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On a day that indoor shopping malls were permitted to reopen at limited capacity, Los Angeles County today reported its highest daily number of new coronavirus cases in six weeks.
The Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted to create a pilot program to divert nonviolent emergency calls involving mental health issues from armed police officers to unarmed professionals.
Supervisor Janice Hahn sent a letter to the Los Angeles Registrar Recorder/County Clerk's office, asking officials to assist skilled nursing facilities in ensuring their residents are able to vote in the Nov. 3 general election amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pointing again to younger residents as driving forces behind coronavirus case numbers, Los Angeles County's public health director warned that large and small gatherings are a continued major source of COVID-19 transmission.
After two straight days of coronavirus case numbers exceeding 3,000, county health officials were weighing possible new restrictions in an effort to reverse a surge in infections.
L.A. County health officials defended new business and social gathering restrictions, stressing that absent an immediate downturn in COVID-19 case numbers, hospitals could be overwhelmed.
As the possibility of a vaccine for COVID-19 takes shape, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to look at using schools as a key resource in rolling out vaccinations.
USC researchers pointed to a study finding that people of all ages grew tired of complying with pandemic rules as early as two months into the pandemic.
As the coronavirus pandemic rages on, several California mayors described how the crisis has affected their cities, from an impending “homelessness armageddon” to the success of pedestrian-oriented streets.
UCLA public health and urban planning experts said they have developed a predictive model that pinpoints which populations in which neighborhoods of Los Angeles County are most at risk of becoming infected with the coronavirus.
Los Angeles County reported more than 5,000 new COVID-19 infections Nov. 19, the highest daily number since the pandemic's start. The county's health officer warned that if the surge persists, a strict stay-at-home order could be in place by next week.
USC and UCLA are among eight universities being sued by two Stanford University students in federal court over the nationwide college admissions cheating scam, according to court papers obtained today.
