During an election with many firsts, voters made history on Election Day by voting in the first ever all-woman Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County in the 2020 Election.  Los Angeles County made history electing an all-women Board of Supervisors! Congratulations and welcome aboard, @HollyJMitchell! pic.twitter.com/5kl9fgQv0Q — Supervisor Kathryn Barger (@kathrynbarger) November 5, 2020 The Board of Supervisors is ...

Personal care services within Los Angeles County, including tattoo and massage parlors, are now allowed to operate indoors within Los Angeles County with safety modifications. On Friday, officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health published revised protocols for personal care businesses which allows them to resume indoor operations. “Since indoor activities carry higher risks associated with the transmission ...

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 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to allow breweries and wineries within the county to re-open for outdoor operations starting next week. On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion authored by Supervisors Janice Hahn and Kathryn Barger to allow outdoor operations for wineries and breweries to re-open within the county. “I think ...

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 ...

Following the release of Los Angeles County’s recommendations for safely celebrating Halloween, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published a list of suggested activities to enjoy during the spooky holiday. The list, which organizes activities ranging from low risk for coronavirus transmission to higher risk for American celebrators, was last updated on Sept. 21, according to the ...

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 ...

Dozens of schools across Los Angeles County have applied to reopen for “small cohorts” of up to 12 students in each classroom with specialized needs, officials said. Over the next six weeks, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is set to work with schools that are reopening for services, with 59 applications already received, according to Dr. Barbara ...

Los Angeles County has launched the COVID-19 Safety Compliance Certificate Program (CSCCP) to educate business owners on L.A. County of Department of Public Health safety directives.  This free online training course educates business owners on what the county health officer’s orders are and what actions business owners must take to be in compliance with these safety directives. This includes information ...