Los Angeles Coronavirus Update: More Than 1/3 Of New Cases Are Among People Under 30 Years Old

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor“Tonight we are here together to roll out innovations,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Wednesday.

Dave McNary Film ReporterCommunity Organized Relief Effort, the coronavirus-testing organization co-founded by actor Sean Penn, is offering private, for-profit COVID-19 testing services to film and television productions in Los Angeles.“We are eager to offer private testing to film and television productions to not only help fund CORE’s programs that help vulnerable and underserved communities, but also to fortify California’s economy,” Penn said.

David and Victoria Beckham reportedly battled coronavirus after catching the deadly bug while in Los Angeles earlier this year. It has been said that a number of relatives and staff members also came down with Covid-19 following the launch 45 year old David's new football club Inter Miami in March.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsThe Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s latest daily COVID-19 update showed a continued decrease in new positive cases and deaths. On Saturday, Public Health confirmed that Los Angeles county saw a total of 1,196 new positive cases and 24 new deaths, boasting a decrease from Friday’s metrics.To date, Los Angeles Public Health has recorded a total of 247,542 positive cases of COVID-19 and 6,000 related deaths.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOn Thursday, Deadline reported on the bombshell news that U.K. production on The Batman had shut down after star Robert Pattinson contracted coronavirus.As production continues to ramp up, Deadline asked Los Angeles County Chief Medical Officer Dr.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor“This is quite a day and quite a time,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti at the beginning of his news conference on Wednesday.Earlier in the day, the L.A. City Council voted to declare a fiscal emergency and approved plans to furlough more than 15,000 city employees.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: After postponing its in-person festival that was originally slated for May, the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) is ready to return — virtually, of course.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsThe Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed Saturday 27 new deaths and 1,339 new positive cases of COVID-19. The daily numbers have dropped slightly from Friday, when Public Health confirmed 38 new deaths and over 1,630 new positive cases.Public Health has identified 239,756 total positive COVID-19 cases to date across Los Angeles County.

Bruce Haring, Tom Tapp UPDATE, THURSDAY: The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health today confirmed 38 new deaths and 1,636 new cases of confirmed COVID-19. The number of new cases reported today include a backlog of 280 test results received from the State.To date, Public Health identified 236,986 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOne day after Governor Gavin Newsom released new guidelines to be followed when schools, day care centers and youth sports leagues reopen, Los Angeles Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer released a statement saying her department would not be allowing schools to reopen under a waiver process.“At this point,” wrote Ferrer, “Public Health will not be opening up our waiver process for schools.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorAfter months of speculation, the decision is in: SoFi Stadium, the new home of the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Raiders, will open its inaugural season next month without fans in the stands amid the coronavirus pandemic.According to a joint statement from the teams and the stadium (read it below), “Rams and Chargers games will be held without fans in attendance until further notice.”The news comes less than three weeks after the Rams open the new venue with

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOn Friday Los Angeles County health officials reported nine more cases of the pediatric ailment known as Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in children, or MIS-C. The new cases lifted the total number of children identified to have had the rare but serious condition to 25.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVThree staffers at Television City in Los Angeles have tested positive for the coronavirus, the LA County Department of Public Health revealed as part of its daily release of COVID-19 data classified by location and demographic.The current list, last updated on Wednesday night, has three confirmed staff infections at Television City’s address of  7800 Beverly Blvd.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorThe Orange County Health Care Agency announced the county’s first pediatric death related to COVID-19 on Thursday, a teenage girl with significant underlying medical conditions.Since the start of the pandemic, three people 18 to 24 years old have died of coronavirus complications in Orange County, but this was the first death of a person under 18.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorWe learned last week that young adults are “now driving infections in L.A. County.”We know that “Healthcare workers continue to be the most affected” worker population in the county, according to health officials.We know from Governor Gavin Newsom that, statewide, the Latino community continues to be disproportionately impacted.But there is a smaller group in L.A.

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein will remain behind bars in New York until at least December after having his Los Angeles extradition hearing adjourned.

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers and Los Angeles prosecutors have agreed to postpone extradition proceedings that would send the imprisoned former film producer from New York to California to face sexual assault charges, citing the coronavirus pandemic.

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein will remain behind bars in New York until at least December after having his Los Angeles extradition hearing adjourned.The convicted rapist is currently serving a 23-year sentence in the Big Apple, but prosecutors in Los Angeles are seeking his transferral to stand trial for five felony sex crime charges filed against him earlier this year.The counts include forcible rape and sexual penetration by use of force, and are based on the accounts of three women

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor“We’re making good progress,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti at his coronavirus news conference on Wednesday.“The promising signs is [sic] that we see this week is proof that our progress is real.