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Barbara Ferrer, giving L.A. County Coronavirus Update on 4-13
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.
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Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and eight other people, including one of Bryant's daughters, were killed today when a helicopter crashed along a hillside in Calabasas. Bryant was 41.
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A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration and against the wishes of Los Angeles city leaders today, could make it more difficult for undocumented immigrants to gain citizenship status if they use public benefits or housing.
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Raids follow SoCal Connected investigation that found pesticides on cannabis at unlicensed stores
Men and women manning a coronavirus testing booth in the rain
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.
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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.
Los Angeles County Coronavirus Briefing May 21, 2020
Coronavirus deaths reached a grim milestone in Los Angeles County today, crossing the 2,000 threshold, but the county's public health director said all indicators show stay-at-home and other restrictions are effectively slowing the virus' spread.
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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.
A young man gives a haircut to another man. | Flickr/Dennis Sylvester Hurd/Public Domain (CC0 1.0)
In an announcement that will delight shaggy-haired residents statewide, Gov. Gavin Newsom today cleared the way for barbershops and hair salons to open in some counties.
Jose Huizar defending his point during a January mural ordinance draft meeting. Huizar has been working on restoring mural production in the city since elected as District 14's Councilmember in 2005 I Photo by Ed Fuentes
A former aide to Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar today became the fourth person to agree to plead guilty to a felony charge stemming from the City Hall "pay-to-play" federal corruption probe.
Police officers form a line on Telegraph Avenue during the fourth night of demonstrations over grand jury decisions in police-involved deaths on Dec. 6, 2014, in Berkeley. | Stephen Lam/Getty Images
The ruling likens redacting video to drawing black boxes over sensitive information in paper documents and puts an end to agencies charging thousands of dollars to release police body camera footage and other multimedia records.
Explosion in Downtown Los Angeles on May 16, 2020. | Courtesy Sean Miura
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.
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