LA County Residents Wait in Long Lines, Eager for COVID-19 Testing

LA County Residents Wait in Long Lines, Eager for Covid-19 Tests People in places like Los Angeles County are struggling to make appointments at often swamped coronavirus testing facilities. Many people at a testing city in the city of Long Beach lined up well before sunrise to make sure they could be tested. Guests: Maria Solis, Marta Miranda LA Unified Teacher's Union Urges Against Reopening Classrooms Right now, classes in the country’s second largest school district, the Los Angeles Unified School District, are supposed to start again in August. But the union representing L.A. Unified school teachers says campuses should remain closed because of the coronavirus. Carla Javier, KPCC With Inmate Workforce in Quarantine, State Races To Hire Firefighters California is hiring more than 850 seasonal firefighters to make up for fire fighting work done by prisoners, who are now in coronavirus quarantine. Julie Chang, KQED Support Groups Step Up as California Inmates Prepare for Release As many as 8,000 people are expected to be released from prisons across California to slow the spread of COVID-19. Support groups are filling in the gaps for the inmates who are going to need help to make this transition successful. Kate Wolffe, KQED Young Smokers Risk Severe Cases of COVID-19, Study Shows More young people are ending up in the hospital with Covid-19. And a new study says smoking is the biggest risk factor for young people who get really sick. April Dembosky, KQED Aslyum-Seeking Mother and Newborn Born in U.S Driven Back to Border An asylum-seeking mother was given the choice of leaving her new U.S. born child in this country alone or both of them returning to Mexico. Max Rivlin, KPBS The Potential and Perils of Antibody Tests There is some evidence the coronavirus was present in California before March when the state shutdown. But assuming you’re now immune to COVID just because you were sick early in the year with flu like systems is risky. Claire Trageser, KPBS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices