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Starting Saturday, a limited "stay-at-home" order will go into effect requiring gatherings, movement and non-essential work to stop between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. for 41 California counties in the purple tier.
The American Aviation Association estimates that up to 50 million people will travel during this year's holiday, despite those expert warnings.
The increase in cases is part of a surge pattern the county has been seeing that prompted renewed warnings from officials against non-essential traveling and gatherings.
The iconic public artwork in Los Angeles, Urban Light, will be closed to the public from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily, in accordance with a curfew put into place by L.A. County health officials.
A program is offering free personal protective equipment to small Los Angeles County businesses as cold, flu and coronavirus cases are expected to continue surging.
A man barricaded himself inside a building in Hollywood early Saturday for several hours before surrendering to a SWAT team and police officals.
Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Kyzir White was placed on the team's reserve/COVID-19 list on Saturday.
Orange County reported another 806 COVID-19 cases on Saturday, raising the cumulative total to 69,142.
Aside from restrictions on traveling and gathering, many families are struggling to put food on the table due to the financial toll of the pandemic.
Two people with the UCLA football program and three members of its athletics support staff have tested positive for COVID-19.
Police are searching for the suspect involved in a shooting on the northbound 110 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles Friday night.
One of Gov. Gavin Newsom's children may have been exposed to the coronavirus at school and is in quarantine, a spokesman said Friday.
Earlier this week, the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce announced that it had canceled the annual Christmas Boat Parade, but a group of locals said they're planning to put on a parade of their own.
Health officials say the safest way to celebrate Thanksgiving this year is through Zoom and other virtual tools.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Friday warned that further restrictions could be on the way, if case counts and hospitalizations do not stabilize in the coming days.
