Facing new Omicron variant, L.A. County urges mask wearing, testing, vaccinations
L.A. County health officials are urging the public to wear masks in indoor public settings and at outdoor "mega events" and be vaccinated.
L.A. County health officials are urging the public to wear masks in indoor public settings and at outdoor "mega events" and be vaccinated.
All donned face masks and red wristbands after proving they had either been vaccinated against or had recently tested negative for the greatest villain of all: COVID-19.
Danny Masterson's case has refocused attention on religious arbitration, in which disputes are settled outside of courts, with little or no public scrutiny.
Come Monday, Los Angeles' vaccine mandate will compel Milbet Del Cid to ask people for proof of vaccination. She can enforce the law or violate it.
In 2021, through September, reports of violent crimes were up 25% from the same time last year and 9% from 2019, according to L.A. County Metropolitan Transportation Authority data. Some crimes, such as aggravated assaults, are exceeding pre-pandemic levels.
If anyone should have been able to escape homelessness, it's John Maurer, whose siblings are prominent in L.A.'s homelessness and mental health systems.
Two police cruisers and an armored vehicle surrounded what appeared to be a gray van at Wilshire Boulevard and Rodeo Drive.
Concerns over air pollution prompted the South Coast Air Quality Management District to extend a residential no-burn order through Sunday.
The Omicron variant, first identified in South Africa, has more mutations than any scientists have seen, including some that may make it less susceptible to immunity generated from previous infections or vaccines.
The Hollywood Christmas Parade will return Sunday night for the first time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing marching bands, floats and celebrities to a 3.2-mile route in Hollywood.
She didn't start swimming until about her sixth decade, but at 100, Maurine Kornfeld of Los Angeles is still setting records and brightening the world around her.