Los Angeles Coronavirus Update: County Restaurants, Salons, Barbershops Allowed To Reopen

Los Angeles is slowly getting back to normal.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOn Wednesday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced that film and TV production can resume in the region on Friday, so long as proper protocols are in place. Department officials also revealed however that the transmission rate, a key indicator of COVID-19 progress, has continued to increase.Last Friday, Dr.

Also Read: Women In Film Launch 'Hire Her Back' Initiative to Urge Equality in Hiring Post-PandemicAs TheWrap reported on Tuesday, this approval does not necessarily mean that filming will immediately resume. While Hollywood’s Industry-Wide Safety Committee released a white paper last week outlining general safety protocols, Hollywood guilds and studios must still reach an agreement on safety protocols pertaining to specific production departments such as cinematography, hair and makeup.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia health officials have placed Los Angeles and eight other counties on an official watch list because those locales seem to be having trouble containing COVID-19.The warning is part of the county-by-county attestation process whereby local health officials can certify their region has met certain benchmarks and has a proper response plan in place should the virus begin to spread again. Los Angeles is one of 50 counties who filed such an attestation.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThe California National Guard has begun the process of leaving the Los Angeles area after a week-long deployment, according to a report citing sources.The move comes even as protests continue throughout Los Angeles County and sporadic looting is still present in some locations, although not at the scale of previous days.The Guard was deployed last Saturday in the wake of massive looting and fires in the areas of downtown L.A., Hollywood, Santa Monica, West Los

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Los Angeles County and several cities in the area extended curfew orders on Wednesday night and into Thursday morning as protests are again scheduled in some areas of Southern California. Los Angeles pushed back its curfew time from the 6 p.m.

Jaime King really put herself on the line protesting against the police.

Jaime King revealed she was arrested while protesting outside the Los Angeles mayor’s home. The star joined more than 1,000 who gathered outside Mayor Eric Garcetti’s residence in Hancock Park on Tuesday to demand that the Los Angeles Police Department undergo systemic changes in the wake of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minn.The “Sin City” actress took to Twitter to reveal that she was arrested while protesting peacefully.

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As cities across the nation reel from the juxtaposition of events related to the brutal murder of George Floyd amind a global pandemic, more stay at home curfew orders have been issue and West Hollywood has led the way for Los Angeles.

Paris Jackson was caught up in the violent protests in Los Angeles on Saturday, which prompted city Mayor Eric Garcetti to call for an overnight curfew in an effort to keep people off the streets.

Paris Jackson was caught up in the violent protests in Los Angeles on Saturday, which prompted city Mayor Eric Garcetti to call for an overnight curfew in an effort to keep people off the streets. The model and actress took to the streets and captured images of the clashes between activists and police officers, sparked by the death of unarmed African-American George Floyd at the hands of white cops in Minneapolis on Monday.

L.A. County’s restaurants, hair salons and barbershops have been given the green light from the state to reopen, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and local officials announced on Friday.

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Michael Bay is poised to begin production on the first movie to shoot in Los Angeles since the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown began. Although the film and TV industry is still facing a time of great uncertainty as various production-related ventures are forced to shut down in order meet California’s guidelines on social distancing, the acclaimed filmmaker seems to have found a way around those rules by making a thriller set in the time of a pandemic.