Today on AirTalk, we talk with Mayor Garcetti about the city's response to COVID-19. Also on the show, our weekly political round table discusses the latest headlines; we talk to listeners about working from home; and more.
COVID-19: Check In With Mayor Garcetti, More Than 330 New LA County Cases
The U.S. is now reporting more than 143,500 of the more than 740,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide as of 7 a.m. Monday.
In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom had sobering news Saturday, saying patients needing ICU care in the state had gone up 105% overnight and hospitalizations for COVID-19 patients had risen nearly 40%.
Newsom spoke Saturday from a Bay-area fuel cell plant that's now working to refurbish ventilators. He said the state now has more than 400 COVID-19 ICU patients. He called that number "relatively modest" but warned that as new confirmed cases continue the percentage increase was of deep concern. The uptick in California cases came as the U.S. and Italy are now both reporting more confirmed COVID-19 cases than China, where the outbreak began late last year. Spain now has more confirmed cases than China, where the spread of COVID-19 has greatly slowed. As of Sunday afternoon, L.A. County is reporting more than 2,130 cases with about 21% of patients requiring hospitalization. The county reported 332 new confirmed cases Sunday. That includes five new COVID-19 related deaths. Today on AirTalk, Larry checks in with L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti on the latest with COVID-19. And an infectious disease specialist answers your questions. What questions do you have? Join the conversation by calling 866-893-5722.
With files from LAist
Guests:
Eric Garcetti, mayor of the City of Los Angeles; he tweets
Kimberly Shriner, M.D., infectious disease specialist at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena
Bringing The Job Home With You (And Staying There): Tips And Tricks For Working From Home During COVID-19
If you’re one of the millions of Americans whose work has been shifted from an office or workplace setting to home due to COVID-19, you’ve no doubt had to navigate some changes to your daily routine and workflow.
Employees everywhere are trading cubicles for home offices and kitchen tables, daily meetings for video conferences and coffee breaks to fold-a-load-of-laundry breaks. Working from home has its benefits, like your daily commute being measured in steps instead of miles or maybe more flexibility to take care of your kids or certain tasks around the house, but it also offers challenges beyond making sure you have the technology and other resources to still do your job. Minimizing distractions, working while also trying to take care of children who are home from school, managing your boss and employers’ expectations, and even just creating a wall between workspace and living space are all hurdles that workers across the country and world are having to get over during the coronavirus pandemic.
Today on AirTalk, we want to hear from you -- what tips do you have for working from home? Do you make an effort to create a work from home routine that emulates your regular routine? How, if at all, do you ensure that work life and home life stay compartmentalized when the space where you conduct both is the same? Share your tips and tricks by joining our live conversation at 866-893-5722.
Click here for our LAist guide to working from home.
An Update From LAUSD; Students: How Is E-Learning Going?
Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner Monday will provide an update to the community on the district's efforts to support students, families and employees while schools are closed. We get the latest updates from the district.
We also want to hear from students who are currently e-learning at home. How is “learning from home” going and what are the challenges? Are you missing your teachers and classmates? What changes have you made to ensure you can stay focused? Listen in to the latest from LAUSD and give us a call to join the on-air conversation. Call: 866-893-5722.
Former CFPB Director On Scams, Potential Financial Crisis And The Stimulus Package
COVID-19 will affect consumers in many different ways, from new pandemic-related scams and fraud to the larger issue of the economy.
With the $2 trillion economic package just recently approved by the White House, we sit down with the inaugural director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (2012-2017) Richard Cordray to discuss what the package will mean for you, as well as what else you need to know to be protected as a consumer.
If you have questions, call us at 866-893-5722.
Guest:
Richard Cordray, the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) (2012-2017); his new book is “Watchdog: How Protecting Consumers Can Save Our Families, Our Economy, and Our Democracy” (Oxford University Press; March 2, 2020); he tweets
Week In Politics: Social Distancing Guidelines Extended, Stimulus Package Signed And More
AirTalk’s weekly political roundtable recaps the major headlines you might’ve missed in politics news over the weekend and looks ahead to the week to come. Here are the headlines that we’re following this week:
COVID-19:
The White House extends social distancing guidelines to April 30
The President signed a $2 trillion stimulus package
Meanwhile, unemployment is on the rise
Trump switches gears, calling for more ventilators and criticizing GM
One poll finds Trump’s popularity on the rise, though he is still divisive. How are Americans reacting to his approach to the pandemic?
A few polls show differing reactions
2020:
Sanders supporters want him in the race. Is that a good idea?
Plus, might the pandemic bolster support for medicare-for-all and other tenets of Bernie’s platform?
States are looking into vote-by-mail
Guests:
Amanda Renteria, senior advisor for Emerge America, a national organization that works to identify and train Democratic women who want to run for political office; she is the former national political director for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and has been a staffer for Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI); she tweets
Lanhee Chen, research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University; he was an adviser for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign and served as policy director for the Romney-Ryan 2012 presidential campaign; he tweets