By Bruce Haring
13.03.2020 - 19:31 / deadline.com
By Nellie Andreeva
Co-Editor-in-Chief, TV
Los Angeles School District, the second largest school district in the country, is closing all schools effective Monday, March 16. The shutdown is for two weeks as district officials “evaluate the appropriate path forward”. The measure impacts more than 600,000 students. Teaching is expected to continue remotely.
‘These next two weeks will be difficult, and we are not certain what lies ahead after that,” LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner admitted in
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The singer entered a Los Angeles recording studio to cut his final record as his memory and health failed.
The Los Angeles Unified School District said Monday that schools will remain closed through at least May 1 due to the global coronavirus pandemic. Superintendent Austin Beutner sent an email to parents early Monday morning saying that additional updates will be sent "well before May 1st on what will come next." "This past week marks the start of a new chapter for all who are part of our school community," Beutner wrote in his email announcing the extended closure.
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SAG-AFTRA’s national headquarters in Los Angeles has been closed due to minimize the risk of exposure to the coronavirus.
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What started a week ago as a phone call between the Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent and the leader of the city’s flagship PBS stations has quickly turned into a massive at-home learning initiative being implemented by public TV stations across the country.
To be continued. Tom Schwartz and his business partner, Tom Sandoval, announced the temporary closure of their Los Angeles restaurant, Tom Tom, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Regal Cinemas, which operates 543 locations in the United States, will be shutting down all of its movie theaters starting Tuesday.
Joaquin Phoenix and his fiancee Rooney Mara aren’t taking any chances when it comes to their health amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Kaley Cuoco was a bit stressed over the weekend. The Big Bang Theory alum headed to a Los Angeles grocery store with her husband, Karl Cook, on Sunday, March 15, and got a little nervous when she saw several empty shelves amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Angelina Jolie is stocking up.
Universal Music Group’s home offices in Santa Monica, Calif., were evacuated Friday after an employee tested positive for the coronavirus. All staffers were directed to leave the buildings “in an orderly manner,” although the discovery was made toward the end of the day and a source tells Variety that most of the staff had either left or were already working from home.
Update 3/13/20: The Los Angeles Unified School District is closing schools effective March 16. Officials are offering assistance to working parents who need childcare and students who rely on school meals by creating 40 resource centers throughout Los Angeles. To find out hours, stipulations and locations, go to LAUSD's official web site.