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57 / 45Las Vegas
57/Seattle
57 / 39Seattle
57/LosAngeles
63 / 48Los Angeles
63/Denver
65 / 38Denver
65/Houston
82 / 70Houston
82/Miami
84 / 72Miami
84/NewYork
55 / 43New York
55/Chicago
47 / 42Chicago
47/Anchorage
34 / 23Anchorage
34/Good Moderate Unhealthful for: Sensitive people All Not Available
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City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Hi Lo City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Hi Lo City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Hi LoL.A. Outer Harbor, in feet.County Height Period DirectionTuesday Downtown readingsMinutes to burn for sensitive peopleTemperature Los Angeles Fullerton VenturaToday’s rise/setMarch 24 April 1 April 7 April 14Los Angeles Co. Orange Co. Ventura Co.Key:Susunny;Pcpartly cloudy;Cycloudy;Fg
foggy;Prcpprecipitation;Drdrizzle;Hz;hazySh
showers;Tsthunderstorms;Rrain;Snsnow;Sf
snow flurries;Iice;Rsrain/snow;Wwindy;Tr
trace.Notes:National extremes exclude Alaska
and Hawaii. Missing data indicated by “xx”.U.S. cities
City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi LoSky City HiLo Prcp. HiLoSkyWorld
VENTURA CO.LOS ANGELES CO.RIVERSIDE CO.SAN BERNARDINO CO.SANTA
BARBARA CO.SAN DIEGO CO.ORANGE CO.Santa
Barbara
VenturaOxnardOjaiCamarilloSanta PaulaWestlake
Village Woodland
Hills
SantaMonicaTorrance
Long
Beach Newport
BeachSanta AnaLaguna
Beach San
ClementeMission ViejoIrvineOceansideEscondidoPowayRamonaSan DiegoTemeculaHemet Palm
SpringsFullertonChino
RiversideOntarioPomona/
Fairplex San BernardinoYucca ValleyHesperiaWhittier
HillsUCLASimi ValleyChatsworth
Burbank MonroviaSanta ClaritaL.A. DowntownSun 6:59a/7:04p 6:58a/7:02p 7:03a/7:08p
Moon 3:54a/2:02p 3:52a/2:01p 3:58a/2:05pAnaheim 63 47 .30 63 49 60 49
Avalon/Catalina 53 45 -- 53 46 53 46
Bakersfield 61 39 .21 59 43 61 45
Barstow 59 42 .04 59 43 58 40
Big Bear Lake 35 26 .03 34 24 35 22
Bishop 51 27 .01 50 28 48 27
Burbank 56 39 .50 62 44 55 45
Camarillo 61 42 .04 64 44 60 47
Chatsworth 56 39 .29 60 42 54 45
Chino 62 48 .29 62 44 59 43
Dana Point 58 47 .35 60 51 59 50
Death Valley xx xx xx 70 54 68 49
Del Mar 59 55 .14 59 52 59 50
Escondido 62 49 .38 58 48 57 47
Eureka 50 43 .01 54 39 54 40
Fallbrook 63 49 .44 59 48 57 45
Fresno 57 40 .18 59 43 60 43
Fullerton 63 46 .32 64 49 61 51
Hemet 58 43 .22 57 41 55 41
Hesperia 51 38 .18 54 36 51 36
Huntington Beach 63 46 .37 61 51 60 52
Idyllwild 39 32 .31 42 32 42 31
Irvine 63 48 .17 61 50 60 50
L.A. D’ntown/USC63 47 Tr 63 48 59 49L.A. Int’l. Airport 61 47 .05 62 49 61 51
Laguna Beach 63 48 .15 60 52 58 52
Lancaster 51 33 .10 55 38 52 37
Long Beach 60 47 .26 64 49 59 51
Mammoth Lakes 32 9 .02 38 16 37 10
Mission Viejo 61 43 .01 61 49 58 49
Monrovia 58 40 .71 62 45 56 45
Monterey 56 44 .17 58 44 59 44
Mt. Wilson 33 23 -- 44 31 41 32
Needles 69 55 -- 58 44 62 49
Newport Beach 60 49 .15 61 52 59 52
Northridge 54 37 .46 62 42 55 44
Oakland 58 43 -- 59 46 60 47
Oceanside 62 48 .40 62 47 60 46
Ojai 59 33 .42 61 39 56 39
Ontario 60 47 .26 61 46 56 45
Palm Springs 70 55 Tr 62 46 64 48
Pasadena 60 40 .68 61 44 55 45
Paso Robles 56 37 -- 57 37 57 37
Pomona/Fairplex 62 43 .40 61 45 56 44
Redding 45 39 1.54 56 34 62 37
Riverside 60 45 .21 58 41 55 41
Sacramento 56 36 -- 57 40 61 41
San Bernardino 59 48 .23 59 45 55 44San Diego 64 56 .26 61 54 62 54
San Francisco 56 44 .01 58 46 60 46
San Gabriel 58 42 .37 63 46 57 46
San Jose 58 37 .15 57 43 60 43
San Luis Obispo 57 40 .19 58 42 57 41
Santa Ana 63 51 .26 64 53 62 53
Santa Barbara 57 39 .14 63 43 58 45
Santa Clarita 48 37 .35 60 41 54 44
Santa Monica Pier 59 42 .30 61 46 57 48
Santa Paula 60 38 .35 62 41 57 42
Santa Rosa 56 36 .01 55 38 60 39
Simi Valley 53 38 .08 60 41 55 44
Tahoe Valley 31 14 .01 35 16 38 17
Temecula 60 47 .23 58 44 55 43
Thousand Oaks 54 41 .08 61 42 57 46
Torrance 59 45 -- 61 47 59 48
UCLA 60 47 -- 62 47 58 48
Van Nuys 55 38 .40 62 42 56 45
Ventura 58 44 .07 60 45 58 47
Whittier Hills 63 41 .53 63 48 59 49
Woodland Hills 54 35 .59 62 40 55 42
Wrightwood 33 23 .27 40 31 38 29
Yorba Linda 62 45 .36 61 48 58 48
Yosemite Valley 46 27 .21 43 27 44 19Partly sunny 59/
Partly sunny 63/
Clouds, sun 67/
Showers 70/Partly sunny 55/
Partly sunny 59/
Clouds, sun 65/
A few showers 66/Showers 57/
Clouds, sun 61/
Clouds, sun 63/
Showers 65/Partly sunny 35/
A p.m. shower 37/
Partly sunny 42/
A few showers 46/Partly sunny 64/
A shower 68/
Partly sunny 73/
Showers 76/Clouds and sun; cool Clouds and sun; cool Clouds and sun; cool Snow showers Showers
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
SundayTodayInnerwaters:Winds northwest then
west 10-20 knots. Wind waves 1-
feet;westandsouthswell2-3feet.
Surf zone:The risk of strong,
dangerous rip currents will be high
for Orange and San Diego county
beaches, moderate for Ventura and
LA county beaches, and low for
Santa Barbara County beaches.Santa Barbara 1-3’ 16 sec S
Ventura 2-4’ 16 sec S
Los Angeles 2-4’ 16 sec S
Orange 3-5’ 16 sec S
San Diego 2-4’ 16 sec SSWTuesday Today Thursday Tuesday Today Thursday Tuesday Today ThursdayForecasts byAccuWeather, Inc.©Today 6:06a 4.8 Hi 12:11a 2.6 Lo
8:16p 3.9 Hi 1:25p -0.3 Lo
Thu. 7:05a 5.0 Hi 1:14a 2.2 Lo
8:44p 4.1 Hi 2:07p -0.4 LoHigh/low 63/47 63/46 58/
Normal high/low 70/51 70/50 66/
High/low a year ago 85/57 86/50 84/
Record high/date 94/1914 86/2019 85/
Record low/date 37/1881 44/2008 36/24-hour total (as of 4 p.m.) 0.35 0.32 0.
Season total (since Oct. 1) 10.12 9.30 9.
Last season (Oct. 1 to date) 17.99 15.66 17.
Season norm (Oct. 1 to date) 12.68 11.97 14.
Humidity (high/low) 83/42 86/36 95/Precipitation Los Angeles Fullerton VenturaLas Vegas, 45
Los Angeles, 45Phoenix, 60
San Francisco, 60(^63) / (^4861) / (^4361) / (^4634) / (^2462) / 46
High95 in Falfurrias, Texas
Low–14 in Rudyard, Mont.
Tuesday Today Tuesday Today
Albany 51 35 .02 51 36 Su
Albuquerque 68 46 -- 60 35 W
Anchorage 30 15 .03 34 23 Pc
Aspen 55 33 -- 49 28 Sh
Atlanta 68 51 Tr 76 62 Sh
Austin 81 67 .38 81 67 Cy
Baltimore 66 44 Tr 59 48 Pc
Boise 60 42 .03 53 32 Pc
Boston 44 31 .03 50 38 Su
Buffalo 42 38 Tr 49 41 Pc
Burlington, Vt. 44 34 Tr 42 32 Su
Charleston, S.C. 76 58 .03 75 64 Cy
Charlotte 65 48 .45 67 62 Pc
Chicago 50 36 Tr 47 42 R
Cincinnati 52 42 .01 61 57 R
Cleveland 47 37 .01 53 43 R
Columbia, S.C. 72 53 .03 75 65 Cy
Columbus 47 42 .03 56 52 R
Dallas/Ft.Worth 68 59 .01 78 66 Ts
Denver 59 33 -- 65 38 Pc
Detroit 53 38 Tr 48 38 R
El Paso 69 59 Tr 60 44 Ts
Eugene 63 33 -- 57 33 Pc
Fort Myers 88 66 -- 89 66 Su
Hartford 52 30 .07 55 35 Su
Honolulu 80 72 1.08 79 72 Sh
Houston 85 69 Tr 82 70 Fg
Indianapolis 54 36 Tr 55 51 R
Jacksonville, Fla. 85 62 -- 83 63 Pc
Kansas City 48 41 -- 65 57 R
Knoxville 62 53 .61 74 63 Cy
Las Vegas 61 51 -- 57 45 Sh
Louisville 59 45 .04 66 63 R
Medford 54 32 -- 56 32 Cy
Memphis 65 49 -- 75 67 Cy
Miami 84 72 -- 84 72 Pc
Milwaukee 47 33 -- 43 40 R
Minneapolis 44 27 -- 45 38 Sh
Nashville 57 50 1.00 74 65 Cy
New Orleans 82 68 .09 83 71 Pc
New York 54 40 .16 55 43 Su
Norfolk 69 45 -- 56 53 Pc
Oklahoma City 55 48 .50 76 60 Ts
Omaha 50 29 -- 58 50 R
Orlando 87 65 -- 87 65 Su
Philadelphia 57 41 .03 59 44 Su
Phoenix 75 58 -- 64 48 R
Pittsburgh 45 41 .12 58 48 R
Portland, Ore. 61 30 -- 59 38 Pc
Providence 48 33 .23 55 37 Su
Raleigh/Durham 63 48 Tr 68 62 Pc
Reno 42 29 .30 42 24 Cy
Richmond 68 41 Tr 60 52 Pc
St. Louis 53 42 Tr 62 57 R
Salt Lake City 66 40 .02 53 38 Sh
Acapulco 91 76 -- 87 75 Pc
Amsterdam 55 37 -- 55 45 Cy
Athens 59 45 -- 63 46 Pc
Bangkok 95 81 .04 94 81 Pc
Barcelona 63 55 .05 61 48 Pc
Berlin 59 36 -- 62 43 Pc
Cabo San Lucas 83 61 -- 80 62 Pc
Cairo 65 59 -- 68 52 Hz
Dubai 86 72 -- 87 75 Hz
Dublin 59 46 .40 45 31 Cy
Havana 86 63 -- 89 65 Su
Ho Chi Minh City 97 79 -- 95 77 Su
Hong Kong 74 67 -- 75 69 Sh
Istanbul 50 41 -- 49 41 Pc
Jerusalem 55 49 .40 50 46 W
Johannesburg 69 52 .38 73 55 Hz
Kuala Lumpur 94 77 -- 92 76 Sh
Lima 81 71 -- 80 72 Cy
London 56 41 -- 58 44 Cy
Madrid 65 41 .10 68 40 Su
Mecca 92 71 -- 91 61 Hz
Mexico City 77 52 .08 79 56 Pc
Milan 63 37 -- 67 41 Su
Montreal 41 25 .49 38 31 Pc
Moscow 49 34 -- 48 42 Cy
Mumbai 99 77 -- 94 76 Hz
New Delhi 84 57 -- 85 62 Hz
Paris 61 48 -- 63 46 Pc
Prague 59 36 .08 61 41 Su
Rome 63 41 -- 63 44 Pc
Seoul 56 36 -- 61 47 Pc
Singapore 91 79 -- 91 77 Pc
Taipei City 75 63 .18 73 64 R
Tokyo 54 39 -- 62 48 Su
Vancouver 48 32 -- 51 36 Su
Vienna 55 30 -- 64 41 Su
Seattle 54 33 -- 57 39 Pc
Tampa 84 69 -- 88 67 Su
Tucson 76 52 -- 65 45 R
Tulsa 61 48 .01 78 65 Ts
Washington, D.C. 64 44 .01 60 50 Pc
Wichita 53 42 Tr 72 59 R
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Partly sunny and cool:The large, oval-shaped upper-level storm system extending from northwestern Ne-
vada to off the southwest coast of California will slowly move south then east during the next couple of days.
This will bring partly sunny skied today with little or no chance for rain. However, there could be spotty
showers Thursday before the system moves away. Dry air will return Friday and most of Saturday.
Rain and snow: Rain and thunderstorms, some severe, will reach from
Texas to the Ohio Valley. Rain and mountain snow will spread over the
Southwest and Intermountain Region. The Northeast will be dry while
the Gulf Coast is warm and humid.
them. But he told me he’s
taking extra precautions
and only seeing patients
who need procedures com-
pleted or who have acute
problems. He shared recom-
mended protocols from a
colleague that included
postponing treatment of
patients 65 and older.
David Aftergood, a 68-
year-old Beverly Hills endo-
crinologist, said he’s still on
the job too, but exercising as
much caution as possible
and seeing a limited number
of patients.
“I look at myself and
don’t want to tempt fate,
but I feel like I’m a relatively
healthy and kind of a young
68,” said Aftergood, who
told me he considered the
governor’s call for seniors to
stay home a recommenda-
tion rather than an edict.
Santa Clarita geriatri-
cian Gene Dorio, 68, has
closed his office, and he and
his staff will be doctoring by
phone with non-emergency
patients.
But Dorio said he will
still make the occasional
house call if patients are
severely ill, and he sent a
letter to Newsom explaining
his reasoning and asking for
special dispensation.
After explaining that he
was in excellent health, he
got to the heart of the mat-
ter.
“My medical practice is
mainly house calls, serving
those seniors and disabled
who cannot leave their
homes. Some of them live in
chronic pain or have multi-
ple medical problems. They
cannot get to a doctor’s
office, and haven’t been able
to go for years.
“Other doctors,” Dorio
noted, “do not do house
calls, and the health and
welfare of my patients will
be in jeopardy. Therefore, I
request an exemption to
your recent directive to
self-isolate.”
Dorio, president of the
L.A. County Commission for
Older Adults, had not heard
back from the governor’s
office as of Tuesday after-
noon.
A psychologist named
Jamie, who asked that I not
use her last name, emailed
me about her own desire to
keep working despite her
age.
When I called her, Jamie
said her agency’s staff is
seeing a heightened level of
anxiety among clients, some
of whom are homeless. She
didn’t feel right about not
serving their needs. She
stayed home Monday but by
Tuesday had set up a video
conferencing program so
she could work from home
and still supervise frontline
staff.
“It’s hard enough being
an older adult in this coun-
try without all of a sudden
feeling stigmatized,” Jamie
said.
Dr. Jon Sherin, director
of the L.A. County Depart-
ment of Mental Health, told
me he has quite a few front-
line employees who are 65
and older. He said he is
trying to find ways for them
to stay on the job but not in
contact with others, even
though some have argued
that they’re in perfectly
good health.
“It’s all about risk fac-
tors,” Sherin said. “I think
we’re sophisticated enough
to say that if you’re over 65
and in great health, OK ...
but by definition you’re at
risk, and I’m suggesting
that they don’t come in, and
stay at home where there
are things they can do
whether it’s service-related
or clinical.”
His fear, Sherin said, is
that many of the depart-
ment’s clients — especially
those who are homeless —
are vulnerable and pose
higher health risks, and he’s
trying to avoid a significant
spread of the coronavirus
through both staff and
patient populations.
Better to reduce risk now
than regret not doing so
later, Sherin said, adding
that he’s already trying to
plan ahead for the possibil-
ity of having fewer employ-
ees available to handle a
mental health crisis that
was already overwhelming
before the coronavirus
threat.
“This is serious and there
could be a lot of tragedy, but
we’ve got to figure out a way
to get through it,” Sherin
said, “and build better sys-
tems for future stresses.”
On Monday and Tues-
day, I checked with two
senior centers that are
trying their best to cope
with high anxiety among the
populations that rely on
them for essential services
like meal programs.
David MacDonald of the
Santa Clarita Senior Center
said the switch has been
made from in-house meals
to drive-through pickups,
and 130 seniors took advan-
tage of the new program on
Monday.
His staff was also step-
ping up phone contact with
clients to make sure they’re
OK.
“Isolation can be a dan-
gerous thing,” said Mac-
Donald, citing depression
and fear of access to needed
resources as potential is-
sues. “We want to keep in
touch with our seniors.”
Akila Gibbs, director of
the Pasadena Senior Cen-
ter, said classes have been
canceled and the fitness
center closed, but limited
services were still being
offered to people who have
no one to look after them.
Gibbs said the combina-
tion of lost revenue from
canceled classes and a hit
on the center’s investment
fund because of the stock
market collapse will create
big financial challenges, and
said she and her staff are
adapting to service recom-
mendations from doctors
and public agencies that
change daily.
“We’re going to try to get
food to” those who have
stopped coming to the
center, Gibbs said, “and
we’re calling 2,000 people at
home to find out how
they’re doing.”
One of the scariest
things about the corona-
virus is that it’s invisible. We
don’t know who, or what, is
virus-free, and we don’t
know whether we’ve only
just begun to see the
worst of the hell it could
wreak.
But we all do have a
responsibility, to ourselves
and each other, to limit the
spread.
I may go ahead and take
that walk on the beach or
hike in the hills, but as much
as possible, I’m going to
avoid face-to-face human
contact and play it safe.
And hope we soon turn
the corner.
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virus. Older medical professionals say they’re being cautious as they respond to senior patients and clients.
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[Lopez,from B1]
‘I’m suggesting
that they ... stay at
home where there
are things they
can do whether
it’s service-related
or clinical.’
— Dr. Jon Sherin,
director of the L.A. County
Department of Mental Health,
on advice he’s given to his older
employees