Day: March 16, 2021

As eligibility expands widely, the city opens a COVID-19 vaccination center in University Park, close to underserved South L.A. neighborhoods. Traffic on Flower Street has been thicker than normal as cars queue up to enter the parking garage near the southeast corner of USC’s University Park Campus, where the city is operating its newest vaccination…Continue Reading A shot at equity: USC vaccination site aims to expand access to immunization

An East L.A. native, USC’s vice president for state government relations has fought for universal broadband access for two decades. The pandemic has brought renewed attention to the issue — one that could make or break California’s future. When Martha Escutia started worrying about the digital divide in the 1990s, almost nobody knew what that term…Continue Reading It’s time to address disparities in internet access, says USC’s Martha Escutia