Home fires on the rise as people spend more time at home during pandemic

The Los Angeles County Fire Department says it's seeing an uptick in residential fires, two resulting in death, during the COVID-19 Safer-at-Home order, and offers residents guidance to stay fire-safe during this time.

Santa Monica brewery offers specialty beer to benefit coronavirus fight

Starting today, beer-loving Angelenos who are homebound due to the coronavirus will be able to directly support patients, their families and health care workers by enjoying an India Pale Ale at home, thanks to Santa Monica Brew Works.

LA to dispatch 'street medical teams' to test homeless people for COVID-19

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced on Friday that the city will begin dispatching "street medical teams" to provide coronavirus testing at homeless encampments, starting Monday.

Traffic increasing during stay-at-home order

It’s the first time in history all Los Angeles County Beaches are closed.  So some people, fed up with quarantine, seem to be venturing from L.A. to Ventura and Orange Counties where they can still catch a wave, walk on the beach and enjoy the wildlife. 

81-year-old coronavirus patient emerges victorious, now recovering

An 81-year-old coronavirus patient was greeted by a sea of enthusiastic claps and cheers from nurses and physicians after emerging victorious from Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo Monday.

Medical personnel from USNS Mercy will be deployed to assist LA nursing home

Approximately 40 medical personnel from the USNS Mercy hospital ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles will be deployed to assist a skilled nursing facility in the L.A. area, a Navy spokesman confirmed Friday.

Married for 70 years but separated by COVID-19, Mich. couple dies just hours apart

Lester and Lillian Shindler, a couple from West Bloomfield, Mich. separated after 70 years of marriage due to the pandemic, died within hours of each other.

USDA announces $19 billion Coronavirus Food Assistance Program to support food producers

Farmers, ranchers and producers would receive $16 billion in direct payments from the program, while $3 billion would be dedicated to the purchase of food products to be distributed to Americans in need.

Airbnb partners with LA County to offer free stays for health care workers

Airbnb announced Friday it will work with Los Angeles County and its health care workers union to offer free accommodations to frontline hospital staff fighting the spread of the coronavirus.

California logs deadliest day from coronavirus

California recorded 95 deaths from the coronavirus on Thursday, making it the deadliest day since the outbreak began.

Orange County coronavirus cases rise to 1,376, with three more deaths

Three more COVID-19 deaths were reported Friday by Orange County health officials, increasing the death toll to nine in three days and 28 overall.

All parking along PCH in Huntington Beach to close to help slow coronavirus spread

A small business owner is fed up over the lockdown and is calling on Southern California residents to join their planned protest the day all metered parking along the Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach and all beaches within Huntington Harbor will close.