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A Los Angeles County official said today that the U.S. Small Business Administration is offering low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital to California small businesses that are economically impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Los Angeles County health officials confirmed 46 more cases of coronavirus today, while Long Beach officials identified two more, while authorities urged continued social distancing and announced plans to extend the availability of winter shelter beds.
A second person has died in Los Angeles County due to the coronavirus, the county's public health director announced today, while the overall number of cases increased by 40, plus two more cases reported by Long Beach officials.
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.
Despite indications he might close the coastline statewide, Gov. Gavin Newsom today instead ordered a temporary "hard close" only of beaches in Orange County, where crowds gathered on the sand during last weekend's heat wave.
With more than 50 new fatalities, COVID-19 continued to amass victims in Los Angeles County today, as health officials lamented a continuing disparity in deaths among lower-income and ethnic groups.
Demonstrators aligned with various groups gathered in Downtown Los Angeles on Friday as part of May Day protests happening nationwide.
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.
Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner announced today the district's 2020-2021 academic year will begin Aug. 18, but it remains unclear how classes will be held amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Americans drove 74 billion fewer miles during a week in April, eliminating millions of tons of greenhouse gases normally thrust into the atmosphere.
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.
As behind-the-scenes planning continued for the limited reopening of some lower-risk retail businesses, more than 1,600 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Los Angeles County today, one of the largest single-day jumps during the pandemic.
