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Los Angeles County set another record today for the daily number of new coronavirus cases as the public health director confirmed the area is seeing a rise in community transmission of the illness.
Thousands of people gathered for parades and marches today to mark Juneteenth in Los Angeles County, and multiple organizations gave their employees at least part of the day off on the anniversary of the day the last slaves in the Confederacy were freed.
As more businesses reopen, Los Angeles County health officials today offered assurance that local indicators tracking the pace of coronavirus were continuing to decrease or hold steady, but they again stressed the importance of wearing face coverings.
Los Angeles County will use new technology to help voters track wait times and speed check-in at polls this November, in addition to sending vote-by-mail ballots to every registered voter in hopes of limiting the potential spread of COVID-19.
Mayor Eric Garcetti signed an executive directive today to address racial equity in Los Angeles by requiring city departments to plan for the reinstatement of affirmative action in California and for city employees to take implicit-bias training.
With another three dozen deaths, Los Angeles County crossed the 3,000 mark in coronavirus fatalities today, while health officials announced another round of business reopenings, including nail salons, bars, tattoo parlors and card rooms.
Clearly frustrated over continued public defiance in parts of the state -- most notably Orange County -- Gov. Gavin Newsom today ordered all residents to wear face coverings in almost all settings outside their homes to help slow the spread of COVID-19.
Southland community leaders and Democratic elected officials today praised the U.S. Supreme Court for rejecting President Donald Trump's effort to dismantle the Obama-era program that protects from deportation some 800,000 immigrants.
Los Angeles County reported a record-high single-day number of coronavirus cases today, but health officials blamed the spike on a "dump" of test results from a single lab.
Authorities today were investigating the discovery of racist letters taped to the front doors of the apartments of two Black residents in Sherman Oaks.
Torrance police were conducting another hate crime investigation today, searching for whoever sent a racist letter containing a bomb threat to a Japanese cookware store.
The number of coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County crossed the 75,000 mark today, while more than 30 additional fatalities were reported, pushing the countywide death toll to nearly 3,000.