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Pfizer and Moderna are working on Omicron boosters, but experts hope they won't be necessary.
Moncef Slaoui, former head of the Trump administration's Operation Warp Speed, says he's "cautiously optimistic" that existing vaccines will hold up against the new variant.
He says even if antibodies prompted by vaccines are less effective, other parts of the immune response could still help.
If an omicron booster is needed, it shouldn't take too long to create.
An L.A. real estate company will pay $3.5 million for alleged illegal evictions.
The state's attorney general alleged that Redondo Beach company Wedgewood repeatedly harassed tenants into leaving their homes.
Wedgewood’s business model involves buying foreclosed homes and flipping them for a profit.
Officials say that shortly after buying those homes, the company would often try to quickly force tenants out, even when they had the legal right to stay.
