California health officials brace for mix of COVID, flu cases in upcoming months

Health officials in California are concerned about the confluence of the coronavirus and flu in the upcoming months, noting a substantial decline in child vaccination rates since the pandemic.

3 party home addresses sent to Los Angeles mayor's office for possible utility shut-off

Addresses of at least three homes that allegedly were the site of parties during the coronavirus pandemic were forwarded to Mayor Eric Garcetti's office to be considered for utility shut-offs, it was reported Tuesday.

Los Angeles County reports another 64 coronavirus deaths

Los Angeles County reported another 64 deaths due to the coronavirus Wednesday, but a lack of results from a large lab resulted in an unusually low number of 1,003 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19.

FDA medical supply shortage list includes respirators, gloves, testing swabs

The FDA released a medical supply shortage list on the agency’s website, and the list features critical supplies in the fight against COVID-19, including testing swabs, certain respirators and hospital gowns.

Full-time working parents invest in learning pod as children begin kindergarten in virus era

A group of Southern California parents who work full-time is shelling out $1,400 a month to give their children as "normal" of a learning environment as possible amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

L.A. councilman seeks federal assistance forgiving residents' COVID-19 debt

Councilman David Ryu introduced a motion Tuesday to create a program to forgive residents' rent and utility debt caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by seeking federal assistance.

Inspector general faults California prisons for poor coronavirus checks

The report criticizes the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for vague rules and inadequately trained staff that allowed some visitors and employees to enter prisons before they were properly screened.

California adds 5 counties to the watchlist; Santa Cruz County is now off

Amador, Mendocino, Calaveras, Sierra and Inyo counties are now on the list of those facing more restrictions on business and school reopenings. Santa Cruz County was removed from the list.

LA County COVID-19 trends continue improving, but gatherings threaten recovery

Los Angeles County's public health director on Monday hailed work by residents and businesses to slow the spread of COVID-19, noting that the county now meets five of the state's six coronavirus-monitoring benchmarks.  

LAUSD superintendent details plan for COVID-19 testing, contact tracing for students, staff, families

Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Austin Beutner shared more details Monday of a COVID-19 testing and contact tracing program for school district staff, students and their families, with the testing set to begin with on-campus workers.