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Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterLos Angeles County will drop its indoor mask mandate on Friday for indoor venues where patrons are required to show proof of vaccination to enter, including theaters and restaurants.The state of California dropped its indoor mask mandate last Wednesday, but some counties have kept their mandates in place due to local transmission rates. Barbara Ferrer, the director of the L.A.

Ellise Shafer editorLos Angeles County officials have announced a new stay-at-home order to take effect Monday, Nov. 30.The three-week order was announced on Friday, as the county confirmed 4,544 new cases of COVID-19 and 24 new deaths.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County’s chief science officer, Dr. Paul Simon, said that the county will report a daily coronavirus case number that tops 2,000 on Thursday, reaching a level not seen since early July.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County’s coronavirus transmission rate — the average number of people a COVID patient infects with the virus — has made a troubling rise in the past seven days. According to the county Department of Health Services, that rate was 0.95 a week ago and 1.02 as of Wednesday.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsLos Angeles County Public Health reported 28 new deaths and an additional 1,285 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday. L.A.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County reported only one new coronavirus-related death on Monday. Officials were quick to point out that reporting lags over the weekend were likely contributing to the low number.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County health officials confirmed another 1,401 COVID-19 cases today, the highest daily total recorded in the past two weeks, further fueling concerns of a post-Labor Day surge, but hospitalization numbers were still holding steady.Health officials have been fearing a rise in cases similar to those seen after the Memorial Day and Fourth of July holidays, when quarantine-weary residents took advantage of newly opened businesses and flocked to beaches and

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County health officials confirmed on Tuesday the county meets the criteria to move into a less-restrictive phase of the California’s economic-reopening roadmap. But there’s a catch.The county must maintain those numbers for two consecutive weeks before the state will move it out of the most-restrictive “purple” tier and into the slightly less onerous “red” tier.If L.A.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County could reopening more widely sometime in October, the county’s public health director said on Wednesday. But, said Barbara Ferrer, Labor Day numbers could potentially thwart that move.The county is in the most restrictive, or “purple,” level of California’s four-tier virus-tracking roadmap.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County’s public health director, Barbara Ferrer, denied on Tuesday that plans for reopening school campuses amid the coronavirus pandemic are politically linked to the upcoming election, saying comments she made on a conference call last week were only referencing an early November time frame.“It had nothing to do with the election per se, as much as it had to do with — we need about six weeks of implementation for the school openings that are going to

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County Coronavirus Update: “As we approach the Labor day weekend, we must look at the lessons of these past few months…QWe most forgo our holiday traditions.”Los Angeles County Health Officer Dr. Muntu DavisCounty’s positovity rate is “nearly double” what it takes to move into tier 2.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County’s public health director today hailed work by residents and businesses to slow the spread of COVID-19, noting that the county now meets five of the state’s six coronavirus-monitoring benchmarks.Barbara Ferrer expressed optimism about the positive trends in most coronavirus-tracking measures. She said the county falls short only in the rate of new cases, which stands at a 14-day daily average of 295 new cases per 100,000 residents.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorLos Angeles County director of public health Barbara Ferrer said Monday that there were 19 new deaths reported in the region from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total in the cities of Los Angeles, Long Beach and Pasadena to 4,996 since the outbreak began in March.The new total does not include delayed data from the state, which Ferrer says they have not received and have not processed.Still, the latest county coronavirus numbers released today

Detail, the Grammy-winning music producer who worked on records for Beyonce, Drake, Lil Wayne and many more, was arrested Wednesday (Aug. 5) in Los Angeles on multiple sexual assault charges.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer announced on Wednesday that the region had recorded 4,825 new coronavirus infections. That’s a record number of new cases.

Alexandra Del Rosario editorLos Angeles County on Tuesday reported a total of 2,708 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 numbers, with the county’s Department of Public Health announcing 51 new deaths from the virus. It said it anticipates receiving a backlog of cases in the following days due to reporting delays, with three hospitals not reporting data today.With the new cases, the county has a total of 178,642 positive COVID-19 cases and 4,426 deaths to date.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer revealed on Monday the toll that the coronavirus pandemic has taken on the region’s healthcare workers.While it was well documented that the virus ravaged the area’s nursing home patients in the early stages of L.A.’s battle with COVID-19, less has been said about the toll on healthcare workers themselves.A total of 11,841 healthcare workers and first responders in L.A.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer reported the county currently has 2,232 patients hospitalized due to the coronavirus. The previous high was 2,216, set just the day before.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer reported 1,584 new coronavirus cases on Monday. She indicated that Monday numbers are usually lower due to a lag in testing.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVLos Angeles County’s new daily coronavirus cases have crossed the 3,000 mark, with a record 3,187 reported for July 3.After the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health took a couple of days off for what the officials described as improving the data processing systems, the department on Sunday afternoon reported an increase of 7,232 new cases combined for Thursday, July 2; Friday, July 3;  and Saturday, July 4.

Wear a face covering in West Hollywood or prepare to pay a hefty fine. TheLos Angeles County Sheriff's West Hollywood Station announced late Wednesday it would begin issuing citations to those who did not have their face covered.Gov.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer announced on Tuesday that the county was modifying its health officer order to comply with the guidelines announced on Wednesday by California Governor Gavin Newsom.“L.A.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County Department of Public Health Department Director Barbara Ferrer said on Monday that the country 2,903 cases, a record high a Total 100,772 people.Ferrer said there had been 22 additional COVID deaths, with a total of 3,326 fatalities.The director said the county tests now had an 8.4 percent positivity rate. “The increases we’re seeing today are not from testing,” said Ferrer.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced on Tuesday that adult film star Ron Jeremy has been charged with forcibly raping three women and sexually assaulting another in separate incidents dating back to 2014.Ronald Jeremy Hyatt, 67, was charged in case with three counts each of forcible rape and one count each of forcible oral copulation and sexual battery.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorLos Angeles County health officials said today that the region saw a record 2,571 new cases of coronavirus on Monday — which is more than 20% higher the previous daily mark set last week.Officials also reported 18 deaths in the past 24 hours, which is seven more than Sunday. The Public Health department has identified 85,942 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorLos Angeles County saw a spike in confirmed new cases of coronavirus over the past 24 hours, jumping by a near-record 2,056, according to health officials. They also reported 48 deaths, up from the 38 reported Friday.Those numbers bring the totals to 81,636 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across L.A.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterLos Angeles County health officials announced Thursday that bars, wineries, tattoo parlors and nail salons will be allowed to reopen on Friday.But the county is still not allowing movie theaters to reopen, even though California health officials issued guidelines allowing theaters to open across the state more than a week ago.County officials offered no explanation for excluding theaters from the reopening order.The news comes as a disappointment to the Arena

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced today that actor Daniel Masterson has been charged with forcibly raping three women in separate incidents at his home between 2001 and 2003.Actor Charged With Raping Three Women https://t.co/vX8fhCn6fD @LAPDHQ #LADAOffice— Jackie Lacey (@LADAOffice) June 17, 2020The That ’70s Show star was charged with three counts of rape by force or fear.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterLos Angeles County is set to issue its guidelines on Thursday for the restart of film and TV production, allowing filming to resume as soon as Friday.The county’s action follows a similar move by the California Department of Public Health, which said last week that production could return on Friday subject to approval from local authorities.But despite the local sign-off, production is not expected to resume right away.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer reported on Friday that 11% of all positive coronavirus cases are hospitalized, which is slightly down. A more concerning number, she said, is that 1,488 people with confirmed cases are currently hospitalized.

ThreeUniversity of California, Los Angeles students are being tested for the coronavirus, the college announced Friday. Currently, the three unidentified students areself-isolating off campus while theLos Angeles County Department of Public Health runs tests, according to a statement fromChancellor Gene D.