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Coronavirus And The New Working Normal
Coronavirus And The New Working Normal
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Coronavirus is rapidly changing Angelenos' everyday lives, from remote working to virtual schools. Rachel Uranga looks at the recent changes at L.A.'s ports, conferences and schools. We've gathered some advice for the new at-home workforce. Meanwhile, Santa Monica-based TrueCar has a new CEO and Elon Musk defends SpaceX's Starlink project.
At the Port of Los Angeles, shipments are expected to be down 25% and the officials sent out a bulletin to longshore workers about possible symptoms of the novel coronavirus and how to deal with ships from China. Snap confirmed it will live stream its partner summit. Meanwhile, USC and Cal State Long Beach consider moving instruction for their campuses online. Read more >>
It may or may not be our future, but remote working is the present for more and more Angelenos. Twitter was crowded Tuesday with questions, concerns and ideas from the new horde of professionals working from home (WFH). Some pieces of advice:
How's working from home going for you and/or your office? Let us know. We're working on a piece.
TrueCar announced Tuesday that Mike Darrow, who has been the Santa Monica company's interim chief executive, now will take over the position on a permanent basis. Analysts say the move adds a measure of stability at a time when many on Wall Street saw it as a possible acquisition target. Read more >>
SpaceX's Starlink project aims to put thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit, or LEO, to provide broadband internet access to underserved populations (and to the U.S. military). Astronomers have voiced concerns about having so many satellites flitting through the night sky, but at a conference yesterday, CEO Elon Musk argued that their worries were overblown. Read more >>