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u.s. news Dialuna 3 Januari 2022

New Year’s Rose Parade marches on despite COVID-19 surge

(AP) — A year after New Shine and Read!” float by the medical staff and ensure we time. The Rose Bowl football during World War II and the
Year’s Day passed without a UPS Store featured a bespec- are able to treat patients dur- game was played after being 1942 Rose Bowl game was
Rose Parade due to the coro- tacled rooster reading to a ing this recent surge of CO- moved to Arlington, Texas. played in North Carolina
navirus pandemic, marching group of chicks. VID-19 cases caused by the after the attack on Pearl Har-
bands and floral floats took to omicron variant,” the health Previously, the parade was bor.
the streets again to celebrate “American Idol” winner Laine care network said. canceled for several years
the arrival of 2022 despite a Hardy performed aboard
new surge of infections due Louisiana’s “Feed Your Soul” The crowd was smaller than
to the omicron variant. float. For the grand finale, the in previous years, but the
US Army Golden Knights parade still drew thousands
The 133rd edition of the parachute team landed along of fans along its 5.5-mile
Pasadena, California, tradi- the parade route and country (8.8-kilometer) route. Many
tion on Saturday featured performer Jimmie Allen sang camped out on sidewalks
actor LeVar Burton as grand “Good Times Roll.” overnight, staking out their
marshal, 20 bands, 18 eques- spots in the afternoon on
trian units and dozens of The parade and the after- New Year’s Eve.
floats reflecting the theme of noon Rose Bowl football
“Dream. Believe. Achieve.” game between the Ohio State Pasadena authorities urged
Buckeyes and the Utah Utes people to wear masks, up-
After days of record-smash- remained on track despite grading to the N95 or KN95
ing rains, there were sunny an explosion of COVID-19 types, and avoid mingling
skies for the 8 a.m. start of infections in Los Angeles with anyone outside their
the spectacle, which has an County, where daily new cas- own groups. Many attendees
uncanny history of postcard es topped 27,000 on Friday. wore face coverings, as did
weather. Rose Parade Queen Nadia
The county Department of Chung and her court.
LeAnn Rimes kicked off the Public Health said it was the
event with a performance of highest number of new cases. The Tournament of Roses
“Throw My Arms Around Association said tickethold-
the World” followed by a The soaring infections had ers for parade bleachers and
military flyover of a B-2 already prompted Kaiser Per- the Rose Bowl game were re-
stealth bomber. manente to announce that its quired to show proof of full
float, “A Healthier Future,” vaccination or a negative CO-
Among the fanciful floats was would not have 20 “front- VID-19 test within 72 hours,
the futuristic-themed “Vacci- line medical heroes” riding and masks were required for
nate Our World” entry by the or walking alongside. everyone age 2 and up.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation
with a robot nurse clutching “We must prioritize the health The 2021 Rose Parade was
a syringe. The colorful “Rise, and safety of our front-line canceled months ahead of

3 missing; survivors count blessings after Colorado fire

(AP) — Search teams left after the blaze and in- suburbs between Denver and In hard-hit Louisville, Su- to the foundations were still
looked for three missing vestigators tried to deter- Boulder. It came unusually san Hill walked her dog in smoldering in some places,
people on Sunday in the mine its cause. late in the year following an the well-below freezing chill the blaze was no longer con-
snow-covered but still extremely dry fall and amid a Sunday morning down a sidered an immediate threat
smoldering debris from The flames ripped through winter nearly devoid of snow. snowy street. She choked up — especially with Saturday’s
a massive Colorado wild- at least 9.4 square miles (24 Experts say those condi- as she remembered three days snow and frigid tempera-
fire, while people who square kilometers) and left tions, along with high winds, ago seeing the sky change tures.
barely escaped the flames nearly 1,000 homes and helped the fire spread. color from the hill where she
sorted through what was other buildings destroyed in used to watch fireworks — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis
and then the nervous sprint and federal emergency of-
out of town with her college- ficials were touring some of
age son and the dog, cat and the damaged neighborhoods
the fire box with birth certifi- Sunday morning.
cates and other documents.
The cause of the fire is still
The flames stopped about under investigation. Utility
100 yards (90 meters) from officials found no downed
her property, and she slept power lines around where
Saturday night in her home the fire broke out.
using a space heater and hot
water bottles to stay warm Authorities initially said ev-
since her natural gas service eryone was accounted for
had not been turned back on. after the fire. But Boulder
In the burned-out neigh- County spokesperson Jenni-
borhood near Hill’s home, a fer Churchill said the reports
U.S. Mail carrier checked the of three people missing were
still-standing brick and stone later discovered in the confu-
boxes for outgoing mail. The sion of the scramble to man-
fire came so quickly people age the emergency.
might have put bills or other
letters in there and she didn’t The search for the miss-
want someone to steal them. ing was complicated by still
burning debris and the snow,
While homes that burned officials said.