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Elizabeth Marcellino, City News Service

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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors also warned that such protections will begin to be phased out.
A Food 4 Less employee pushes carts past supermarket workers gathered to protest in front of the supermarket in Long Beach, California on February 3, 2021, after a decision by owner Kroger to close two supermarkets rather than pay workers an additional $4.00 in "hazard pay" for their continued work during the coronavirus pandemic.
The urgency ordinance requires that national grocery and drug retail employers in unincorporated areas of the county pay frontline workers an additional $5 per hour hazard or “hero pay” for the next 120 days.
A nurse injects a vaccine into a person's left arm. | iStock
As the possibility of a vaccine for COVID-19 takes shape, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to look at using schools as a key resource in rolling out vaccinations.
Trash at Chiquita Canyon Landfill
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the continued operation and expansion of the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Castaic, despite environmental concerns raised by area residents.
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The Board of Supervisors delayed a decision on whether to press for a change to state law that would allow the county to put a "millionaire's tax" on the Nov. ballot to fund the fight against homelessness.
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