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Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) has kicked off its annual Valentine's Day card drive on CHLA.org.

The City of Beverly Hills and the Beverly Hills Firefighters Association (BHFA) have reached a resolution in the city's vaccination and safety measures for firefighters.

Polymerase chain reaction is a laboratory procedure that amplifies genetic signals in a sample to determine whether someone has COVID-19. The tests are better at catching asymptomatic cases or confirming positive results from an antigen test. 

Applications for grants are reviewed by the city's Human Services Division, the Charitable Solicitations Commission and the Human Relations Commission. The application then goes to Beverly Hills City Council where final funding allocations are voted into action. 

A drive-thru testing site for COVID-19 has opened in a parking lot on N. Santa Monica Boulevard, across from the Beverly Hilton.

"I thought it would be a mess [with] cars waiting in line. It's really fast. I'm really surprised," said one parent named Sarah who declined to give her last name.

Albert Einstein said, "In the midst of every crisis lies great opportunity." Instead of focusing on what I want to change next year, I decided to reflect on what I accomplished last year as a way to lift my own mood and spark hope for

Two Beverly Hills firefighters have filed a lawsuit against the city and Los Angeles County over the county's vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.

"I think [COVID] is probably the most devastating thing that could've happened to the local economy, if not the world, that we've all seen in many of our lifetimes, and hopefully it's the last thing in our lifetimes," said Johnson.

"I want to commend you for the many things that you do normally, including routine maintenance, cleaning and repair of our facilities," said Chairperson Cathy Baker.