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A new COVID-19 testing site opened at Dodger Stadium today, which city officials say will accommodate three times more people than any other testing site in Los Angeles County.
Los Angeles may find itself in a worse financial situation than envisioned in the mayor's proposed budget for the next fiscal year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, city officials said today.
Actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion-designer husband Mossimo Giannulli have agreed to plead guilty in Boston to federal conspiracy charges for their roles in the college admissions scandal and will spend time behind bars, prosecutors announced today.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County topped 40,000 today, while results of the latest antibody testing showed a drop in the percentage of residents believed to have been infected at some point.
About a quarter of workers currently employed or recently unemployed say their confidence in their ability to retire comfortably has declined in light of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study released today by Transamerica Center for Retirement.
On a day the county reported more than 70 coronavirus deaths, Los Angeles County officials announced today a goal of achieving a "safe reopening" of the local economy as early as July 4.
An investigation is underway today to determine if criminal conduct was involved in a fiery explosion in the downtown Los Angeles Toy District that injured a dozen firefighters and damaged buildings and fire equipment.
A fiery explosion left 11 firefighters injured tonight as they fought flames engulfing a single-story commercial building in the Toy District of downtown Los Angeles, authorities said.
A federal judge today issued a preliminary order requiring that thousands of homeless people living under Los Angeles freeway overpasses and underpasses, and near entrance and exit ramps, be relocated for health and safety reasons.
COVID-19 deaths continued to mount in Los Angeles County today, with another four dozen fatalities reported, but the county's public health director said again that measures such as social distancing have slowed the spread of illness.
Another four dozen coronavirus deaths were reported in Los Angeles County today as more businesses were permitted to reopen with restricted operations.
On a day that four dozen more COVID-19 deaths were announced, Los Angeles County issued a new, open-ended public health order today allowing all retail businesses to reopen for curbside merchandise pickup only.