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Vaccination is not a game for the fall sports seasons.

Josué Karim Moreno

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2021.07.09

Vaccination is not a game for the fall sports seasons.

By Josué Karim Moreno. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P]

Vaccination should not be taken as a game. The start of the fall sports seasons can pose a danger of infection, especially among young people aged 12 to 18 years.

In this sense, U.S. President Joseph Biden said that one of the government's strategies will be to get closer to the communities, to be much closer to the homes.

In that sense, he said in a statement made last Tuesday, that efforts will be intensified so that doctors who serve families can offer vaccinations to the youngest, in order to achieve a safe return to school or even for the physical examinations necessary for fall sports.

And with the fall sports seasons just around the corner, hundreds of children and young people will join the various activities offered by local teams, such as football, soccer, volleyball, which are not without risk.

Delta variant wants to get on the pitch

Although the vaccination program has made significant progress, there is still a risk of infection among people who are not vaccinated. The emergence of the Delta variant has caused more than half of the new infections in the U.S.

"By the end of this week, we will have 160 million Americans fully vaccinated, up from about 3 million when we took office five months ago," he said. Biden.

However, he added that the fight against the virus is not over: communities, families and friends are still at risk because the Delta variant is easily transmissible and potentially more dangerous.

Above all, Biden said, it should be a cause for reconsideration, especially among young people, who may have thought they didn't have to get vaccinated or wouldn't have to worry about it.

Olympic Games, without public for the first time in history

COVID-19 has undoubtedly wreaked havoc all over the world and sport has been no exception. Thus, during the previous year, most of the sports activities were suspended and, later on, some of them were able to continue without assistance in the stands.

This year, Japan's authorities surprised the world by declaring a state of emergency in Tokyo: for the first time in history, the Olympic Games will be held without spectators, even of local origin as previously planned.

The move comes after the government agreed to establish a state of emergency for Tokyo from July 12 until Aug. 22, which anticipates a tightening of health measures in the midst of the Olympic Games, which begin July 23.

It should be noted that the Japanese capital has seen a surge in new cases of COVID-19 in recent days that is unprecedented since mid-May of this year, to reach above the threshold of cases that the government considers to be of utmost concern.

Thus, the Olympic Games will not have an audience for the first time since its first edition, held in 1898 in Athens, Greece. Previously, the Berlin 1916 Games had been suspended due to the First World War, as well as the Helsinki 1940 and United Kingdom 1944, due to the Second World War.

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THE U.S. WILL SEND AID TO COLOMBIA, BUT NOT BEFORE PLACING CONDITIONS ON THE POLICE. U.S. to send aid to Colombia, but not before putting conditions on the police

Pamela Cruz

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2021.07.09

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THE U.S. WILL SEND AID TO COLOMBIA, BUT NOT BEFORE PLACING CONDITIONS ON THE POLICE. U.S. to send aid to Colombia, but not before putting conditions on the police

U.S. TO SEND AID TO COLOMBIA The U.S. will send aid to Colombia,

By Pamela Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P]

Colombia will receive $461 million in aid from the U.S. government in 2022 after the House Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee approves a bill to do so. However, the support will for the first time be conditional on resources going to the Colombian police.

The U.S. government made it clear that from now on, if the law is passed, 30 percent of all counter-narcotics resources going to the South American country's police will depend on a certification from the State Department confirming that the country is investigating and punishing uniformed officers involved in human rights violations.

After the demonstrations that began in April of this year in Colombia, international organizations reported on the massive human rights violations that occurred by the Colombian police against the demonstrators.

According to Temblores, an NGO that has been in charge of recording and documenting the practices of police violence through its platform "GRITA" and in assisting victims and connecting them with the administration of justice through "Policarpa", as of June 16, 4,285 cases of violence by the security forces had been identified, not including cases of disappearances.

While the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights reported Wednesday that it found "serious human rights violations" during the demonstrations against the government of Ivan Duque.

It should be noted that the conditioning of resources in aid to Colombia is not new, as this condition already existed for the army, but the restrictions are now extended to the police force.

The condition that the U.S. government seeks to impose on the resources specifies that at least $65 million cannot be delivered until certification is issued by the U.S. State Department.

It is important to detail that 80 percent of those resources - $52 million - would be for the police and 20 percent for the army.

According to El Tiempo, almost since the beginning of Plan Colombia in 2000, resources for the army had been subject to human rights evaluations. Requirements that grew with the scandal of false positives and illegal interceptions of journalists, human rights defenders, members of the high courts and congressmen.

At a congressional hearing last Thursday, José Miguel Vivanco, director for the Americas at Human Rights WatchThe governor asked congressmen to approve the new restriction on police funding.

For her part, Colombian Vice President and Foreign Minister Marta Lucia Ramirez, who is in New York, said Thursday that she sees no reason for the social unrest and recent protests that led to violence in her country to damage the relationship with the United States.

"We see no reason for bilateral relations to be affected," the foreign minister said during a telephone interview with The Associated Press.

"This is a Congress -the U.S. Congress- that has been permanently monitoring Colombia's evolution. Thanks to all this help and the confidence of Congress and the different U.S. administrations, our country has been able to face very tough challenges and, among other things, has also managed to work for the poorest, reduce the level of poverty.... fight drug trafficking, and strengthen institutions," Ramirez said.

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Vaccine, the main weapon against COVID-19

Pamela Cruz

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2021.07.08

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By Pamela Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P]

The country is getting closer every day to winning the war against COVID-19, however, that will only be achieved when all those eligible for immunization choose to roll up their sleeves and allow themselves to be given a safe and effective vaccine, the main weapon against the disease.

So far, more than 182 million Americans have received at least one dose, including nearly 90 percent of seniors and 70 percent of people 27 and older, President Joseph Biden said in a White House statement Tuesday.

He added that by the end of this week, the mark of 160 million Americans fully vaccinated will be reached.

The vaccine really works

COVID-19 cases and deaths are down 90 percent since January due to millions of vaccine applications.

Millions of fully vaccinated Americans are getting back to living their lives as before. Businesses are reopening and hiring. And projected economic growth is the highest in four decades. Yes, thanks to millions of vaccines given.

"And the bottom line is: the virus is fleeing and America is coming back. We're coming back together," Biden said in his brief speech.

The war is not over yet

The fight against this virus is not over. Today, millions of Americans are still unvaccinated and unprotected. And because of that, their communities are at risk. Their friends are at risk. The people they care about are at risk, and this concern is heightened by the Delta variant, which is responsible for half of all positive cases of the virus in many parts of the country, because it's more easily transmitted, potentially more dangerous.

"Look, let me put it another way: I think it should make everybody think twice. And it should cause reconsideration, especially in young people who may have thought they didn't have to get vaccinated, didn't have to worry about it, didn't have to do anything about it until now," Biden said.

However, the good news is that the vaccines distributed in the country are very effective. And those fully vaccinated have a high degree of protection, even against this Delta variant.

Importantly, study after study has shown that, since the beginning of May, virtually all hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 in the United States have occurred among the unvaccinated.

So, if you're vaccinated, you're protected. But if you're not vaccinated, you're not, and you're putting yourself and, more importantly, perhaps, from your perspective, your family and friends at risk.

So get vaccinated today. It works and it's free.

Actions. Love and Protection

For the rest of the summer, the government will focus on efforts to keep vaccination moving forward and stop deaths from the virus.

While mass vaccination sites will be closing, efforts will now focus on communities and neighborhoods. Door to door.

And in that regard, it will seek to ensure that the communities most affected by the virus have the information and access to get vaccinated, including 42,000 local pharmacies where residents can get vaccinated without an appointment, and can do so even while shopping or picking up their medications.

It's time. Get vaccinated.

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Attack on journalist Alberto Tejada planned in Colombia

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2021.07.08

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Attack on journalist Alberto Tejada planned in Colombia

Cristian Carlos. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P].

According to information from the Inter-Church Commission for Justice and Peace -CIJP-, a Colombian organization in charge of defending and promoting human rights, it was announced that 30 million Colombian pesos -approximately 7,800 dollars- "have been raised" to "attempt against the life" of journalist José Alberto Tejada Echeverry, better known as "Cucho Tejada".

José Alberto Tejada is a journalist for Canal 2, a community media outlet in Cali, Colombia, and has covered the National Strike in Cali and Valle del Cauca extensively. On June 4, while Tejada was covering the events live at one of the CAI - police command post - in Paso del Comercio, Cali for Channel 2, a National Police officer threatened to kill him: "I have just received a death threat from a uniformed police officer," the journalist denounced. "He's good enough to shoot him," Tejada was quoted as saying in the presence of lawyers.

The Inter-Church Justice and Peace Commission obtained relevant information from outside sources confirming the harassment of Tejada "in the exercise of his journalistic work and family life".

The external testimony to the CIJP reported that last Sunday, July 4, 30 million Colombian pesos were collected in the neighborhood of Mariano Ramos to "get" young people from two nearby cities to carry out the attack against journalist José Alberto Tejada Echeverry.

In addition, the CIJP denounces that on Tuesday, July 6, "an intelligence operation with tracking" was carried out on motorcycles and a white vehicle; in addition to the "visual searches" that a couple of people carried out 20 meters from the headquarters of Channel 2.

The harassment and threats to the integrity of the Canal 2 journalist could be identified from the morning of 22 June when José Alberto Tejada was followed on motorcycles to his place of work; subsequently, the CIJP denounced harassment in person for hours outside the Canal 2 headquarters.

Finally, the CIJP reports that on the night of Wednesday, June 30, three volunteers from the Civil Protection of Peace who were guarding the safety of José Alberto Tejada were threatened. "Don't turn around or look back, listen: take care of Cucho, they are offering money to shut him up," said one of the volunteers.

Clean California" program launched to eliminate trash and beautify spaces

Pamela Cruz

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2021.07.08

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Clean California" program seeks to eliminate trash and beautify public spaces. — Public spaces in California.

By Pamela Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P

In an effort to revitalize and beautify the state's streets and public spaces through litter removal projects, Governor Gavin Newsom in partnership with local governments launched the Clean California, with a budget of $1.1 billion.

The program Clean California seeks to complement addressing the homeless crisis, the governor announced Wednesday.

Among other solutions to the problem, which together add up to a $12 billion investment, is the expansion of "Homekey," a program to increase the number of housing units for the homeless, along with strategies to ensure accountability and transparency in spending.

According to Newsom, Clean California will massively expand state and local litter reduction efforts and generate an estimated 10-11,000 jobs over the next three years, including for people coming off the street, at-risk youth, veterans, those returning to society from incarceration, local artists and students.

"It offers an historic opportunity to transform our streets and roads that have been plagued by decades of trash and hazardous waste, and with more resources than ever to provide safer housing and shelter alternatives. We are delivering on our commitment to move people from unsanitary encampments to safer, more stable housing," he said.
Gavin Newsom, governor of California.

"With potential projects in all 58 counties, this is truly a statewide effort that directly engages and invests in our communities to create public spaces that all Californians can be proud of," he added.

The state program includes potential projects in all 58 counties, and nearly one-third of the funds will be invested directly in cities, counties and transit agencies to clean and improve local streets and public spaces.

Caltrans will award $296 million in matching grants to fund projects that impact local streets and roads, tribal lands, parks, trails and transit hubs in underserved, rural and urban communities.

Clean California will remove 1.2 million cubic yards of trash or 21,000 tons of litter from state highways each year, the equivalent of filling the Rose Bowl three times or enough trash bags to stretch from Los Angeles to New York City.

The initiative also includes funding for a public education campaign to foster a sense of shared responsibility to prevent littering, as well as to protect waterways, natural resources, public health and safety.

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Worried about getting the COVID-19 vaccine? You're more likely to die in a crash

Pamela Cruz

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2021.07.07

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Worried about getting the COVID-19 vaccine? You're more likely to die in a crash

Are you worried about getting the COVID-19 vaccine? — COVID-19 Vaccine

By Pamela Cruz. Pamela Cruz Reyes [P360P] .

Did you know that you are more likely to die in a car crash than have a severe allergic reaction from getting the COVID-19 vaccine? According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC90 people die every day in such accidents, while only 1.3 people per million are allergic to vaccines.

The COVID-19 vaccines distributed in the country - Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson - have proven effective even against dangerous variants of the virus, such as Delta.

Currently, 157.6 million people have been fully vaccinated in the U.S. and if this pace continues, deaths will be exceeded by a large percentage.

So far there are 33 million 582 thousand 352 COVID-19 positive cases in the country. However, the number of daily deaths has decreased, thanks to vaccination against the virus.

On July 6, 229 COVID-19 deaths were detected nationwide, bringing the total to 603,656. But the numbers can still go down if vaccination continues.

Serious side effects are very unlikely to occur after receiving any vaccine, including COVID-19 vaccine.

Vaccination monitoring has historically shown that side effects generally occur within six weeks after vaccine administration. For this reason, the FDA required that all licensed COVID-19 vaccines be studied for at least two months after the final dose is administered.

Millions of people received the COVID-19 vaccines and no long-term side effects were detected. CDC continues to closely monitor the safety of the vaccines.

If scientists find a connection between a safety problem and a vaccine, the FDA and the vaccine manufacturer will work to find an appropriate solution to address the specific problem.

What you need to know by getting vaccinated against COVID-19

COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective.
Millions of people in the U.S. were vaccinated against COVID-19 under the most stringent safety monitoring in U.S. history.
CDC recommends that everyone 12 years of age and older get vaccinated as soon as possible to protect against COVID-19 and its related, potentially serious complications.
The CDC, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and other federal government agencies monitor the safety of COVID-19 vaccines. (FDA) and other federal government agencies monitor the safety of COVID-19 vaccines.
The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) receives reports of any adverse reactions following vaccination.

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San Francisco Airport to Offer Free COVID-19 Vaccination

Pamela Cruz

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2021.07.07

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By Pamela Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P]

San Francisco International Airport will offer Janssen-Johnson & Johnson's single-dose vaccine free of charge at its SFO Medical Clinic.

The vaccine will be available to all persons 18 years of age and older, including arriving and departing passengers of any nationality or country of residence.

While it is recommended to perform a quoteAny eligible person can receive the vaccine at the San Francisco airport.

Eligibility requirements for access to the vaccine are at least 18 years of age, no history of having received COVID-19 vaccine from a different manufacturer, and no current symptoms or positive diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2.

It also states that if you have received monoclonal antibodies or convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19, you should wait at least 90 days to receive the vaccine to prevent the treatment from interfering with immunization.

The opening hours to receive the vaccine are Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

International passengers who want the vaccine, upon arrival should collect their bags, exit the Federal Inspection Area and then proceed to Level 3, Departures Hall A-side.

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COVID-19 Vaccine Safe and Effective: 324 Million Americans Have Received it

Pamela Cruz

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2021.07.06

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COVID-19 Vaccine Safe and Effective: 324 Million Americans Have Received it

By Pamela Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P]

The COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. From December 14, 2020 through June 28, 2021, more than 324 million doses have been administered in the United States, saving millions of lives and reopening countless facilities at risk of closing due to the pandemic.

The COVID-19 vaccines were evaluated in several thousand participants in clinical trials, which met the rigorous scientific standards for safety, effectiveness, and manufacturing quality of the Food and Drug Administration (FDAThe following are required to support the emergency use authorization.

But it's not all there: vaccines will continue to undergo the most intensive safety monitoring in U.S. history, with both established and new ones to ensure vaccine safety.

Bravo! The results are encouraging

The results of vaccine safety monitoring efforts are encouraging. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), many people do not experience side effects.

Some have had swelling, redness and pain at the injection site, fever, headache, tiredness, muscle aches, chills and nausea, which go away in a few days.

Severe reactions are very rare

To date, systems in place to monitor the safety of COVID-19 vaccines have detected only two types of serious health problems after vaccination, both of which are very rare.

These are anaphylaxis and thrombosis-thrombocytopenia syndrome after receiving the J&J/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine.

Anaphylaxis may occur after receiving any vaccine. If it happens, vaccination center providers have medications available to immediately and effectively treat the reaction.

After you get the COVID-19 vaccine, you will be asked to stay at the center for 15-30 minutes for observation in case you have a severe allergic reaction and need immediate treatment. There is nothing to be afraid of. Remember, COVID-19 vaccines are effective, free, and above all, SAVE YOUR LIFE AND THE LIVES OF OTHERS.

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How do social networks affect our teenagers?

Pamela Cruz

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2021.07.06

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How do social networks affect our teenagers?

By Pamela Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P]

Technological life is growing at an accelerated pace. Social media plays a central role in teens' lives, leading to new challenges. Research is beginning to uncover how these specific experiences can influence their mental health.

Digital technologies have become a universal feature of young people's lives. Exposure to screens begins early in life, with U.S. children under the age of two spending an average of 42 minutes a day with screen media, according to a census held at Common Sense in San Francisco.

By the time kids reach adolescence, most are fully immersed in a world of smartphones, computers and social media. Recent nationally representative statistics suggest that 95 percent of teens ages 13 to 18 have access to a smartphone and 88 percent have access to a desktop or laptop computer at home.

As of 2018, 45 percent of U.S. teens reported that they were online "almost constantly," up from 24 percent just three years earlier, according to a Pew Research Center study.

The ubiquity of new media has created an increasingly complex environment for young people, parents, health care providers, and policy makers to navigate.

Teenagers and a chaotic media landscape

Today's media landscape is broader and more diverse than ever before, and young people have access to an unprecedented volume of digital content on numerous devices.

Social media represents a central component of this landscape. Broadly defined as any digital tool or application that allows users to interact socially, they can be distinguished from traditional media - for example, television - by the fact that users can consume and create content.

Social media" can include networking sites such as Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, TikTok, and Twitter, among others, as well as text messaging and messaging apps, social gaming tools, YouTube, and more.

Adolescence represents a period of increased risk for the onset of mental illness, with nearly 1 in 5 adolescents suffering from a diagnosable mental disorder according to the medical journal Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.

And is that, the incidence of certain mental health problems, such as depression and anxiety, has increased significantly among adolescents in recent years, and suicide rates among 10-24 year olds have grown 56 percent between 2007 and 2017 according to CDC data.

Given that this increase has coincided with the widespread adoption of social networking, this has raised concerns about a possible link. In addition, technology use tends to increase over the course of childhood, with adolescents using new media, and social networking in particular, at higher rates and with greater frequency than younger children.

Nearly all teens ages 13 to 17 use social media. The most popular sites are YouTube, 85 percent; Instagram, 72 percent; Snapchat, 69 percent; and Facebook, 51 percent, according to the same Pew Research Center study.

However, new platforms such as TikTok are frequently introduced and have quickly gained traction among young people.

In addition, social networking may be uniquely appealing to teens given the characteristics of this developmental period, making them particularly susceptible to both the opportunities and risks of new technologies, notes a medical article from the University of North Carolina.

During adolescence, the rapid development of the brain's social-affective circuitry may increase sensitivity to social information, and with it the drive for social rewards and concern about how they are evaluated and judged by others like themselves.

Important developmental tasks of adolescence include establishing intimate relationships with peers, increasing independence from adults, and exploring identity.

Social networks offer a privileged context for navigating in new and increasingly complex ways as "contacts" are constantly available, personal information is displayed publicly and permanently, and quantifiable feedback from peers is provided instantly in the form of "likes" and "views," reveals a psychological study.

How deep is the impact?

Research on social networking and adolescent mental health has proliferated in recent years, with many studies exploring whether more frequent use of social networking sites is associated with various mental health problems, including depression, body image and eating disorders, and externalizing problems.

Overall, the findings of these studies have been mixed, with many revealing a small but significant negative effect of social network use on mental health.

The use of social media can have positive or negative effects on young people's development. Social networks comprise a wide range of digital tools and therefore characterizing their overall impact on young people remains a challenge.

First, it's important to understand individual strengths and vulnerabilities that may predispose certain teens to interact and respond to social media in adaptive or maladaptive ways. In addition, it's critical to identify how specific social networking behaviors or experiences may put teens at risk, the University of North Carolina medical article details.

Potential Risks of Social Networking

The experiences of adolescents' "peers" play a key role in the onset and maintenance of psychopathology.

Within the social networking environment, peer interactions can occur with greater frequency, immediacy, and intensity. Cyber victimization, or the experience of being bullied by peers online, has consistently been found to be associated with higher rates of self-harm and suicidal behavior, as well as internalizing and externalizing problems.

Other types of peer experiences on social networks, such as social exclusion and online conflict or 'drama', can also put young people at risk.

Peer influence processes can also intensify online, where young people can access a wide range of their peers as well as potentially risky content.

Youth who are exposed to social media content that depicts risky behaviors (i.e., alcohol and other substance use) may be more likely to imitate them.

Content related to suicide and self-harm may also be available online, which could increase the risk of suicide among already vulnerable young people. In a recent survey of more than 400 youth who were psychiatrically hospitalized due to risk of harm to self or others, a small but significant proportion reported viewing online content that promoted suicide - 14.8 percent - or self-harm - 16.6 percent - during the period two weeks prior to their admission.

It is well established that sleep hygiene is essential for young people's mental health and development. However, previous work has reliably demonstrated a link between screen time before bedtime and a range of poorer sleep outcomes, including shorter sleep duration, poor sleep quality and daytime sleepiness.

In particular, 40 percent of teens report using a mobile device within five minutes before bedtime, and 36 percent report waking up to check it at least once during the night.

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Redwood City Bar Security Guard Arrested

Pamela Cruz

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2021.07.06

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Redwood City Bar Security Guard Arrested

By Pamela Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P]./ Bay City News

The Redwood City Police Department reported that the death of a man assaulted two weeks ago allegedly by a security guard at a bar in Redwood City was not related to the beating he suffered at the establishment.

Authorities have not yet released the name of the victim or when he died.

Police arrested Paula Iloahefaiu Alipate, 57, a bar security member, on suspicion of assault with force likely to cause bodily injury.

He also said the arrest stems from an incident that occurred June 20 at 840 Wine Bar & Cocktail Lounge at 840 Brewster Ave.

Officers responded to a 00:15 report of an unconscious male on the sidewalk in front of the bar, subsequently learned the subject was intoxicated and was asked to leave by employees of the wine bar.

When he refused, police said security personnel forcibly removed him from the business and eventually pinned him to the sidewalk until he calmed down.

The man tried to re-enter the bar and was involved in another altercation with bar security, and was again forced to leave. It was there that Alipate allegedly kicked the victim in the head and hit him in the face with a flashlight at least four times, police said.

The victim was then transported to a local hospital.

The investigation led police to arrest Alipate two days later.

Some time later, unspecified by local authorities, the victim died of a "medical circumstance independent of the injuries sustained during the assault," according to a news release issued Sunday by the Redwood City Police Department.

"The San Mateo County Coroner's Office conducted an autopsy and determined that the victim's injuries from the assault did not contribute to the victim's cause of death."

Police have called for anyone with additional information about the incident to contact Redwood City Police Detective Andrew Sheffield at (650) 780-5059 or the Redwood City Police Department's tip line at (650) 780-7110.

The incident is the second reported attack at the bar this year. In March, police arrested a man for assault between patrons.

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