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While some feared that New Yorkers would re-fill prescriptions to stockpile opioid medications in the early weeks of the COVID-19 lockdown much in the way people hoarded toilet paper, in fact, New York State opioid prescriptions declined in the period around the March 20, 2020 “PAUSE” order, according to new research.

On Saturday, November 26, 2022, La Quinta deputies responded to a major injury traffic collision involving a vehicle and a bicycle just before 10:30 am. The collision occurred on Eisenhower Drive, south of Coachella Drive in the city of La Quinta.

On Tuesday, November 22, 2022, the Moreno Valley Station’s Problem Oriented Policing Team (POP), Homeless Outreach Team (HOT) and Gang teams along with the Riverside County Anti Human Trafficking team (R.C.A.H.T.) conducted a Prostitution Demand Reduction operation in the city of Moreno Valley.

Governor Gavin Newsom convened local leaders to discuss their plans to tackle the homelessness crisis and identify new strategies and opportunities to more ambitiously address street encampments across the state.

My first blush takeaway from the mid-terms is how disaffected so many of us are. Feeling poorer through inflation is just depressing. This includes the psychological damage felt when your loved ones are also hurting. Our society is inarguably in steep decline with no end in sight.