In order to re-open for outdoor operations, breweries and wineries in Los Angeles County must partner with a food provider, such as a food truck. Breweries and wineries are allowed to operate outdoors as of Tuesday, Oct. 6, but all alcohol purchases at the same time as a “bona fide” meal, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public ...

Playgrounds at Santa Clarita parks are allowed to re-open on Friday after the approval from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. On Wednesday, public health allowed outdoor public playgrounds to re-open, upon approval of local parks and recreation departments, with social distancing and masks required, according to the department.  All City of Santa Clarita playgrounds are set to ...

The re-opening dates for indoor operations of nail salons and malls have been announced Thursday by Los Angeles County.  Starting Thursday, Oct. 1 nail salons in Los Angeles County are able to re-open indoor operations with a limited 25 percent capacity, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Next week on Oct. 7, indoor malls are allowed ...

Malls and nail salons have been allowed to reopen for limited indoor operations in Los Angeles County within the next 10 days, officials said Wednesday. The additional reopenings, which go into effect with a “staggered approach” over the next 10 days, were announced at a press conference Wednesday by Dr. Barbera Ferrer, director of the Los Angeles County Department of ...

The Westfield Valencia Town Center is listed as a plaintiff in a lawsuit against Los Angeles County for the “unlawful and unjustifiable” decision not to allow indoor malls to re-open despite state health officials giving the go-ahead. On Monday, Westfield filed a class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court against the County of Los Angeles and several public officials ...

School reopening waivers for students in transitional kindergarten to second grade have been approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. The board approved a motion by Supervisor Kathryn Barger and co-authored by Supervisor Janice Hahn that enables elementary schools to begin applying for a waiver to reopen grades TK-2 in schools, prioritizing schools with a high ...

Los Angeles County has made progress on “key” coronavirus recovery metrics since the mid-July case surge, public health officials said Wednesday.  Currently, L.A.County is in the most restrictive Tier 1 of the state “Roadmap to Recovery” with daily COVID-19 cases and positivity rates — the two metrics measured  — declining in the past weeks, according to Dr. Barbara Ferrer director ...

Los Angeles County meets the coronavirus criteria for the next tier of reopening and is able to move onto Tier 2 if the numbers hold for two weeks, officials said Tuesday.  Los Angeles County has met the metric thresholds for Tier 2, which is the substantial risk level, according to California’s “Blueprint for a Safer Economy.” Per state guidelines, Los ...

College of the Canyons Chancellor Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook has been appointed by the County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors Economic Resiliency Task Force, officials said Tuesday, Van Hook was appointed to the Education Sector Work Team, which is set to focus on creating a framework for the reopening of colleges and universities in the County, according to ...

The Los Angeles County reopening of in-person dining, as well as barbershops and hair salons, have been outlined on Friday, with additional reopening planned next week. During a press briefing Friday, Supervisor Kathryn Barger discussed the additional reopening after California Governor Gavin Newsom approved the County’s variance request. Barger noted further details on guidelines are expected to be released next ...