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The vast majority of people who were unhoused in California before coronavirus swept across the state are exactly where they were. Encampments still line the streets. Shelters feel more like a risk than a refuge. And affordable housing is elusive.
Los Angeles County officials confirmed that some "non-essential" retail businesses will be allowed to reopen Friday with curbside pickup only and other safety measures, as will trails and golf courses.
Classes will remain primarily online during the fall term throughout the California State University system, Chancellor Timothy White announced today.
Nearly 70 more deaths from COVID-19 were reported in Los Angeles County today, and at an average of 44 daily fatalities over the past 12 days, the novel coronavirus was proclaimed the county's leading cause of death, dwarfing the flu and heart disease.
Los Angeles County's stay-at-home and business- closure orders were extended today to May 15, with health officials saying that while physical-distancing requirements have slowed the spread, lifting them now could infect 96% of the population.
What’s it like to get out of prison in the midst of a global pandemic? Ask Kiera Newsome, who was released on parole Tuesday, after over 19 years behind bars.
The coronavirus death toll surged above 300 today in Los Angeles County while the area's mortality rate from the illness continued an unnerving rise, but only 239 new cases were reported, the lowest daily increase since late March.
The number of coronavirus deaths in Los Angeles County officially topped 400 today, while nearly 500 new cases were reported.
The Nielsen research company found alcoholic beverage sales for the week ending March 21, right after the initial stay-at-home orders went into effect, rose 55% as Americans stocked up.
On the day testing was ramped up at nursing homes in hopes of slowing spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19 cases surged past 20,000 in Los Angeles today, with another 900 cases announced along with more than two dozen additional deaths.
On a day that saw statewide protests calling for the lifting of stay-at-home restrictions and dozens more COVID-19 deaths were reported in Los Angeles County today.
Preliminary results from an antibody testing program indicates the number of COVID-19 infections in Los Angeles County far exceeds the number of confirmed cases, with potentially more than 400,000 residents having been infected at some point.
