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WEEKEND EDITION
02.04.17 - 02.05.17 Volume 16 Issue 72
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Hulu taking center stage at State of the City
Experts say cleanliness and awareness can prevent Norovirus from spreading
BY KATE CAGLE BY MATTHEW HALL Daily Press Editor
Local students are expected to return to John Adams Middle School (JAMS) on Monday after a contagious illness swept through a group of students and parents late last week. Public Health officials suspect the symptoms could have been caused by Norovirus but tests are ongoing and no official cause had been released by press time. JAMS closed on Friday and the school was cleaned over the weekend. In a statement sent to parents last week, SMMUSD said 80 children and 10 adults where showing symptoms after returning from a
trip to Yosemite. Experts said the disease spreads very quickly and while it could have been present at the trip site, it was equally possible one individual was unknowingly exposed to the virus days before the trip and it simply spread in the close quarters. If the illness is Norovirus, it can spread quickly and officials said closing school on Friday would help prevent the outbreak from extending to other individuals because the three day gap would allow most of the infected individuals to show symptoms and then remove themselves from contact with others.
Daily Press Staff Writer
Stop Norovirus!
less man (John Doe) 837 times in five years. Each time, he’d arrive in the ER, receive treatment and be discharged back to the streets. The lack
They call themselves Hulugans and they are quickly multiplying in Santa Monica. They’re not soccer fans – well, at least not all of them – but are Hulu employees. And while their campus features every perk, open floor plan and game room you would expect with a typical Silicon Valley tech behemoth, they’ve decide to settle down in Santa Monica. “We consider ourselves at the intersection of entertainment and technology,” said Hulu’s Senior Vice President of Talent and Organization Jim O’Gorman, who helped make the decision in 2013 to grow the company in Santa Monica. Since Hulu’s video streaming service combines tech and television, Santa Monica seemed like a perfect fit. “We consider it TV’s backyard but it’s also the front porch of technology when you think about Silicon Beach,” O’Gorman said. “We can blend both aspects of the industry.” Just four years ago Hulu staked a claim at the Colorado Center on Broadway with 350 employees and 95,000 square feet. The company has quickly ballooned in size and by the end of this year will have about 1,000 employees working at the Santa Monica campus. To accommodate all those techies, their office space is expanding to 240,000 square feet when construction ends. That fast growth is part of the reason the Chamber of Commerce has decided to honor Hulu with this year’s Economic Excellence Award at the State of the City address. More than five hundred people will pack SGI Auditorium Monday night to hear City Manager Rick Cole’s annual speech and watch
SEE ST. JOHN’S PAGE 7
SEE HULU PAGE 5
Norovirus causes diarrhea and vomiting. It spreads easily from an infected person to others, especially in long-term care facilities. Elderly residents are more likely to become very sick or die from norovirus.
Protect yourself and elderly residents from norovirus. WASH YOUR HANDS
Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds each time and avoid touching your mouth.
CLEAN SURFACES
Use a bleach-based cleaner or other approved product* to disinfect surfaces and objects that are frequently touched.
WASH LAUNDRY
Remove and wash soiled clothes and linens immediately, then tumble dry.
SEE NOROVIRUS PAGE 6 USE GOWN AND GLOVES
Use gown and gloves when touching or caring for patients to reduce exposure to vomit or fecal matter.
STAY HOME WHEN SICK
If you’re sick, stay home and don’t take care of or visit people in long-term care facilities for at least 2 days after your symptoms stop.
For more information, visit www.cdc.gov/norovirus *Use a chlorine bleach solution with a concentration of 1000-5000 ppm (5-25 tablespoons of household bleach [5.25%] per gallon of water) or other disinfectant registered as effective against norovirus by the Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) at http://www.epa.gov/oppad001/list_g_norovirus.pdf %&$
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SICK DAYS: John Adams Middle School closed Friday after several students and adults developed symptoms consistent with Norovirus.
St. John’s serves the Homeless MARINA ANDALON Daily Press Staff Writer
Santa Monica is known for its iconic Pier, the famous Third Street Promenade and the high
number of homeless people that walk through the city. In 2016 the City of Santa Monica homeless count found 718 individuals (this year’s count occurred in January and results will
be available in the coming months) and many of those individuals make frequent visits to emergency rooms at local hospitals. Providence St. John’s Emergency Department helped the same home-
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