Los Angeles

So, you think you scored with that $10 mask bought at a liquor store, where you were told you were buying the coveted N95 mask supposed to be saved for first responders?

FOX 11 has obtained contracts showing that Los Angeles County has hired not one, but two public relations firms to craft and guide the county’s coronavirus messaging, despite the fact that the county already has fully staffed, paid communications teams, and the county is also hoping to be reimbursed with disaster relief funds.

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation plans to install temporary food pick-up parking zone signs near approved restaurants, as the food industry has had to pivot to pick-up and delivery service only during the COVID-19 outbreak.

An Amazon employee at a warehouse in Atwater Village has tested positive for COVID-19, an Amazon spokesperson confirmed Wednesday.

Los Angeles City Controller Ron Galperin announced Wednesday that a "food map" created by his office has been expanded to include the locations of more than 140 food pantries throughout the county.

The Governor of California announced that all schools will be closed for the rest of the school year.

A train engineer at the Port of Los Angeles was arrested Wednesday morning on federal criminal charges after being accused of derailing a train near the USNS Mercy hospital ship, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

Leading health experts now recommend people wear a mask when they must leave the house to help combat COVID-19.

California students will likely not return to campuses this school year because of safety concerns and the need for social distancing prompted by the coronavirus outbreak, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond wrote county superintendents on Tuesday.

The coronavirus stay-at-home order can be dangerous for people in domestic violence relationships. 

On Cesar Chavez Day, which celebrates the legacy of the labor movement activist, Actor Edward Olmos recognizes farmworkers’ sacrifice.

The coronavirus has hit hard for a Southern California TV host. Four family members or family friends have died in different parts of the country.

Not even a global pandemic has been enough to stop street takeovers and street racing on L.A.'s roads despite strict stay at home orders across the state and the county. Hundreds continue to flood into the streets to watch the dangerous and illegal behavior risking further spread of the coronavirus.

Hundreds of people, including Los Angeles residents, are stranded in Peru in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

Nurses at UCLA consider themselves fortunate thanks in part to a truckload of masks and gowns recently donated by Elon Musk.

It was the tweet read around the world. Author Katherine Schwarzenegger tweeted a picture of the Farmers Market in Brentwood from Sunday, March 29. It read " The farmers market in Brentwood still being open seems like a huge issue when it comes to social gatherings. " A photo was attached to the tweet of a market looking extremely crowded.

A Porter Ranch woman who tested positive for COVID-19 while recovering from surgery at the California Rehabilitation Institute in Century City believes more staff and patients there were exposed to coronavirus. 

The massive Los Angeles Convention Center was converted into a federal field hospital by the California National Guard over the weekend in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

The year since Nipsey Hussle was gunned down has not diminished the rapper’s legacy, but rather cemented it and continues to prove true his catchphrase, “The Marathon Continues.”

Lonnie David Franklin Jr., who killed at least 10 people between 1985 and 2007 -- mainly in the South Los Angeles area -- has died at the age of 67, officials at San Quentin State Prison said Sunday.