Los Angeles Covid-19 Update: L.A. Announces Highest-Ever Number Of Daily Infections At 8,860

A Los Angeles EMT on an LAX-bound flight tested negative for coronavirus after providing CPR to a man who had died of COVID-19, according to reports. EMT Tony Aldapa was on an LAX inbound flight when a 69-year-old passenger went into cardiac arrest.

Clayton Davis The New York Film Critics Circle and the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. handed out their awards this past week.

Southern California authorities continued to investigate Wednesday after a man allegedly shot a woman to death inside Kohl’s department store in Los Angeles County Tuesday evening, just days before Christmas, during an alleged domestic incident and fled the scene.

A Los Angeles charity was able to hold a drive-through Christmas celebration with lights and presents over the weekend because of concerns about social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. The charity, LA Dream Center, posted footage of the event on its Instagram.

Angelina Jolie was photographed braving the Grove with her daughter Zahara Jolie-Pitt in Los Angeles yesterday. For the outing, the actress stuck to her signature color of black, wrapping up in an oversized wool coat and knee-high leather boots.

Actor Danny Trejo, known for his roles in "Con Air" and "Desperado," spent some of his time this holiday season helping others. The 76-year-old partnered with the Everest Foundation to help feed front-line workers and their families in East Los Angeles during a drive-up food giveaway at the Civic Center.

Moments ago, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association finished unveiling their 2020 awards on Twitter. As always, some of their choices were a bit out of left field, but also far less so than in years past.

Members of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association are gathering Sunday to vote for their annual year’s best in movies. The group will begin deliberating over winners in 14 categories, honoring a winner and a runner-up.

Clayton Davis The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), one of the most important critics groups in the awards season, is announcing their favorites films and performances, following Boston and New York last week.Notorious for embracing foreign films and performances, the west coast group chose Neon’s “Parasite” and its director Bong Joon-ho last year, which went on to win the Academy Award for best picture and director.The last time a LAFCA winner for best film failed to be nominated

Los Angeles County reached yet another grim milestone on Saturday as Public Health officials reported more than 600,000 total cases of Covid-19. To date the county has recorded a total of 610,372 coronavirus cases.

Under assault by the rising surge in COVID-19 cases, available space continued to dwindle on Friday at Los Angeles County hospitals. As a result, health-care professionals were imploring the public to take the virus seriously to prevent medical centers from being overrun and unable to care for patients.

Los Angeles is now the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic. It is the most infected county of the most infected state in the most infected country in the world.

“I want to be clear: Our hospitals are under siege and there is no end in sight,” said Los Angeles County’s Director of Health Services, Dr. Christina Gahly. “Unless we remain more vigilant and more diligent through the holidays and beyond, we will not be able to stop the surge.”

As the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine was delivered at a Los Angeles-area hospital, the county’s hospital and ICU capacity dropped to alarming lows.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeChris Booker, who spent more than a decade on Entercom’s Los Angeles top 40 outlet 97.1 Amp (KAMP-FM) before exiting in February, is returning to the market — but via a crosstown rival.Booker has been hired as the new afternoon host on iHeartRadio’s Alt 98.7 (KYSR-FM), replacing Andrew Harms, who exited earlier this month to join Amazon Music as its U.S.

“I again want to sound an alarm that we’ve been sounding for the last month,” said Los Angeles Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer.

“The worst is not behind us,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Thursday. “The worst is right in front of us.”

A California judge issued a ruling on Tuesday that said Los Angeles County acted “arbitrarily” and without rational justification when it banned outdoor dining late last month, according to reports. "The Restaurant Closure Order is an abuse of the Department’s emergency powers, is not grounded in science, evidence, or logic, and should be adjudicated to be unenforceable as a matter of law," wrote Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James C.

The day after Los Angeles County’s number of new cases topped 10,000 for the first time, state and local officials warned about the status of the region’s health care system.