Los Angeles County Coronavirus Update: L.A. Sees New Spike in COVID Infections; Biggest Daily Number Since August

LOS ANGELES -- A judge has dismissed the lawsuit of one of two men who alleged that Michael Jackson abused them as boys in the HBO documentary “Leaving Neverland."Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mark A.

The Los Angeles County Registrar’s Office announced it will pick up mail-in ballots more frequently after a ballot box in Baldwin Park caught fire Sunday evening, prompting an arson investigation.  Just after 8 p.m., fire crews responded to the box sitting outside Baldwin Park Library on Baldwin Park Boulevard.

A ballot drop box in Los Angeles County was deliberately set on fire Sunday evening and police have opened an arson investigation. The apparent arson took place around 8:30 p.m.

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Civilian Oversight Commission on the LA County Sheriff’s department delivered a resolution Thursday afternoon calling on L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva to resign his office.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorLocal health officials on Thursday reported 24 new deaths from COVID-19 in Los Angeles County over the past 24 hours and 1,233 new cases.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorLocal health officials on Monday reported only two deaths from COVID-19 in Los Angeles County over the past 24 hours and 881 new cases. They also said nearly 700 people remain hospitalized with the disease throughout the county.Authorities reminded that the low number of new deaths and new cases reported today reflect a reporting lag from over the weekend.Public Health now has identified 282,982 positive cases of COVID-19 to date across all areas of L.A.

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.

Brandon Choe Photo EditorThe Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said Saturday that 17 more people died from coronavirus overnight, with 1,062 new cases reported. Across all areas of L.A.

Harvey Weinstein was charged Friday with the rape of two more women. The former movie mogul now faces 11 sexual assault counts involving five women in California as he serves prison time in New York, Los Angeles County prosecutors said.

Harvey Weinstein was hit with six new counts of forcible sexual assault, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced on Friday. The new charges stem from alleged incidents involving two women, and adds three felony counts each of forcible rape and forcible oral copulation, the district attorney's office said.

Harvey Weinstein facessix new sex assault counts, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced Friday. Weinstein was charged with six additional forcible sexual assault counts involving two victims stemming from incidents that allegedly occurred more than a decade ago, according to authorities.The new charges include an incident between September 2004 and September 2005 where Weinstein allegedly raped a woman at a hotel in Beverly Hills.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticAs the deep pocket run-off campaign between incumbent Jackie Lacey and challenger George Gascón heads into its final month, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office today unveil even more new sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein.“Case BA483663 was amended today to add three felony counts each of forcible rape and forcible oral copulation,” the D.A.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOne day after the county announced K-12 schools can apply for reopening waivers, Los Angeles Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Wednesday that a number of businesses will be allowed to proceed with a staggered approach to reopening over the next 10 days.Those businesses include cardrooms (outdoors only, no food and beverages), indoor shopping malls (at 25% occupancy; food courts must stay closed), nail salons (outdoors only) and outdoor playgrounds (subject

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorAfter a motion was approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health plans to open the school waiver program for in-person instruction for grades TK-2.Previously, schools had only been allowed to reopen for students with special learning needs.

Kobe Bryant and eight other people, making it a crime for first responders to take unauthorized photos of deceased people at the scene of an accident or crime. Reports surfaced after the Jan.

legislation would make it a misdemeanor, punishable by a maximum $1,000 fine per violation, for a first responder to take a photo “for any purpose other than an official law enforcement purpose or a genuine public interest.”The bill was prompted after deputies in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department took unauthorized photos of the deceased at the site of the Bryant helicopter crash in Calabasas that were later shared outside the context of the investigation, according to reports from the

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.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsLos Angeles Public Health confirmed Saturday an additional 1,236 positive cases of COVID-19. Officials also confirmed 18 new deaths and a total of 715 current hospitalizations.The latest COVID-19 counts come as health officials have been anticipating a rise in new COVID-19 positive cases and related deaths following the Labor Day holiday weekend.

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 EditorCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday issued an emergency proclamation for the counties of Los Angeles, Del Norte and Mendocino to bolster the response to various fires which have burned thousands of acres, destroyed homes and caused the evacuation of residents.In Los Angeles, the Bobcat Fire had burned close to 114,000 acres on Friday. The fire’s progress has slowed significantly in the past few days.