Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Bans Fourth Of July Fireworks Displays, Prohibits Gatherings With People You Don’t Live With, Puts “Hard Pause” On Movie Theater Reopenings

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor“We’re still headed in the wrong direction,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti at his Friday new conference. “This week we had three record days of new cases,” noted the mayor.

Two men and two teens have been charged in the death of rising rapper Pop Smoke, who was killed during a Los Angeles home-invasion robbery in February, the district attorney’s office said Monday. Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey said in a statement that Corey Walker and Keandre Rodgers were charged with murder that occurred during the commission of a robbery and burglary.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti began his Friday coronavirus news conference by reminding residents, “This threat is real. This threat is growing.” He emphasized that Angelenos need to wear masks whenever they’re outside.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOne day after Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti warned that “We’d likely return to a mandated stay-at-home order” in one or two weeks if coronavirus conditions in the region get worse, the head of Los Angeles County’s Health Department agreed, with some qualifications. “Nothing can be off the table in the pandemic,” said county public health director, Barbara Ferrer.

LOS ANGELES -- Three men and two juveniles have been arrested in connection with the February home-invasion death of rising rapper Pop Smoke in Los Angeles, police said Thursday. The 20-year-old New York rapper whose legal name is Bashar Barakah Jackson was killed Feb.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle moved to Los Angeles with son Archie in March 2020 following their step back from the royal family. Since then, the couple have focused on charity work, addressed security concerns and lived in a celebrity’s multimillion-dollar mansion.Harry and Meghan announced their plans to leave their positions as senior members of the royal family in January 2020.

Naya Rivera is believed to be missing after taking a boat ride with her 4-year-old son in Lake Piru in Los Angeles on Wednesday, according to multiplereports.The Ventura County Sheriff's department told NBCLA that the actress and her son, Josey, rented a boat at around 1 p.m.Approximately three hours later, another boater discovered her young son in the boat by himself.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia, Illinois, Missouri, Texas, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia broke records for daily new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, according to the New York Times. That — among other things — had the mayor of America’s second-largest city worried about a new COVID-related crisis.“We’re going to see across this nation a testing emergency,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti in response to a question from Deadline.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles City Mayor Eric Garcetti began his Wednesday coronavirus press conference with some good news, and then a warning.“We are making progress,” said the mayor, “and while it is fragile, it is progress.”Noting that Los Angeles as seeing the highest level of hospitalizations since the pandemic began, Garcetti warned, “These [next two] weeks are absolutely critical.

updated figures released by the LA Controller.On Monday, LA Controller Ron Galperin shared that Los Angeles recently regained 16,000 jobs in the month of May, but the city is still down 252,000 jobs overall dating back to February.In arts, entertainment and recreation, one of the hardest hit areas, Galperin estimates that 19,294 jobs in total have been lost according to the updated data.Also Read: Gov Newsom Orders Los Angeles and 18 More Counties to Close Movie Theaters for At Least 3 WeeksA

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerNo fireworks on Independence Day, said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. To hell with that, said the people.Ignoring the mayor’s order and a lack of traditional municipal displays, Los Angeles residents set off their own celebration, lighting up Southern California skies with their own fireworks.Fireworks are illegal in the city of Los Angeles and all firework displays were banned in L.A.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOn Wednesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced he was shutting down dine-in service in local restaurants, as well as indoor operations at movie theaters, indoor family entertainment businesses, card rooms and zoos. Over the weekend, Newsom ordered bars and nightclubs closed.

Also Read: LA County Residents Encouraged to Stay Home as Total COVID-19 Cases Surpass 100,000The closures begin at 12:01 a.m. on Friday and end at 5 a.m.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorUPDATED: The only fireworks you see this weekend might be on TV.The sheriff’s department’s Lost Hills Station is saying via Twitter that Los Angeles County beaches, piers, beach bike paths and beach access points will be closed Friday through Monday for the Fourth of July weekend. That report hasn’t been confirmed by the county.

Jordan Moreau California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered all bars in several counties, including Los Angeles, to shut down again due to the rising number of coronavirus cases.Other counties’ bars forced to close include Fresno, Imperial, Kern, Kings, San Joaquin and Tulare.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorA Los Angeles City Council committee directed its staff report back on ways of encouraging — possibly through citations or other enforcement — adherence to requirements that residents wear masks to prevent spread of the coronavirus.During the council’s meeting on Friday, Councilman Paul Koretz said in his district, about half the people he sees walking in public are not wearing masks. This despite orders from both Mayor Eric Garcetti and Gov.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOn Wednesday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti reported 425 new cases in the city. According to the mayor and the county department of public health the county saw 1,260 new cases.