As hospitalizations continue to decline, a backlog in the number of COVID-19 cases and from over the holiday weekend has resulted in continued low figures Wednesday, 671 new cases across Los Angeles County. The total number of cases in Los Angeles County is 249,859 since the pandemic broke out locally in March, according to the Los Angeles County Department of ...

In-person teaching is allowed starting Sept. 14 for “small cohorts” of students requiring specialized instruction, officials announced Wednesday. Beginning on Monday, Sept. 14, K-12 schools may offer in-school services for a small cohort of students with individualized education plans (IEPs), students requiring instruction for English as a Second Language (ESL) or students needing assessments or specialized in-school services, according to ...

Public health officials with Los Angeles County have announced that indoor operations for hair salons and barbershops will remain closed for the time being despite state officials giving the go-ahead to re-open. Although the State today revised slightly the list of permitted activities in Tier 1 to allow for the re-opening of both hair salons for indoor services and indoor ...

A $6.6 million grant was awarded to Los Angeles County for housing as part of the federal COVID-19 pandemic response. On Monday, Ben Carson, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), announced that $472 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding was to go towards helping low-income families “prevent, prepare for and ...

32 new Santa Clarita coronavirus cases have been confirmed Friday, with an additional 1,949 cases being confirmed within Los Angeles County, officials said. The lower number of cases are due to, in part, due to lab result reporting delays in the state electronic lab system. The number of cases is expected to increase in the coming days once the data ...

Nearly 100 businesses have been shut in Los Angeles County since March for alleged health order violations, officials said Thursday. Since the implementation of the “Safer at Home” order in March, the L.A. County Department Of Public Health received a total of 17,808 health order complaints and investigated more than 17,000 restaurants, more than 3,500 grocery stores, more than 600 ...

Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, and Supervisor Kathryn Barger sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday issuing their support for local school districts being able to ask the state directly for permission to return to in-person instruction. Newsom announced Friday that schools within the 33 counties on the state’s COVID-19 monitoring list, including Los Angeles County, would not ...

Temporary outdoor dining permits are now available for restaurants in unincorporated Los Angeles County at no cost, enabling eating establishments to dine “alfresco.” Restaurants have been deeply impacted economically by the COVID-19 pandemic. As Los Angeles County moves towards recovery, physical distancing measures may continue to prevent restaurants from operating at full capacity, according to the County.  “For this industry, ...

2,496 additional coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Los Angeles County Wednesday, the 7-day average daily positivity rate is 10.4 percent, a rate that Los Angeles County hasn’t seen since late-April, officials said The L.A. County total of cumulative coronavirus cases now stands at 123,004 as of Wednesday,  according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH).  The ...

Bars and breweries that do not serve food continue to remain closed once again as 2,903 new cases reported across Los Angeles County Monday afternoon — the largest number of COVID-19 cases in one day, officials said.  The L.A. County total of cumulative coronavirus cases now stands at 100,772 as of Monday, according to the Los Angeles County Department of ...