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County health departments have ramped up testing across the region, but Los Angeles County is going a step further by offering to mail free, at-home COVID nasal swab tests to its residents.
As of Monday, 61 flights have been canceled and 49 more are delayed into and out of Los Angeles International Airport.
The shooting was reported about 9:10 p.m. at Washington Boulevard and Long Beach Avenue.
A slow-moving storm system slid over the Southland bringing rain to most areas and snow to the mountains, beginning what forecasters expect to be two days of wet conditions.
With the Omicron variant emerging as the most common and contagious strain, people are lining up to get tested for COVID. As the pandemic's fifth waive continues, people are looking to get checked if they caught the virus during Christmas or to ensure they don't have it before going out to party for New Year's Eve.
At least one person has died resulting from the accident, but no other information is available at the moment, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is investigating a shooting death that took place on the 12000 block of Berendo Avenue in West Athens, minutes away from Hawthorne Municipal Airport.
Holiday stress levels intensified when a fight broke out between two men on a Delta Airlines flight going from LA to Memphis.
Is that Santa or a storm headed for Southern California? Both – wet weather, and possibly snow, is on the way to the region just in time for Christmas.
Local city officials like Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Los Angeles County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer says they don't anticipate another lockdown even as yet wave of infections washes over the pandemic-weary population.
Pharmacies are seeing a boost in business from people lining up to get their COVID-19 booster shots.
An estimated 822,000 households in Los Angeles County may be eligible for the discount, particularly if one member is already receiving benefits from Cal-Fresh, Medi-Cal, SSI, Lifeline, or is a student with a Pell Grant.
With just two weeks left in the year, Port of Los Angeles officials anticipates its final volume will be about 10.7 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units, the shipping containers also known as TEUs – about 13% more than the previous record set in 2018, before the pandemic even struck.
A pop-up vaccine clinic will offer COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters to travelers at LAX for the holidays.
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.
Forecasters say Southern California could get the gift of rain and snow this week with not just one, but two storms on the way.
One person sustained injuries and was rushed to a nearby medical facility.
Nobody was hurt but the derailment caused about $700,000 in damages. The train also spilled fuel that required a hazardous-materials cleanup.
LAPD detectives say 29-year-old Jason Cortez was hiking at the park on Sept. 10 when he was shot in the back. Paramedics rushed to the park to help him, but Cortez died of his injuries on the trail, police said.
According to the investigators, the man has targeted more than 60 businesses in LAPD's Devonshire, Van Nuys, North Hollywood, Topanga, and West Valley divisions, and in the cities of Burbank and San Fernando.
Two days after a major storm soaked much of the Southland, rain briefly returned to the area Thursday afternoon.
Officials say they expect to see up to 3.5 million travelers at Los Angeles International Airport between Thursday and Jan. 3 – the busiest travel period the airport has seen this year.
Several areas of Los Angeles were inundated with rain, including Woodland Hills, which got more than 4 ½ inches of rain as of 11 a.m. Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
Tuesday's heavy rainfall has sent bacteria, chemicals, debris, trash, and other public health hazards from city streets and mountain areas into the ocean, according to Los Angeles County Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis.
According to LAX officials one lane within the southbound Sepulveda tunnel had to be shut down after at 9 a.m. due to standing water. Crews are on the scene, working to reopen the lane.
