Back to School: Child care options for working parents in Southern California

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, millions of parents suddenly saw their primary source of child care disappear, with no alternatives on the table.

Woman in California Walmart angrily refuses to wear mask

Things get pretty tense when a woman inside a Martinez Walmart refuses to wear a mask. She tells customers that she doesn't have to, it's not the law. And they try to set her straight.

Comcast extends free internet services for low-income families through end of 2020

Comcast also plans to continue to waive the requirement for customers to be clear of past-due balances on their account in order to allow them to qualify for the extension.

North Hollywood nail salon defying Gov. Newsom’s order

Two business owners are defying Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order and refuse to close their North Hollywood nail salon and have deemed it safer to continue operating indoors after investing in tens of thousands of dollars in medical-grade equipment.

Coronavirus prompts Country Time to offer lemonade stand stimulus checks for kids

The powdered beverage company Country Time is issuing stimulus checks to children who have had to shutter their summertime lemonade stands due to the current coronavirus pandemic.

Homeschooling on the rise in SoCal due to COVID-19 pandemic

The governor’s announcement that most schools in California will not be opening for in-class instruction has left many parents scrambling to find alternatives.    

Top Republicans meet with Trump to negotiate next coronavirus stimulus package

Top Republicans in Congress met Monday with President Donald Trump at the White House on the next COVID-19 aid package as the crisis many hoped would have improved has dramatically worsened, just as emergency relief is expiring.

Trump faces divisions with Senate GOP on coronavirus aid

Lawmakers were returning to a Capitol still off-limits to tourists, another sign of the nation’s difficulty containing the coronavirus. Rather than easing, the pandemic’s devastating cycle is rising again, leaving Congress little choice but to engineer another costly rescue.

Gov. Newsom says California hair and nail salons are allowed to operate outside

After some confusion and frustration in the personal care services industry, Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Monday that salons, barbershops and nail salons can now operate outside.

Wear it or pay it: Calabasas to issue $100 ticket to anti-maskers

The City of Calabasas will issue tickets to residents who fail to wear a face covering in public starting Monday, officials said.

UK coronavirus vaccine prompts immune response in early test

Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot.

City of Los Angeles 'on brink' of further shutdown orders as COVID-19 surges among youth

Los Angeles County officials have reported the highest number of new COVID-19 hospitalizations of the entire pandemic --2,216, surpassing the previous high of 2,193, which was set Wednesday, and 15L.A. County children were reported to have developed a serious related condition that can cause death.