1 In 3 LA County Residents Has Been Infected With Coronavirus – LAist

Good morning, L.A.

Its not news at this point that the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine hasnt been as smooth or nearly as fast as state and local officials first hoped.

L.A. County doesnt have enough doses to reach the number of healthcare workers officials planned to inoculate by the end of January, and Gov. Gavin Newsom acknowledged that the speed of distribution in California so far is not good enough.

So if youre wondering where, amid the confusion, you stand in the vaccine line, youre not alone. Fortunately, theres a website (and a newsletter!) for that.

According to Dr. Paul Simon, the L.A. County Department of Public Health's chief science officer, the department will work with the media, healthcare providers, and organizations like the AARP to let civilians know when its their turn. Plus, he added, residents can sign up for an email alert.

Keep reading for more on whats happening in L.A. today, and stay safe out there.

What Else You Need To Know Today

Weekend ReadsThere's a lot going on in the world right now, and its hard enough to keep up with our day-to-day lives, let alone to stay current on the news. But if you have some time this weekend, heres what you may have missed:

Biddy Mason, a formerly enslaved woman, went on to become one of the most important and wealthiest landowners, midwives and philanthropists in 19th Century Los Angeles. (LAist)

College students whose financial aid packages are based on higher, pre-pandemic income are potentially losing out on millions of dollars in grants, loans and scholarships. (LAist)

Regardless of what you may have heard, Los Angeles has had good pizza for a very long time. We created a Pizzapedia to help you find it. (LAist)

As a mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in Washington, D.C., another group took to the streets of downtown L.A. in solidarity, holding "Stop the Steal" signs. Heres what it looked like. (LAist)

Black physicians are getting vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to build trust in a community thats long faced systemic injustice at the hands of the medical system. (L.A. Sentinel)

Artist Lalo Garcias most recent work, a mural in the City of San Fernando, addresses children forced to live in cages by the Trump administration. (San Fernando Sun)

James YAPO Valenzuela, a victim of the pandemic, was a legend in the San Gabriel Valley hardcore punk scene. (L.A. Taco)

The third-largest home in America has been revealed, in Bel Air. (L.A. Mag)

Before You Go How To Order In N Out Fries

We love In-N-Out Burger. We discuss it on the radio. We cover its political donations. We'll fight you if you talk smack about it. On the 5 freeway, we'll drive past dozens of other fast food joints so we can eat at the outpost in Kettleman City, even when it means waiting in a 30-minute line on Thanksgiving weekend. But as much as we love the sinner, we hate the sin and In-N-Out's original sin is their fries.

The fries at In-N-Out are pale, limp, undersalted potato tubes that begin congealing into a soggy, oily mass the moment they emerge from the fryer. God help you if you wait until you're done with your burger to eat your fries. By that time, they're hot garbage except that they're cold.

Which brings us to the workaround.

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