Garcetti Gives Updates On COVID-19 And Omicron As Many Prepare For The Holidays
On Tuesday, Mayor Eric Garcetti updated residents on the COVID-19 pandemic and Omicron as well as reminding everyone how to be safe during the holiday season.
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On Tuesday, Mayor Eric Garcetti updated residents on the COVID-19 pandemic and Omicron as well as reminding everyone how to be safe during the holiday season.
Pharmacies are seeing a boost in business from people lining up to get their COVID-19 booster shots.
A pop-up vaccine clinic will offer COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters to travelers at LAX for the holidays.
Body cam video shows a Rialto police officer dispatched to the facility found two paramedics hovering at the entrance, refusing to go inside to help a 56-year-old man who had just suffered a massive heart attack.
As case numbers continue to climb nationwide, Los Angeles business owners are once again feeling the pinch of the pandemic.
A rising case count is not stopping some travelers from flying out of Los Angeles for the holidays.
The Omicron variant of COVID-19 has swept through the region, driving many to testing sites to celebrate responsibly this holiday season.
Due to rising COVID-19 numbers in Los Angeles County, the American Film Institute has indefinitely postponed their annual awards celebration.
Pomona College will require all staff, students and faculty to receive a booster shot before returning to campus for the Spring 2022 Semester.
As the Omicron variant sweeps through Southern California and across the United States some have decided to nix their holiday travel plans.
Among the other players added to the COVID-19 list include Austin Ekeler, Corey Linsley and Andre Roberts.
Just over 80% of Los Angeles city employees were in compliance with the vaccination mandate by the Saturday deadline, while another 1.33% have attested to partial vaccination.
With Los Angeles County's COVID-19 case numbers more than tripling in the span of a week, health experts indicate that restrictions may soon return.
Thousands of shoppers throughout the Southland filled stores, malls and shopping centers on Sunday, looking for last-minute gifts.
Many Beverly Hills and Pasadena residents awoke Sunday morning to fliers pushing anti-semitic hate in their front yards.
The Long Beach State men's basketball game scheduled for Saturday was cancelled due to several members of the program being placed in COVID-19 protocols.
The Bruins have canceled their third-straight game in the span of a week following a rash of COVID-19 cases within the program.
Despite reporting the highest number of COVID-19 cases since August on Friday, hospitalization rates in Los Angeles County hospitals have dropped for two days straight.
The rise in COVID-19 cases as a result of the Omicron and Delta variants has drawn concern and stern warnings from healthcare workers.
The news comes on the same day that Riverside County also reported their first Omicron variant case.
It is also the first time that both Los Angeles County and the nine San Francisco Bay Area Counties all reported population declines.
On Friday, Dec. 17 Los Angeles County Public Health Department reported 3,360 cases, over 1,000 than the previous day's total.
There are now 30 confirmed cases of the Omicron variant in LA County. Among those cases, 24 were in vaccinated people, four of whom also had boosters. None of them, however, developed serious illness.
Los Angeles County health officials Thursday announced new rules for those attending large events in an effort to combat rising COVID cases.
As COVID-19 cases surge, California reinstated a statewide mask mandate on Monday, set to begin on Wednesday. But for those in the Inland Empire, this is brand new information.
