Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) inspectors continue to visit businesses across the County every day to ensure compliance with required  COVID-19 safety measures and masking guidelines, to provide technical assistance, and in response to complaints of non-compliance. Between Aug. 14 and Aug. 20, Public Health inspectors visited a total of 1,874 businesses, including restaurants, bars, breweries, ...

Representatives with Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Santa Clarita reported an additional death and 30 current hospitalizations from the coronavirus as of Wednesday. On Wednesday at Henry Mayo, one person died from COVID-19, bringing up the hospital’s total number of coronavirus deaths to 155 as COVID cases continue to rise in Los Angeles County. 34 new deaths and 4,046 new ...

Masks are expected to be required at large outdoor events in Los Angeles County starting Thursday, regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status, according to an updated health officer order. The updated Health Officer order requires all persons at an “Outdoor Mega Event to wear a face mask, except when actively eating or drinking,” according to a Tuesday announcement. The order goes ...

The Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce (SCV Chamber) is scheduled to hold a coronavirus update for the business community with Los Angeles County Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis. Next Wednesday, Aug. 25, the SCV Chamber is set to hold a virtual update on the impact of the coronavirus on businesses in Santa Clarita with Davis, along with Dr. Chris ...

Los Angeles County is set to reinstate the mask mandate indoors, including in Santa Clarita, regardless of vaccination status starting Saturday due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks. The new mask mandate is set to go into effect at 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, and requires both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals to wear masks while indoors. This mandate ...

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) officials reported that new metrics showed continued progress in terms of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday. With declining COVID-19 case and test positivity rates, L.A. County remains in the least restrictive yellow tier in the State’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy as of Tuesday. “We continue to urge everyone eligible to ...

Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are continuing to decline in Los Angeles County, reaching the lowest five-day average since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. As o Friday, there are 376 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized and 22 percent of these people are in the ICU. The five-day average of daily hospitalizations is 389, the lowest since the beginning of the ...

As Los Angeles County prepares to enter the yellow tier of reopening, public health officials are cautioning residents to celebrate Cinco de Mayo safely this year to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) urges everyone to celebrate Cinco de Mayo safely this Wednesday. Precautions residents can take include avoiding large crowds, celebrating outdoors, ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) officials announced that starting Thursday a limited number of walk-in COVID-19 vaccination registration appointments would be available to the public. Starting Thursday, April 22, Public Health is offering a limited number of walk-in registration spots at County-run mass vaccination sites through Monday, April 26 while supply lasts, according to LADPH Director ...

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LAPDH) officials announced Tuesday that the daily COVID-19 case rate in the county had dropped to within a percent value of the next threshold to enter the yellow tier of re-opening. LADPH officials announced Tuesday that according to state metrics, L.A. County’s adjusted daily case rate had dropped from 3.2 new cases per ...