California Restaurant Association seeks court order to halt LA County dine-in ban

Janet W. Lee Hollywood is back in action, though recovery has been slow and steady, says Colleen Bell, director of the California Film Commission.

A California judge issued a ruling on Tuesday that said Los Angeles County acted “arbitrarily” and without rational justification when it banned outdoor dining late last month, according to reports. "The Restaurant Closure Order is an abuse of the Department’s emergency powers, is not grounded in science, evidence, or logic, and should be adjudicated to be unenforceable as a matter of law," wrote Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James C.

California public health officials are closing restaurants without substantial scientific evidence, California Restaurant Association CEO Jot Condie said on Tuesday. “For nine months now, we’ve listened to our public health officials tell us that these shutdown orders are based on or they are guided by evidence and science, and we have an L.A.

The day after Los Angeles County’s number of new cases topped 10,000 for the first time, state and local officials warned about the status of the region’s health care system.

It has been over eight months since Ana de Armas and Ben Affleck confirmed their relationship. For the unversed, Armas shared a picture with Affleck as she celebrated her 32nd birthday.

A number of small earthquakes sent tremors through a number of California counties on Sunday morning. The strongest quake was a magnitude 4.4 earthquake near Lakeport in Northern California.

A Los Angeles County supervisor got an earful of complaints Saturday from protesters who are upset about the county’s ban on outdoor dining as coronavirus numbers climb. The group targeted Supervisor Sheila Kuehl outside her Santa Monica home because she was recently caught dining outdoors at a nearby restaurant after voting in favor of the ban – which most bar and restaurant owners and employees in the county oppose, saying it threatens their ability to earn a living.

After three separate Covid-19 stay-at-home orders in the past week, many Los Angeles residents are undarstandandibly confused.

Kylie Jenner is asking a Los Angeles court to grant her a restraining order against a man who allegedly tried to break into her home.

James McClain He’s not exactly a household name in the vein of, say, Chris Martin or Julia Roberts, but Los Angeles local Damien Sabella is a principal heir to one of Asia’s richest dynasties, a Hong Kong real estate empire worth billions that was recently subjected to a series of elaborate lawsuits — and extensive tabloid chatter — after a bitter power struggle erupted between the family patriarch’s two billionaire daughters.Sabella was raised primarily in the U.S., where his mother has owned

Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas enjoyed an afternoon out shopping together on Saturday — with two of his kids in tow. An eyewitness tells ET that the group bought party supplies at Bonjour Fête at Palisades Village in Pacific Palisades, California. «It looked like birthday supplies,» the eyewitness tells ET, noting that «Ana was very social with the kids.» «They also took a family selfie together.» It's unclear who the supplies were for, but Affleck's daughter Violet will turn 15 on Dec.

Los Angeles residents may have trudged through the Thanksgiving holiday during the Covid-19 pandemic, but Los Angeles Public Health director Dr. Barbara Ferrer said Saturday that the county’s far from in the clear.

The Harvest Rock Church in California is turning to the Supreme Court for an emergency injunction blocking an order from Gov. Gavin Newsom restricting the number of people who are legally permitted to gather at houses of worship during the coronavirus pandemic.

Dena Dietrich, the veteran actress who gained pop-culture renown for her turn as a hoodwinked Mother Nature in a decade-long series of margarine commercials, has died. She was 91.

Health officials in Los Angeles County announced Sunday that onsite service for restaurants, bars and wineries will be prohibited for at least three weeks to try and stem the “alarming” rate of coronavirus cases in the nation's most populous county.  Under the Los Angeles County Health Officer Order, restaurants, breweries, wineries and bars will be limited to take-out, drive-thru and delivery services only.The newest restrictions will take effect at 10 p.m. on Nov.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerA lifetime as a quiet conservationist has come to light in the days after Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek’s death.Trebek, who died of cancer at age 80 this month, donated 62 acres of land in the Hollywood Hills to the city of Los Angeles in 1998. The Trebek Open Space runs into Runyon Canyon Park.

Tory Lanez has plead not guilty in the Meghan Thee Stallion court case.A rep for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office tells ET that Tory's attorney was in court on his behalf on Wednesday and entered a not guilty plea [for assaulting a woman]. ET has reached out to both Tory and Megan's attorneys for comment.The «Say It» rapper's next court date is Jan.

Jordan Moreau The California Labor Commissioner has upheld the contract between talent agency ICM Partners and former client Celine Dion following a dispute over unpaid commission after ICM and the singer parted ways last year.Dion signed a multi-year touring and performing contract in 2017 that was reportedly worth $500 million, but was dropped by ICM and her longtime representative Rob Prinz in 2019 after failing to pay commission.