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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PVPUSD School Reopening Town Hall TonightThe Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District Board of Education invites the community to a virtual Town Hall Meeting for School Reopening Planning tonight, July 27 from 7-9 p.m. The meeting will be moderated by School Board President Suzanne Seymour. Panel participants will include:
- School board members
- Superintendent Dr. Alex Cherniss
- District staff
- Medical professionals from the PVPUSD community
This event will be live-streamed and the public will have an opportunity to submit questions by joining the Zoom video conference, via an online form or email.
For information on how to view the meeting and submit questions, visit pvpusd.net/townhall
Read PVPUSD's Guide for Reopening Schools at: pvpusd.net/2020 |
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Get Outdoors and Go on an Adventure with Agents of Discovery!July is Park and Recreation Month! To celebrate, the City has teamed up with the California Park & Recreation Society (CPRS) and the Agents of Discovery mobile educational gaming platform to promote safe and healthy outdoor adventures and self-guided activities. RPV is one of 30 agencies participating in the Parks Make Life Better Campaign, which encourages young explorers, or “Agents,” to visit as many participating locations as possible to earn real-life and digital rewards. Although the campaign runs through July, the game is so popular in RPV, the City plans to continue to offer it through at least August.
Kids and their families can participate by downloading the Agents of Discovery app to access free “Missions” (games) at each of the participating locations. Missions are completed by solving educational “Challenges” (questions) created by the site’s interpreters in order to learn about local ecosystems, culture, and history.
To download the free Agents of Discovery app, go to Google Play or the App Store. Once downloaded, find the participating site’s Mission within the app and hit “Play” before you head out. No WiFi connectivity is required to download or play the Missions. |
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FDA Reiterates Warning About Dangerous Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers Containing MethanolThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to warn consumers and health care professionals not to use certain alcohol-based hand sanitizers due to the dangerous presence of methanol, or wood alcohol – a substance often used to create fuel and antifreeze that can be toxic when absorbed through the skin as well as life-threatening when ingested. The agency has also taken additional action to help prevent certain hand sanitizers from entering the United States by placing them on an import alert. The FDA is proactively working with manufacturers to recall products and is encouraging retailers to remove products from store shelves and online marketplaces.
The FDA has posted a do-not-use list of dangerous hand sanitizer products, which is being updated regularly. In most cases, methanol does not appear on the product label. However, methanol is not an acceptable ingredient in any drug, including hand sanitizer, even if methanol is listed as an ingredient on the product label. The FDA’s ongoing testing has found methanol contamination in hand sanitizer products ranging from 1% to 80%.
Importantly, the FDA is urging consumers not to use any hand sanitizer products from the particular manufacturers on the list even if the product or particular lot number are not listed since some manufacturers are recalling only certain – but not all – of their hand sanitizer products.
When identifying hand sanitizers from the FDA’s do-not-use list, consumers should look for one or more identifiers from the list that match the product’s labeling, including: - Manufacturer name
- Product name
- National Drug Code (NDC) number
If any of the identifiers (name, company, or NDC) match a product on the list, the FDA urges consumers to immediately stop using the hand sanitizer. Dispose of the hand sanitizer bottle in a hazardous waste container, if available, or dispose of as recommended by local waste management and recycling centers. Do not flush or pour these products down the drain or mix with other liquids. |
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Free Legal Webinars for Small Businesses July 28 and 31L.A. County's Department of Consumer and Business Affairs (DCBA) is teaming up with top lawyers this week to offer free small business legal webinars for L.A. County's small business community impacted by COVID-19.
REGISTER TODAY for either (or both) webinars: Webinar participants can: - learn about commercial leasing, negotiating a lease, basic lease terms, strategies, "dos and don'ts" and more (July 28)
- learn about employment laws applicable to small businesses, employee classifications, anti-discrimination laws, employee benefits, tips on hiring and managing employees and more (July 31)
- sign up to be screened for pro bono legal representation
- receive information on applying to Bet Tzedek for free legal services related to the impact of COVID-19 on your small business
For more on small business legal resources, visit bettzedek.org/smallbusiness. |
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Tomorrow is Takeout Tuesday!
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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Questions about moving your business operations outdoors?
If your RPV business is impacted by COVID-19-related closures and you have questions about moving your operations outdoors, please contact the Community Development Department at 310-544-5228 or planning@rpvca.gov.
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CasesAs of July 27, there are 176,028 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across Los Angeles County (population 10.17 million), 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 212 cases in Rancho Palos Verdes (population 41,731), 69 in Palos Verdes Estates (population 13,190), 31 in Rolling Hills Estates (population 8,066), five in Rolling Hills (population 1,874), and six in the unincorporated areas of the Peninsula. Countywide, 4,375 people have died.
According to the Department of Public Health, 12 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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