L.A. County Reports Record Number of COVID-19 Deaths for Third Consecutive Day

The path to reopening the economy in California and its largest county proved to be the focal point Tuesday of both Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles County’s COVID-19 press briefings.

Big Ed's lies are catching up with him when it comes to his relationship with Rosemarie on

By Bruce Haring

Oakland, California, in recent years has been the setting of a number of bold, stylistically distinctive takes on race, African American identity and social conditioning, from the searing tragedy of Fruitvale Station through the hip-hop swagger of Blindspotting to the gonzo satire of Sorry to Bother You. That makes Black Panther co-writer Joe Robert Cole's reflection on the vicious cycle of gang culture and its toll on families an earnest but unrewarding disappointment.

Ashton Sanders, from "Moonlight," proves again that he's a lyrical actor of disenfranchised despair in the unusually authentic tale of an aspiring rapper in Oakland who gets caught up in the thug life.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced a temporary order closing state and local beaches in Orange County in an effort prevent a repeat of last weekend that saw crowds in the thousands gathering along the coast in areas like Newport Beach and Huntington Beach.

By Tom Tapp

By Tom Tapp

To mark Earth Day, former President  Barack Obama  shared a beautiful picture of a throwback hike with daughter  Malia  during the family visit to Yosemite Park in 2016. In the stunning picture we can see father and daughter framed by the most incredible scenery. Malia and  Sasha ’s dad smiles at his eldest daughter as the pair chat on the top of a mountain in the middle of the nature haven in California’s Sierra Nevada.

Health officials say two people died with the coronavirus in California weeks before the first reported death from the disease. Santa Clara County officials said Tuesday the people died at home Feb.

Beloved California independent record store chain Amoeba Music has launched a GoFundme campaign in an effort to keep its Berkeley, San Francisco and Los Angeles outlets afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. The effort to raise $400,000 comes as the 30-year-old chain faces its hardest times to date."30 years ago, Amoeba Music founders Dave Prinz and Marc Weinstein had a crazy idea.

Merge and Third Man Records have announced vinyl reissues of Redd Kross records. The band has also announced a forthcoming tour. Find those dates below, as well as a trailer for the reissues.

All around the same time in late March — as novel coronavirus outbreaks worsened around the United States — Westworld actor Jeffrey Wright started a nonprofit in Brooklyn, New York; in Berkeley, California, novelist-producer couple Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon sprang into action with a like-minded initiative; and in Los Angeles, a group of execs — including Discovery’s Erin Arend, HBO senior vp Nora Skinner, Hello Sunshine CEO Sarah Harden, and Magnet Companies’ Jeff Berman — came together

In a stepped-up effort focused on getting relief dollars & unemployment assistance in the hands of those who need it as quickly as possible, California is preparing to fast track unemployment benefits, with an eye to expanding efforts to expedite benefits to independent contractors.

Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli's fate still hangs in the balance a year after they were named in the FBI's college admission cheating scandal case for allegedly paying $500,000 to make it appear their two daughters Olivia Jade and Bella were rowing team recruits to guarantee their admission to the University of Southern California.

Emotions may be running high for Lori Loughlin and Olivia Jade Giannulli. Recently, photos allegedly showing Loughlin's daughters posing as rowers to secure admission to the University of Southern California were shared by prosecutors in the college admission scandal case, and reports state that the mother and daughter are unhappy about it.