{"id":430971,"date":"2026-08-12T19:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T19:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/430971\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T19:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T19:20:07","slug":"thousands-could-get-free-air-purifiers-ahead-of-vincent-thomas-bridge-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/430971\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands Could Get Free Air Purifiers Ahead Of Vincent Thomas Bridge Closure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once a reservation is confirmed, residents will receive an email providing a pickup date, location and confirmation number. They must show proof of residency when collecting the purifier.<\/p>\n<p>Acceptable documents include official mail, a rental agreement or school or employment documents displaying the resident&#8217;s name and current address.<\/p>\n<p>The program is scheduled to continue through June 2027, although the deadline to reserve a purifier or join the waitlist is May 1, 2027. If all available units have already been reserved, eligible residents can join the waitlist.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbyZfZ2CFMQ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">air purifier initiative<\/a> is one of the measures Caltrans is implementing to mitigate impacts from the Vincent Thomas Bridge Deck Replacement Project, a major undertaking to replace the bridge&#8217;s deteriorating roadway deck.<\/p>\n<p>The Vincent Thomas Bridge carries State Route 47 across Los Angeles Harbor, linking San Pedro with Terminal Island and serving as a major route for commuters and port traffic.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Once a reservation is confirmed, residents will receive an email providing a pickup date, location and confirmation number.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-430971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}