By Erik Pedersen
17.03.2020 - 22:33 / losangelesblade.com
By the time the West Hollywood City Council met Monday night, many city establishments had already shut their doors to the public. Earlier in the day the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health had sent out a series of strident health recommendations regarding COVID-19, which rendered some of the mandates drafted by the council moot.
By Erik Pedersen
By Erik Pedersen
LOS ANGELES -- The red carpets are rolled up in storage, the A-listers holed up in mansions, multiplex doors are closed. For now, at least, the coronavirus has shut down much of Hollywood. And for the entertainment industry's many one-gig-at-a-time staff and freelance workers — a quarter-million people in Los Angeles County alone — it's an economic disaster.
By Anita Bennett
Los Angeles County officials have announced that all hiking trails, bike paths and beaches will be closed for the next few weeks amid the current health crisis.
Los Angeles County and City officials have implemented further restrictive measures as the number of reported cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) increases and the death toll rises. The Los Angeles County Public Health Department on Tuesday reported the death of four more area residents including person under the age of 18. The total number of cases in the county jumped to 662, while the death toll climbed to 11.
By Dominic Patten
The Hollywood Walk Of Fame was almost deserted as the the entertainment industry reels from the coronavirus outbreak and California hunkers down to halt its spread.
Los Angeles County has ordered that all non-essential retail businesses shut down amid the coronavirus outbreak.
By Denise Petski
Kim Kardashian West says she is missing her sisters as the family isolates separately during the coronavirus outbreak.
By Dominic Patten
A Los Angeles Airport Police officer has tested positive for coronavirus, airport officials announced Sunday. In a statement sent to KTLA, a spokesperson with the Los Angeles International Airport said: "We are in touch with Los Angeles County Public Health.
The sixth annual Fashion Los Angeles Awards will not go on as planned. The Daily Front Row magazine postponed its March 29 event at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, because of the escalation of the coronavirus in the U.S.
Film and television production in the Los Angeles area is facing restrictions due to impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the FilmL.A. permitting agency reported on Thursday.