Newsom touts Long Beach as model for COVID-19 vaccinations, schools reopening
Long Beach, which has its own public health agency, began vaccinating teachers in January and plans to reopen schools for youngest pupils March 29.
Long Beach, which has its own public health agency, began vaccinating teachers in January and plans to reopen schools for youngest pupils March 29.
Kenneth Rasmuson, accused in two boys' murders, is offered a plea deal. The case pits L.A. County Dist. Atty. George Gascón against O.C. Dist. Atty. Todd Spitzer.
The decision to pause renaming more than 40 schools followed months of raucous debate, criticism for not focusing on reopening schools and lawsuits.
Charges against the retired police officer include false imprisonment by violence, kidnapping, and unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering on a child.
In-person learning will begin next week for special-needs students, and day care centers with limited space will reopen in L.A. public schools.
South and East L.A., parts of the San Gabriel and San Fernando valleys, areas near the L.A. and Long Beach ports and the Antelope Valley have the lowest vaccination rates.
The sluggish appeals process marks another setback for the state as its Employment Development Department has been overwhelmed during the COVID crisis.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's coronavirus czar, says it's possible masks could be needed for another year.
With 92,000 doses of the vaccine now en route to Los Angeles, the city will be able to resume operations Tuesday, officials said.
Cervical cancer screenings among Southern California women dropped 80% during the first stay-at-home order, a study found. Experts are sounding the alarm about the ramifications of letting women's wellness fall by the wayside.
Mayor Eric Garcetti says L.A. has met his goal of steering $250 million toward communities of color. But some activists question the results.
The pandemic has dropped rents in San Francisco, allowing some tenants to find deals they could never imagine.
Seven years after awarding a low-bid high-speed rail contract to a Spanish firm, California is paying for that decision in delays and cost overruns in the San Joaquin Valley.
Top organizers have released a "Black mandate" for the Biden administration, putting Kamala Harris under new pressure to deliver.
It doesn't matter what the politicians say, columnist George Skelton writes, they must not fully grasp the extent of the potential harm to homebound students or they'd have reopened classrooms long ago.
The shooting occurred about 6:30 p.m. in the 4800 block of McKinley Avenue in the city's Newton division, police said.
Even as the rate of new coronavirus cases falls, there are still troubling signs of the impact of COVID-19 on Black and Latino communities.
The county will dedicate 30% of its allocation to workers in those sectors, as well as emergency services.
Health officials reported 1,465 new coronavirus cases and 93 related deaths on Sunday, with the lower numbers suggesting the fall/winter surge is abating.