-Tribune: San Diego Health Pros Use Trust, Relationships To Build Voter Turnout 
When Dr. Allen Rodriguez knocked on the doors of some South Bay homes earlier this month, the San Ysidro Health physician wasn’t making medical house calls. He looked like it, though. He was wearing a white doctor’s coat and a stethoscope. But he also came equipped with some get-out-the-vote fliers and a speech about why it’s important to vote. His shirt with the word “Vote” was hard to miss, too. Rodriguez is one of dozens of health care volunteers who are part of a new civic engagement campaign to increase voter turnout among low-income and minority residents. (Lopez-Villafana, 10/30)

Los Angeles Times: Barrett On Supreme Court Won't Necessarily Kill The ACA 
Unable to stop Republicans from hastily confirming Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, Senate Democrats have spent much of the past two weeks predicting that she will push the high court to kill the Affordable Care Act. And that, in turn, will leave more than 20 million Americans without health insurance during a pandemic, while also eliminating key protections for people with preexisting conditions. It’s a scary possibility, yet whether Barrett is the ACA’s executioner is far from certain. That’s true despite her now well-known (and not subtle) criticism of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.'s reasoning when he voted in 2012 to uphold the ACA’s mandate that adult Americans maintain health insurance coverage. (Jon Healey, 10/26)

LA Daily News: Whatever Happens Tuesday, Life Will Get Better
Worried about Tuesday? Remember: The most important parts of life happen outside politics. Love, friendship, family, raising children, building businesses, worship, charity work — that is the stuff of life! Politicians get in the way of those things. But despite the efforts of power-hungry Republicans and Democrats, life gets better. You may not believe that. Surveys show most people think life is getting worse. (John Stossel, 10/28)

San Diego Union-Tribune: The Trump Administration Needs To Find Those 545 Children's Parents Quickly 
But there’s one policy that’s back in the news that may be remembered as the single cruelest adopted under President Donald Trump: the practice of separating children from their migrant parents at the U.S.-Mexico border when they were apprehended attempting to enter the U.S. illegally or in some cases when they sought asylum. White House claims that this was done in the best interests of the 5,500-plus children who were taken from their parents beginning in El Paso, Texas, in 2017 have always been lies. (10/28)

Los Angeles Times: What Has COVID-19 Taught You About How Students Should Learn? 
My 5-year-old granddaughter finds kindergarten frustrating. Of course, she has no idea what real kindergarten is like, and at this point, even her memories of preschool are dim. No doubt, remote learning is part of the problem, even for a little girl with two educated parents who have been lucky enough to work from home. But the bigger turnoff has been the amount of time spent on rote learning, on worksheets that require printing letters and short words over and over, with her as-yet-undeveloped pincer muscles, and reciting a sentence repeatedly because it has a word that begins with the letter “N.” (Karin Klein, 10/28)

Fresno Bee: Keep A Doctor In The Assembly During A Pandemic? Voters In District 31 Should Do That
The first Latino physician elected to the California Assembly, Joaquin Arambula of Fresno has made improving the health of Californians a priority. Last year the Democrat authored Assembly Bill 4, which would have extended Medi-Cal services to undocumented people living in the state. With an estimated cost of $3 billion, the bill cleared the Assembly and moved to the Senate, but stalled there and did not pass out before the session ended. (10/27)

Los Angeles Times: Halloween In COVID Times Is A Big Boohoo
My two young kids were determined to trick-or-treat this year. The COVID-19 pandemic had already crushed the year’s rituals and milestones. There were no Easter egg hunts, no end-of-school celebrations and no summer camp. My older son’s elementary school promotion ceremony was canceled, and the first day of school on Zoom was just depressing. But Halloween, we thought, could be saved. Kids could socially distance as they marched the streets in search of candy. They could take turns knocking on doors, rather than crowding the doorstep, and they could sanitize their hands between houses. Masks and gloves go perfectly well with costumes, right? (Kerry Cavanaugh, 10/30)

Los Angeles Times: A Mask Mandate May Prevent More COVID-19 Lockdowns
The way President Trump tells it, the COVID-19 pandemic is all but vanquished in the U.S., with a vaccine just around the corner. Healthcare workers across the country know better. Coronavirus cases are surging to record highs, a fact that’s not attributable to increased testing, according to Adm. Brett Giroir, who leads the federal government’s coronavirus testing response. Hospital beds in hard-hit states such as Utah, Idaho and North Dakota are filling up with COVID-19 patients, and if the surge continues, those hospitals could be overwhelmed. (10/30)