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Thousands of people gathered for parades and marches today to mark Juneteenth in Los Angeles County, and multiple organizations gave their employees at least part of the day off on the anniversary of the day the last slaves in the Confederacy were freed.
Los Angeles County set another record today for the daily number of new coronavirus cases as the public health director confirmed the area is seeing a rise in community transmission of the illness.
Los Angeles County beaches will be closed to the public over the Fourth of July weekend in an effort to prevent large gatherings that could lead to spread of the coronavirus
A proposal to establish more oversight of development projects that come before the Los Angeles City Council by creating an office to enforce corruption laws in real estate decisions moved a step forward today.
Los Angeles County reported a record number of new coronavirus cases today, topping the 4,000 mark for the first time during the pandemic, although about half of the cases were attributed to a backlog of results from a single lab dating back to Thursday.
Health officials announced more than 60 deaths from COVID-19 today and warned that fatalities could continue rising in the coming weeks.
With another 50 deaths due to the coronavirus, Los Angeles County's public health director warned again today that case numbers, positivity rates and hospitalizations are continuing to rise to levels not seen since the onset of the pandemic.
Amid spiking coronavirus cases, Los Angeles Unified School District campuses will remain closed when classes resume next month, defying President Donald Trump's demand that students return to in-person instruction.
L.A. County health officials again pleaded with residents today to take precautions against the spread of coronavirus, while also slamming the notion that COVID-19 is no more dangerous than flu.
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Many municipal firefighters worry their counterparts in the private sector lack training, may get in the way during a wildfire, and might even be encouraging people to build homes in fire zones.
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Sam Hall Kaplan, former design critic for the Los Angeles Times, praises billboards and says an array of brilliant, blinking conceits will mark L.A. as the creative capital of the world.
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In the second part of our series, we take a look at the issue of digital billboards. We question why leaders approved the installation of 877 digital billboards and whether that's good for Los Angeles.
