BBB warns of COVID-19 related scams

The Better Business Bureau is warning of an uptick in new scams. 

California man who wore KKK hood at grocery store won't face charges

A Southern California man who went to grocery shopping in a Ku Klux Klan hood last week will not be charged with a crime, police said Tuesday, adding that he didn’t mean to make “a racial statement.”

Singer Bryan Adams faces backlash over COVID-19 social media posts

Canadian singer Bryan Adams is facing backlash over social media posts on the novel coronavirus that some critics are calling racist.

Hard-hit restaurants await word on California reopening

Many restaurants already are practicing safety procedures they anticipate will be required to reopen.

L.A. County Board to consider 'right of recall' ordinance for some laid off workers

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is set to consider an ordinance Tuesday that would give janitors, maintenance workers, security guards and hospitality industry employees a "right of recall" to jobs from which they were laid off during the coronavirus crisis.

Video shows LA County inmates attempting to infect themselves with COVID-19, sheriff says

Cases of COVID-19 in the Los Angeles County jail system have spiked by nearly 60% in the span of a week, according to numbers reported Monday by Sheriff Alex Villanueva.

Nurse dies after treating COVID-19 patient

The family of a nurse who passed away after contracting COVID-19 said she was not provided with proper PPE while caring for coronavirus patients. 

As mobility begins researchers project a rise in California COVID-19 cases

Los Angeles County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer says, "I think we're all concerned that as we're out more it could lead to more people dying." That's her reaction to news over the weekend from a University of Washington research center that we could have 6,000 COVID-19 deaths in California by the end of August.

California DSS warns of fake letter that threatens removal of kids over COVID-19 testing

The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) is warning residents of a fake letter circulating social media claiming that recipients of the state’s government assistance program including MediCal and CalFresh will lose their benefits if they do not submit to mandatory COVID-19 testing.

Twitter to label disputed COVID-19 tweets

Twitter announced Monday it will start alerting users when a tweet makes disputed or misleading claims about the coronavirus.